Sep 23, 2024  
USC Catalogue 2020-2021 
    
USC Catalogue 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction


The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.

 

Community Oral Health

  
  • COH 712 Practicum 2

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Incorporates a service learning approach involving a partnership between the student, community organization and designated faculty or research team members.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • COH 713 Health Education and Promotion

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Development of an action plan for health education and promotion, including the planning, designing and evaluation of instruction and materials.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • COH 714 Community Health Funding and Support

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Approaches to the generation and allocation of financial support for community oral health policies, programs and systems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • COH 715 Community Health Practice Standards

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Standards of practice, regulations, policies and ethical principles that affect healthcare providers, payers and other stakeholders in community healthcare settings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • COH 716 Healthcare Communication Technology

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Emerging technology for patient and professional health-related education and applications for patient access to care.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • COH 717 Practicum 3

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Participation in a multidisciplinary team; collection of community health data to build a plan for sustainability and maintenance.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter


Chemical Engineering

  
  • CHE 120 Introduction to Chemical Engineering

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Problem-solving techniques in chemical engineering, including an introduction to engineering problem analysis, mass balances, and energy balances.
    Corequisite: MATH 125g  and (CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 115aLg )
    Registration Restriction: Open only to the Viterbi School of Engineering
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 205 Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Computational tools for solving numerical problems in Chemical Engineering.
    Prerequisite: MATH 125 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 301g Introduction to Engineering Biology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Engineering methods to understand and design molecules, cells, and living organisms. Techniques to analyze biological systems at the molecular and microscopic level. Computational analysis.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105a  or CHEM 115a  or MASC 110  
    Recommended Preparation: Basic understanding of chemistry, atoms, and molecules. Completion of an Advanced Placement chemistry class in high school is acceptable preparation for CHE 301g.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category D: Life Sciences
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Viterbi School of Engineering students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 305 Numerical and Statistical Analysis for Chemical Engineers

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to numerical algorithms, computational tools, principles of probability and statistics, and their application to chemical engineering problems.
    Prerequisite: MATH 125g  and MATH 126g 
    Corequisite: MATH 226g 
    Duplicates Credit in former CHE 205 and former CHE 405
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 330 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Basic laws, energy and entropy balances. Multi-component phase behavior. Physical and chemical equilibria. Energy conversion and equilibrium separation processes, estimation and use of property data.
    Corequisite: MATH 226g 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 350 Introduction to Separation Processes

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction to the design of chemical separation processes based on the principles of phase equilibrium, material balance and energy balance.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL  or CHEM 115bL 
    Recommended Preparation: CHE 330 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 391L Introduction to Nanotechnology Research

    Units: 2
    Planning and execution of an experiment, and presentation of findings through oral presentations and a written report. Application of the scientific method learned through immersion in a lab environment.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 405 Applications of Probability and Statistics for Chemical Engineers

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Principles of probability and statistics, random variables and random functions. Application to chemical engineering problems, including process design, process safety, heterogeneous materials and processes.
    Prerequisite: MATH 245 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in BME 410L )
  
  • CHE 430 Principles and Applications of Systems Biology

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    (Enroll in BME 430 )
  
  • CHE 442 Chemical Reactor Design

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Problem-solving techniques in Chemical Reactor Design, including the description of chemical kinetics and rates, and analysis of mass balances, and energy balances.
    Prerequisite: MATH 245  and CHE 443 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 443 Viscous Flow

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and momentum transfer applied to chemical engineering and chemical processing operations.
    Corequisite: CHE 350  or MATH 245 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 444aL Chemical Engineering Laboratory

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Conduct experiments and analyze data to generate results used to solve chemical engineering problems. Communicate results, data, and solutions in written reports and oral presentations.
    Prerequisite: CHE 120 
    Corequisite: CHE 330  and CHE 350 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 444bL Chemical Engineering Laboratory

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Conduct experiments and analyze data to generate results used to solve chemical engineering problems. Communicate results, data, and solutions in written reports and oral presentations.
    Prerequisite: CHE 330 
    Corequisite: CHE 443 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 444cL Chemical Engineering Laboratory

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Conduct experiments and analyze data to generate results used to solve chemical engineering problems. Communicate results, data, and solutions in written reports and oral presentations.
    Prerequisite: CHE 330  and CHE 444bL 
    Corequisite: CHE 447 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 445 Heat Transfer in Chemical Engineering Processes

    Units: 2
    Phenomenological rate laws, differential and macroscopic equations, and elementary kinetic theory of heat transfer processes with emphases on conduction and convection.
    Prerequisite: CHE 443 , MATH 245 .
    Duplicates Credit in AME 331.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 446 Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering Processes

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Molecular and continuum approaches to diffusion and convection in fluids and multicomponent mixtures; simultaneous mass, heat and momentum transfer; steady-state and time-dependent diffusion; Maxwell-Stefan equations.
    Prerequisite: MATH 245 , CHE 443 , CHE 445 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 447 Heat and Mass Transfer in Chemical Engineering Processes

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Differential and macroscopic equations of heat transfer; molecular and continuum approaches to diffusion and convection in fluids; simultaneous heat, mass and momentum transfer.
    Prerequisite: MATH 245  and CHE 443 
    Duplicates Credit in former CHE 445 and former CHE 446
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 450 Sustainable Energy

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Overview of sustainable energy, with emphasis on quantitative approaches to evaluate sustainability and examination of renewable sources of energy from the perspective of sustainability.
    Prerequisite: CHE 330 
    Corequisite: CHE 443 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 460L Chemical Process Dynamics and Control

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Dynamic analysis and automation of chemical processes using closed loop control schemes. Control schemes are analyzed, simulated and implemented in the laboratory.
    Prerequisite: CHE 120 
    Corequisite: MATH 245 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 461 Formation Data Sensing with Well Logs

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    (Enroll in PTE 461 )
  
  • CHE 462 Economic, Risk and Formation Productivity Analysis

    Units: 4
    (Enroll in PTE 462 )
  
  • CHE 463L Introduction to Transport Processes in Porous Media

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    (Enroll in PTE 463L )
  
  • CHE 464L Modeling and Simulation of Subsurface Flow Systems

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Enroll in PTE 464L )
  
  • CHE 465L Drilling Technology and Subsurface Methods

    Units: 3
    (Enroll in PTE 465L )
  
  • CHE 472 Polymer Science and Engineering

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to major concepts in chemistry and physics of synthetic polymers, and understanding of how they are used in the modern engineering applications
    Prerequisite: CHEM 322aL 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MASC 472
  
  • CHE 474L Polymer Science and Engineering Laboratory

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Experimental methods for the preparation, characterization, and properties of synthetic polymers.
    Recommended Preparation: CHE 472 .
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 475 Physical Properties of Polymers

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Introduction to polymer physical properties and characterization, relationship to synthesis techniques and processing techniques, natural and synthetic materials, property optimization and modern applications.
    Recommended Preparation: CHEM 325aL 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as MASC 475
  
  • CHE 476 Chemical Engineering Materials

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to major concepts in materials science and engineering directly applicable to materials-related processing, research and development in chemical engineering.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 322a
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as EE 476 and MASC 476
  
  • CHE 477 Computer Assisted Polymer Engineering and Manufacturing I

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Estimation of physical, mechanical, chemical and processing properties of thermal plastics. Major molding processes. Mold flow simulation and residual stresses analysis. Case studies.
    Prerequisite: junior class standing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 480 Chemical Process and Plant Design

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Design and evaluate a chemical process/plant based on safety, economics, sustainability and engineering viability through the application of unit operations, thermodynamics, kinetics and separations.
    Prerequisite: CHE 485 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to seniors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 485 Computer-Aided Chemical Process Design

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Simulate, design and optimize chemical engineering unit operations and process using modern process simulation software.
    Prerequisite: CHE 442  and CHE 443 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 486 Design of Environmentally Benign Process Plants

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Chemical Process Plants interact with the environment as an integrated system. This course discusses design procedures to minimize unwanted effluents to air, water and solid wastes.
    Corequisite: CHE 480  or CHE 485 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 487 Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Engineering through Chemical Processes

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Properties and processing of nanomaterials including polymeric, metallic, and ceramic nanoparticles, composites, colloids, and surfactant self-assembly for templated nanomaterial production.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 115aLg  or MASC 110L 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 488 Molecular and Cellular Bioengineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Design, synthesis, and analysis of biological molecules; routes to understand and engineer living systems at the molecular and cellular level; systems and synthetic biology.
    Prerequisite: BISC 320 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 489 Biochemical Engineering

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Theoretical, quantitative, and experimental methods for understanding and engineering cellular systems for biotechnological applications.
    Prerequisite: CHE 330  and BISC 320Lg 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as BME 489
  
  • CHE 490x Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 12.0
    Individual research and readings.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 491 Nanotechnology Research for Undergraduates

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Independent research in nanotechnology. Research project selected by the student in close consultation with a research adviser.
    Prerequisite: CHE 391L .
    Registration Restriction: Open only to juniors and seniors.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Course content to be selected each semester from recent developments in chemical engineering and related fields.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 501 Modeling and Analysis of Chemical Engineering Systems

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Advanced treatment of mathematical modeling and analysis of Chemical Engineering core topics including fluid flow, heat and mass transfer, reaction engineering, and deformation of materials.
    Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of real analysis on the level of MATH 425a  and MATH 425b 
    Corequisite: CHE 442  and CHE 447 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 502 Numerical Methods for Diffusive and Convective Transport

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Numerical solution of ordinary and partial differential equations describing fluid flow, diffusion with chemical reaction, and conduction in heterogeneous media.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 510 Energy and Process Efficiency

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Management and engineering strategies utilized to improve energy efficiency.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to master and doctoral students.
    Duplicates Credit in AME 577.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 520 Mathematical Methods for Deep Learning

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    (Enroll in MASC 520 )
  
  • CHE 523 Principles of Electrochemical Engineering

    Units: 3
    (Enroll in MASC 523 )
  
  • CHE 530 Thermodynamics for Chemical Engineers

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Elements of classical and statistical thermodynamics. Molecular theory and property estimation, emphasis on multi-component multi-phase fluid systems. Advanced applications, including highly non-ideal solutions, polymers, electrolytes.
    Recommended Preparation: Undergraduate-level thermodynamics on the level of CHE 330  and a proficiency with MATLAB or a spreadsheet program
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 532 Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium

    Units: 3
    Thermodynamics of phase relations; prediction and correlation of phase behavior.
    Prerequisite: CHE 330 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 538 Transport Processes I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Fundamentals of transport processes - momentum, heat and mass transfer - in systems of interest to chemical engineering.
    Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of mathematical modeling for chemical processes on the level of CHE 501 ; knowledge of fluid mechanics on the level of CHE 443 ; knowledge of heat and mass transport on the level of CHE 445 
    Duplicates Credit in former CHE 540, former CHE 541 and former CHE 544
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 539 Transport Processes II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    An advanced exploration of the principles of heat and mass transfer with applications to problems in chemical engineering.
    Prerequisite: CHE 538 
    Duplicates Credit in former CHE 540, former CHE 541 and former CHE 544
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 540 Viscous Flow

    Units: 3
    Fluid mechanical problem of interest to chemical engineers involving laminar flows of incompressible fluids, viscous-dominated creeping flows, and motion of bubbles and drops.
    Prerequisite: CE 309  or AME 309  or CHE 443 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 541 Mass Transfer

    Units: 3
    Fundamentals of mass transfer within a single phase and between phases; applications to separation processes.
    Recommended Preparation: CHE 445 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 542 Chemical Engineering Kinetics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Advanced concepts in Reaction Engineering and Reactor Design.
    Prerequisite: CHE 442 
    Recommended Preparation: BS degree in Chemical Engineering or equivalent
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 544 Heat Transmission

    Units: 3
    Principles of conduction, radiation, and convection of heat; application to chemical and related industries.
    Recommended Preparation: CHE 330 , CHE 445 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 550 Seminars in Chemical Engineering

    Units: 0, 1
    Max Units: 02
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Seminars to cover recent developments in the field of chemical engineering given by invited speakers.
    Recommended Preparation: graduate standing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In Progress to Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 554 Principles of Tissue Engineering

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Advanced scientific and engineering principles of tissue engineering including stem cell biology, biomaterial scaffolds, protein-surface interaction, bioreactor, and selected bioartificial organs (e.g., kidney, bone, skin).
    Recommended Preparation: CHE 476 , CHE 489 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 560 Advanced Separation and Bioseparation Processes

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Experimental techniques for separation and bioseparation processes and theoretical and computational techniques for modeling them.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 572 Advanced Topics in Polymer Kinetics and Rheology

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Kinetics of polymer synthesis reactions and rheology of polymer solutions.
    Recommended Preparation: CHE 442 , CHE 472 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 586 Process Data Analytics and Machine Learning

    Units: 3
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Topics include multi-linear regression, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, principal component analysis, partial least squares, canonical correlation analysis, clustering methods, lasso, neural networks, and deep learning. Applications include analysis of chemical process data, quality data, and indirectly measured data.
    Recommended Preparation: Programming experience in R or MATLAB preferred; an understanding of engineering statistics and knowledge of matrix operations; emphasis is on linear algebraic approach over a probabilistic approach
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 594a Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 594b Master’s Thesis

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 594z Master’s Thesis

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of thesis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 596 Chemical Reactions in the Atmosphere

    Units: 3
    (Enroll in ENE 596 )
  
  • CHE 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 9.0
    Course content will be selected each semester to reflect current trends and developments in the field of chemical engineering.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHE 611 Stochastic Modeling and Simulation

    Units: 3
    (Enroll in CE 611 )
  
  • CHE 690 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Laboratory study of specific problems by candidates for the degree Engineer in Chemical Engineering.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHE 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit


Chemistry

  
  • CHEM 050x General Chemistry Tutorial

    Units: 2
    Weekly tutorial for selected students in CHEM 105aLg . Strong emphasis on chemical mathematics and key concepts in general chemistry.
    Concurrent Enrollment: Concurrent enrollment: CHEM 105aLg .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

    Crosslisted as Topics parallel lectures in CHEM 105aLg .
  
  • CHEM 051x General Chemistry Tutorial

    Units: 2
    Structured tutorial for selected students in CHEM 105bL . Strong emphasis on chemical mathematics and key concepts in general chemistry.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105a ;
    Concurrent Enrollment: Concurrent enrollment: CHEM 105bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

    Crosslisted as Topics parallel lectures in CHEM 105bL .
  
  • CHEM 102 The Molecular World

    Units: 4
    Basic chemistry and its impact on the contemporary world. Topics include: structures and reactions of molecules, stoichiometry, nomenclature, gases, solutions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 103Lgx General Chemistry for the Environment and Life

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Chemistry for environmental studies, neuroscience and other life sciences: organic and inorganic structures, nomenclature, stoichiometry, solutions, gases, non-covalent interactions, equilibria, acid-base and redox reactions.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category III: Scientific Inquiry
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 105aLg General Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Fundamental principles and laws of chemistry; laboratory work emphasizes quantitative procedures.
    Prerequisite: Prerequisite to all more advanced courses in chemistry. CHEM 050x  or passing of placement test.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category III: Scientific Inquiry
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 115aLg  or CHEM 115bL 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 105bL General Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Fundamental principles and laws of chemistry; laboratory work emphasizes quantitative procedures.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 107Lg  or CHEM 115aLg 
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 115bL 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 107Lg General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Fundamental principles and laws of chemistry emphasizing contemporary chemistry; laboratory work focuses on quantitative procedures.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Chemistry and Biochemistry majors
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 105a  and CHEM 115a .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 108L General Chemistry for Chemistry Majors: Kinetics and Equilibrium

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Fundamental principles and laws of chemistry emphasizing contemporary chemistry; laboratory work focuses on quantitative procedures. Second-semester general chemistry course for majors.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 107Lg  or CHEM 115aLg 
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Chemistry and Biochemistry majors
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 105bL  and CHEM 115bL 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 115aLg Advanced General Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Equivalent to CHEM 105aLg  -CHEM 105bL , but taught at a higher level for exceptionally well-prepared students.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category III: Scientific Inquiry
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 105bL 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab Required, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Equivalent to CHEM 105a  - CHEM 105b, but taught at a higher level for exceptionally well-prepared students.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105a or CHEM 107 or CHEM 115a
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 105b
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab Required, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 201Lgx Chemistry in the Environment, Energy and Society

    Units: 4
    A range of issues where chemistry impacts society will be explored. Topics such as global warming, pollution, energy utilization and genetic engineering will be covered. Students who have taken CHEM 105a , CHEM 105b  previously or concurrently with CHEM 201 will not receive credit for CHEM 201.
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 203Lgx AIDS Drug Discovery and Development

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Scientific principles underlying molecular approaches to diagnosis and treatment of diseases, using specific models within a societal (business, legal, ethical) context.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category D: Life Sciences
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 205Lgx Chemical Forensics: The Science, and Its Impact

    Units: 4
    Scientific principles underlying forensic approaches to the investigation of crimes and its societal impact on law, culture and media.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category E: Physical Sciences
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category IV: Science and Its Significance
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 221x Organic Chemistry Problem Solving Workshop

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Distance learning course designed to bridge the gap between general and organic chemistry. Focus on problem solving and understanding the language of organic chemistry. Not for major credit for chemistry, chemistry (chemical nanoscience), chemistry (chemical physics), chemistry (research) or chemistry (chemical biology) majors.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105b .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHEM 250x Organic Chemistry Tutorial A

    Units: 2
    Major principles of organic chemistry and its relevance. Topics covered parallel to those of CHEM 322a L. 
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105b L.
    Corequisite: CHEM 322a L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHEM 251x Organic Chemistry Tutorial B

    Units: 2
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Structured tutorial course, which enables students to understand fundamental principles, better approach problems with success. Explores the major principles of organic chemistry and its relevance. Topics covered will parallel CHEM 322b 
    Prerequisite: CHEM 322a L.
    Corequisite: CHEM 322b L.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  
  • CHEM 280x Research Design, Interpretation and Statistics

    Units: 2
    Fundamental principles behind the design and execution of scientific research in the chemical, physical and biological sciences, emphasizing scientific reasoning, data interpretation and statistical analysis.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 290a Special Laboratory

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Laboratory component for CHEM 105a , CHEM 105b , 322, or CHEM 322b  for students with equivalent lecture credit from another institution.
    Prerequisite: consent of department head.
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 290b Special Laboratory

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Laboratory component for CHEM 105a , CHEM 105b , 322, or CHEM 322b  for students with equivalent lecture credit from another institution.
    Prerequisite: consent of department head.
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 290c Special Laboratory

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Laboratory component for CHEM 105a , CHEM 105b , 322, or CHEM 322b  for students with equivalent lecture credit from another institution.
    Prerequisite: consent of department head.
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 290d Special Laboratory

    Units: 1
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Laboratory component for CHEM 105a , CHEM 105b , 322, or CHEM 322b  for students with equivalent lecture credit from another institution.
    Prerequisite: consent of department head.
    Instruction Mode: Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  
  • CHEM 292 Supervised Research

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Supervised undergraduate research experience.
    Corequisite: CHEM 105a  or CHEM 115a .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

 

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