CHEM 3315 Chemical Literature (3-0)
This course is an introduction to the use of chemical abstracts, scientific journals, monographs, and reference materials. Students will be required to present on scientific journal articles.
Prerequisite: 15 hours of Chemistry

CHEM 3401 Quantitative Chemical Analysis (2-4)
This course is designed to introduce students to the process and methods of chemical analysis; including chemical equilibria, acid-base equilibria, titrations, buffers, solubility equilibria, and volumetric methods of analysis. Laboratory exercises involve all types of volumetric, gravimetric, and spectrophotometric procedures.
Prerequisite: General Chemistry I and II

CHEM 3402 Forensic Chemistry (3-2)
This is a laboratory course designed to teach students interested in law enforcement professions methodologies such as filtration, recrystallization, titration, pH determination, and chemical reactions. This course includes experiments involving impression evidence, forensic archeology, forensic anthropology, the use of digital and traditional photography, and basic microscopy.

CHEM 3403 Physical Chemistry I (3-3)
This course includes the study of the principles of physical chemistry. It includes studies of quantum theory, kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibria. The laboratory includes experiments involving bomb calorimetry, electrochemistry, and phase equilibria.
Prerequisite: Quantitative Chemical Analysis

CHEM 3404 Physical Chemistry II (3-3)
This course continues the in-depth studies of statistical thermodynamics, chemical reaction kinetics, and spectroscopy. The laboratory continues with transport properties, chemical kinetics, and spectroscopy.
Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry I

CHEM 3423 Organic Chemistry I (3-3)
This course provides a thorough study of the chemistry of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives. A special emphasis on stereochemistry spectroscopy, reaction mechanisms and fundamental principles of organic chemistry is included. Separation, identification, and elementary synthesis of organic compounds is included. Laboratory techniques of crystallization, distillation, chromatography, extraction, and spectroscopy are emphasized.
Prerequisite: General Chemistry I and II

CHEM 3425 Organic Chemistry II (3-3)
This course continues the study of fundamentals of structure, reactions, and reaction mechanisms. Quantitative and additional qualitative study of organic reactions and molecular structure through functional group interactions and spectroscopic techniques are continued.
Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry I

CHEM 3431 Environmental Chemistry (2-4)
This course covers the chemical principles underlying the effects of air, water, and soil pollution. Specific attention is paid to gas phase radical reactions, light absorption characteristics of atmospheric components, solution chemistry of fresh and salt water systems, and the mobility and chemistry of metal components of soil systems. The laboratory will focus on EPA Standard Methods of analysis reporting.
Prerequisite: General Chemistry I and II

CHEM 4303 Undergraduate Research (0-3)
This course provides a one-on-one introduction to research which involves both laboratory work and research. Students will work under the supervision of a Chemistry faculty member on a chemistry topic of mutual interest. There is a seminar aspect that includes oral reports on completed research.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor

CHEM 4313 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (3-0)
This course introduces the basic concepts in inorganic chemistry including nuclear properties, molecular symmetry, bonding in polyatomic molecules, structures, and aqueous solutions.
Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry II concurrently

CHEM 4351 Organic Chemistry III (3-0)
This class covers advanced mechanistic and/or synthetic aspects of organic reactions; additional topics such as molecular rearrangements and organic molecular orbital theory and its applications.
Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry II, Physical Chemistry I

CHEM 4380 Selected Topics in Chemistry (3-0)
This course introduces a field of chemistry that is of current interest in the chemistry community of today. Examples of possible topics are chemical separations, chemical spectroscopy, material sciences, and polymer chemistry. This course may be repeated only if the current topic is different from any previous enrollment of that student. Prerequisite: permission of instructor

CHEM 4389 Polymer Chemistry (3-0)
This course presents the fundamental study of the structure and properties of the general classes of polymers, including synthesis and mechanisms of formation.
Prerequisite: senior standing or permission of instructor

CHEM 4407 Qualitative Chemical Analysis (3-0)
This course is designed to teach students the modern chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques used in isolation and identification of organic and inorganic compounds.
Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry II

CHEM 4410 Instrumental Analysis (2-4)
This course covers the theory and application of instrumental methods used for chemical analysis such as atomic absorption spectroscopy, gas chromatography, infrared spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy.
Prerequisite: Physical Chemistry II

CHEM 4501 Biochemistry (3-4)
This course discusses the relationship of structure and function of biologically important molecules; energy production, storages, and consumption; amino acids, nucleic acids, peptides and proteins; intermediary metabolism; lipids and membranes.
Prerequisite: Organic Chemistry I & II; Physical Chemistry I