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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [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.
 

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 050  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 115aL 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: Prerequisite to all more advanced courses in chemistry. CHEM 105aLg  or CHEM 115aLg .
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 115aL or CHEM 115bL.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Quiz, Lab Required
    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.
    Recommended Preparation: CHEM 107Lg 
    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 105a   -CHEM 105b  , 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 105aL or CHEM 105bL.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab Required, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 115bL Advanced General Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Equivalent toCHEM 105a   - CHEM 105b  , but taught at a higher level for exceptionally well-prepared students.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 115aLg .
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 105aL or CHEM 105bL.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Discussion, 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

  

  • CHEM 294 Undergraduate Research Seminar

    Units: 1
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Seminars in current research in the chemical and molecular sciences.
    Corequisite: CHEM 105a  or CHEM 115a .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 300L Analytical Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Theory and practice in chemical analysis, emphasizing instrumental techniques; error analysis, fractional distillation, extraction; chromatography; visible, ultraviolet, and infrared spectroscopy; introductions to electrochemistry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL  or CHEM 115bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 322aL Organic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm

    Chemistry of the carbon compounds of the aliphatic and aromatic series; laboratory preparation of typical compounds of both series. 

    Enroll in CHEM 325a  ,CHEM 325b  
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL  or CHEM 115bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Discussion, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 322bL Organic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm

    Chemistry of the carbon compounds of the aliphatic and aromatic series; laboratory preparation of typical compounds of both series.

    Enroll in CHEM 325a  , CHEM 325b  
    Prerequisite: CHEM 322aL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Discussion, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 325aL Organic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa

    Required of majors in chemistry.

    Enroll in CHEM 322a  ,CHEM 322b  
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL  or CHEM 115bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Discussion, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 325bL Organic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp

    Required of majors in chemistry.

    Enroll in CHEM 322a  , CHEM 322b  
    Prerequisite: CHEM 325aL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Discussion, Quiz
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 330L Biochemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in BISC 330L )
  

  • CHEM 332L Physical Chemical Measurements

    Units: 4
    Experimental study of topics discussed in CHEM 430 and CHEM 431; adsorption, magnetic susceptibility; electron spin resonance, kinetics, equilibria, molecular spectra and structure, viscosity, dielectric properties.
    Corequisite: CHEM 430b  or CHEM 431 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 350g Molecular Principles of Biochemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Biomolecular structures, protein and nucleic acid chemistry and functions, carbohydrates, lipids, membranes, enzyme catalysis and kinetics, coenzymes, biochemical signaling, major metabolic pathways, control of gene expression, replication, transcription, and translation.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105b  or CHEM 115b ;
    Recommended Preparation: BISC 220  or BISC 221 .
    Corequisite: CHEM 322a  or CHEM 325a ;
    Satisfies New General Education in Category D: Life Sciences
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 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

  

  • CHEM 423L Advanced Laboratory Techniques in Organic and Inorganic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Advanced synthetic, analytical, and physical measurement techniques in organic and inorganic chemistry. Emphasis on laboratory work with discussion of theoretical background.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 300L , CHEM 322bL  or CHEM 325bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 426 Advanced Organic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Advanced treatment of organic chemistry from a mechanistic point of view according to the following topics: polar and isopolar reactions, intermediates.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 322bL  or CHEM 325bL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 430 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics and Kinetics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Kinetic theory; equations of state; thermodynamics; phase equilibria; chemical equilibrium; nuclear chemistry, wave mechanics; spectroscopy; statistical thermodynamics; kinetics; electrochemistry; surface and colloid chemistry.
    Prerequisite: (CHEM 300L  or CHEM 322aL  or CHEM 325aL ) and (MATH 225  or MATH 226 ) and PHYS 151Lg 
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 430a 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 431 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics

    Units: 4
    Kinetic theory; equations of state; thermodynamics; phase equilibria; chemical equilibrium; nuclear chemistry, wave mechanics; spectroscopy; statistical thermodynamics; kinetics; electrochemistry; surface and colloid chemistry.
    Prerequisite: PHYS 152L 
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 430b 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 432 Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Principles of physical chemistry relevant for the life sciences: thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, molecular dynamics, kinetics, molecular structures and interactions, spectroscopy, statistical thermodynamics and macromolecular structures.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 300L  or CHEM 322aL  or CHEM 325aL ; MATH 126 ;PHYS 135a  L or PHYS 151Lg .
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 430a.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 453 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Atomic structure, theory of bonding, molecular structure, metallic state, coordination compounds, transition and nontransition metals, magnetic and optical properties, crystal field theory, mechanism of reactions.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 105bL  or CHEM 115bL  and CHEM 322aL  or CHEM 325aL .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 455 Chemical Nanotechnology

    Units: 4
    Studies in the fundamental principles governing nanoscale materials. Structure and chemical bonding, preparative methods, and electrical, optical and magnetic properties of nanoscale materials and applications.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 322aL  or CHEM 325aL 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 463L Chemical Nanotechnology Laboratory

    Units: 2
    Experimental techniques in the synthesis and characterization of nanoscale materials. Emphasis on examining size-dependent properties of various nano - scale materials using spectroscopic techniques.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 322aL  or CHEM 325aL 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 465L Chemical Instrumentation

    Units: 4
    Principles of operation of instruments used in physical sciences. Basic electronics, interconnection of building blocks, data acquisition and data reduction, noise, instrument systems.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 332L  or CHEM 430b  or CHEM 431 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 467L Advanced Chemical Biology Laboratory

    Units: 2
    Principles, methods and protocols of chemical biology through experimentation focusing on the interactions of small molecules with biomacromolecules such as proteins and DNA.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 322b  or CHEM 325b 
    Corequisite: CHEM 300 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 488 Introduction to Theory and Practice of X-ray Crystallography

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Introduction to single crystal X-ray diffraction theory and its extension to two-dimensional diffraction. Application of modern instrumentation and software techniques to problems of current chemical interest.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 300 ; CHEM 322a  or CHEM 325a ; and CHEM 322b  or CHEM 325b .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 490x Directed Research

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

  

  • CHEM 494x Advanced Research Experience

    Units: 2, 4
    Max Units: 4.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Directed undergraduate research supervised by faculty, with advanced capstone research experience.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 490 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 495 Beyond the Classroom - Research in Modern Chemistry

    Units: 2
    Current topics in chemical research, understanding structures of modern graduate training program and navigating the process of graduate program application.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to juniors and seniors
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 499 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Lectures and discussions on specialized topics in chemistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 510x Alternative Energy Technologies and Options

    Units: 4
    Introduce the essential scientific background to understand complex issues involving energy use and its environmental consequences. Critically analyze energy issues that will shape policy decisions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 515 Structure and Bonding in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    An integrated core course of structure and bonding in inorganic, coordination and organometallic chemistry within an oxidation state framework. Symmetry, electronic properties.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 516 Synthesis, Reactivity, and Mechanism in Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    A reactivity framework for inorganic and organometallic chemistry. Synthesis, reaction mechanisms and energetics. Homogeneous catalysis.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 515 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 519 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: An Introduction for Chemists

    Units: 4
    Amino acids and peptides; protein structure and function; enzyme kinetics; structure, analysis and synthesis of nucleic acids; chemical biology of DNA and RNA; biotechnology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 521 Basic Principles of Physical Methods in Biochemistry

    Units: 2
    Principles underlying physical analytical methods commonly utilized in research in biochemistry and molecular biology.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 523 Introduction to Functional Inorganic Materials

    Units: 2
    An introduction to functional inorganic materials emphasizing crystalline materials and how their properties can be understood based on their structure, elemental composition, and electronic structure.
    Recommended Preparation: A basic understanding of molecular orbital theory and electronic structure of extended solids
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 524 Inorganic Materials Chemistry

    Units: 2
    Studies in the fundamental principles governing inorganic materials. Structure and chemical bonding, preparative methods, and electrical, optical and magnetic properties of inorganic materials and applications.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 515 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 526 Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Review of modern structural theory of organic chemistry; and relation to the mechanisms of organic chemical reactions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 527 Synthetic Organic Chemistry

    Units: 4
    A survey of representative groups of widely used synthetic organic reactions; emphasis on scope, limitations, and stereochemical consequences.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 535 Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy

    Units: 4
    Theory and experimental methods of molecular spectroscopy and applications to chemistry. Rotational, vibrational, electronic and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 544 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 536 Molecular Dynamics

    Units: 2 or 4
    Potential energy surfaces, reaction dynamics, scattering theories, classical trajectories, statistical theories, molecular energy transfer, photodissociation dynamics, gas- surface interactions, experimental results, beam and laser techniques.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 538 Mathematical Techniques of Physical Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Fundamentals and techniques of mathematics and physics. Linear algebra, differential equations, mechanics, electricity and magnetism. Applications to physical chemistry/chemical physics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 539 Surface Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Physical and chemical properties of solid surfaces; thermodynamics and kinetics of gas chemisorption; chemical bonding at surfaces; applications to catalysis and electronic materials.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 540 Introduction to Statistical Mechanics

    Units: 4
    Study of macroscopic systems from molecular viewpoint using statistical mechanics: ensembles, fluctuations, gases, gas-solid interfaces, crystals, polymers, critical phenomena, non-equilibrium systems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 544 Introduction to Quantum Chemistry

    Units: 4
    Basic principles of quantum mechanics and their application to chemistry. Electronic structure of atoms and molecules.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 545 Theory and Practice of Molecular Electronic Structure

    Units: 4
    Provide working knowledge and hands-on experience in current quantum chemical methods for chemists who would like to employ these techniques in their own research.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 538 , CHEM 544 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 546 Mathematics in Physical Chemistry

    Units: 2
    Introduction to mathematical methods in physical chemistry and quantum mechanics: ordinary and partial differential equations, orthogonal polynomials, Fourier series, Fourier transforms, eigenvalue and matrix equations
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 538 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 547 Numerical Calculations in Physical Chemistry

    Units: 2
    Introduction to numerical calculations in physical chemistry and quantum mechanics: translational and vibrational wavepackets, tunneling motions, particle in a potential, rotational-vibrational spectra of diatomic molecules.
    Duplicates Credit in CHEM 538 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 548 Computer Simulations of Chemical and Biological Systems

    Units: 4
    Key aspects of the rapidly growing field of computer simulation of molecular systems in general and biological molecules in particular.
    Recommended Preparation: undergraduate course in physical chemistry or equivalent.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 550 Special Topics in Chemical Physics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Study of selected areas of chemical physics. Critical evaluation of recent advances in the field.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 555 Computational Quantum Chemistry: Methods and Applications

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 04
    Introduction to modern computational quantum chemistry. Prediction of molecular structure, molecular spectra and molecular reaction mechanisms using ab initio and semi-empirical methods.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 430b  or CHEM 431  
    Recommended Preparation: CHEM 544  
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 561 Polymer Synthesis

    Units: 4
    Concepts of polymer structure and stereochemistry. Organic chemistry of polymerization reactions with emphasis on condensation, radical, cationic, anionic, and coordination- - metathesis polymerization.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 565L Advanced Practical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    Units: 2
    Application of multidimensional and time resolved NMR spectroscopy to problems in structure determination and thermochemistry.
    Prerequisite: CHEM 322b  or CHEM 325b ;
    Recommended Preparation: CHEM 625 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 570 Seminar in Chemical Biology

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Introduce students to emerging research areas in chemical biology through a thorough discussion of seminal research articles and presentations of current research topics.
    Recommended Preparation: some research experience and familiarity with literature search.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 575 Modern Trends in Physical Chemistry

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Emerging research areas in physical and theoretical chemistry through a thorough discussion of seminal research articles and presentations of current research topics.
    Recommended Preparation: some research experience and familiarity with literature search.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 577a Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design

    Units: 2
    Introduction to fundamentals of medicinal chemistry with special attention to the drug discovery process.
    Recommended Preparation: PSCI 664  and CHEM 519 . PSCI 664.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 577b Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design

    Units: 2
    Concepts, methods and examples of current approaches to drug design including computer-based molecular modeling techniques.
    Recommended Preparation: PSCI 664  and CHEM 519 . PSCI 664.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 580 Current Topics in Inorganic Chemistry and Nanoscience

    Units: 2
    Max Units: 4.0
    Introduction to emerging research areas in inorganic chemistry and nanoscience through a discussion of seminal research articles and presentations of current research topics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 581 Current Topics in Sustainable Energy Generation and Storage

    Units: 2
    Introduction to emerging research areas in the chemistry of sustainable energy generation and storage through discussion of core research areas and presentations on current research.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 588 Advanced Practical X-ray Structure Determination of Small Molecules

    Units: 2
    Advanced techniques and methods in small molecule X-ray crystal structure determination. Emphasis on practical and laboratory work.
    Duplicates Credit in former CHEM 588a
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 589 Macromolecular Crystallography

    Units: 2
    Advanced techniques and methods in X-ray crystal structure determination of biological macromolecules with emphasis on practical work.
    Duplicates Credit in former CHEM 588b
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    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

  

  • CHEM 593x Practicum in Teaching Chemistry

    Units: 2
    Practical principles for effective teaching in the laboratory. Intended for teaching assistants in Chemistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CHEM 594a Master’s Thesis

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

  

  • CHEM 594b Master’s Thesis

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

  

  • CHEM 594z Master’s Thesis

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

  

  • CHEM 596 Internship for Curricular Practical Training

    Units: 1, 2, 3
    Max Units: 03
    Part-time or full-time, practical work experience in the student’s field of study. The internship must be located at an off-campus facility. Students are individually supervised by faculty. May not be taken until the student has completed at least one semester of enrollment in the graduate program.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to graduate students
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • CHEM 599 Special Topics

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Special topics in chemistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 625 Chemical Applications of Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

    Units: 4
    Elementary theory of magnetic resonance spectroscopy, methods of spectral analysis, treatment of Fourier Transform methods and time dependent phenomena; recent applications in organic chemistry.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 626 Natural Products Chemistry

    Units: 2
    Survey of the chemistry and biogenesis of the major classes of secondary metabolites along biogenetic lines: terpenes, acetogenins, and alkaloids.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 630 Fundamentals of Electrochemical Energy Systems

    Units: 2
    Fundamentals of electrochemical energy systems including various batteries, fuel cells and electrolyzers with a focus on materials, operating principles and applications.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 632 Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Electrocatalysis

    Units: 2
    Introduction to principles governing physical and chemical behavior of surfaces: structures, thermodynamics, adsorption, desorption, diffusion, electron transfer and electrocatalytic reactions, and experimental surface analytical techniques.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 661 Selected Topics in Polymer Synthesis

    Units: 2, 3, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Advanced level study in selected areas of polymer synthesis. Critical evaluation of recent advances. Topic examples: ionic polymerization; stereo chemistry of polymers; silicon polymers; ladder polymers.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • CHEM 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    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

  

  • CHEM 794a Doctoral Dissertation

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

  

  • CHEM 794b Doctoral Dissertation

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

  

  • CHEM 794c Doctoral Dissertation

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

  

  • CHEM 794d Doctoral Dissertation

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

  

  • CHEM 794z Doctoral Dissertation

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