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LOWER DIVISION

CHEM 101, 102 and 103 are designed for liberal arts students and those preparing to enter nursing and other allied health programs. Credit does not apply toward a major or minor in chemistry, biochemistry, or physical science, or toward pre-professional requirements for dentistry, medicine, or medical technology.

CHEM 101 Introductory Inorganic Chemistry (3)
Introduction to the fundamental principles important to inorganic chemistry, including atomic structure, equilibrium, gas behavior, oxidation-reduction and acid-base chemistry. Three class periods per week. Concurrent registration in or credit in CHEM 101L is required.
Prerequisite: Eligibility for MATH 007.

CHEM 101L Introductory Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (0.5)
Laboratory work in the techniques of chemistry. Five three-hour labs per quarter. Must be taken concurrently with CHEM 101.

CHEM 102 Introductory Organic Chemistry (3)
Introduction to the fundamental chemistry of carbon compounds, including nomenclature, properties and reactions of hydrocarbons, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amines, and carbohydrates, with an emphasis on their relationship to living systems. Three class periods per week. Concurrent registration in or credit in CHEM 102L is required.
Prerequisite: CHEM 101 with a minimum grade of C or pass on the Department’s proficiency exam.

CHEM 102L Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory (0.5)
Laboratory work in the techniques of organic chemistry. Five three-hour labs per quarter. Must be taken concurrently with CHEM 102.

CHEM 103 Introductory Biochemistry (3)
A study of the structures and properties of compounds essential to life, including lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, and the primary metabolic pathways of living organisms. Three class periods per week. Concurrent registration in or credit in CHEM 103L is required.
Prerequisite: CHEM 102 with a minimum grade of C.

CHEM 103L Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory (0.5)
Laboratory work in the techniques of biochemistry. Five three-hour labs per quarter. Must be taken concurrently with CHEM 103.

CHEM 111, 112, 113 General Chemistry I, II, III (4, 4, 4)
Structure and behavior of inorganic matter and a mathematical treatment of chemical systems. Four class periods per week. Must be taken in sequence. Concurrent registration in or credit in CHEM 111L, 112L, 113L, respectively is required.
Prerequisite: Secondary school chemistry or physics and secondary school Algebra II or MATH 007. A minimum grade of C is required to continue in sequence.

CHEM 111L, 112L, 113L General Chemistry Laboratory I, II, III (1, 1, 1)
Laboratory work in the principles and techniques of quantitative analysis and inorganic qualitative analysis. One three-hour laboratory per week. Must be taken concurrently with CHEM 111, 112, 113 respectively.

CHEM 205 Chemistry Seminar (0.5)
Relevant topics of interest and concern to chemists covered in greater detail than in most other classes. One class period per week. May be repeated for credit with a maximum of two units applying toward the major.

CHEM 208 Everyday Chemistry (4)
Designed for General Education students. Presents fundamental principles of science by exploring the chemistry of drugs, detergents, petroleum products, plastics, foods and other everyday materials and their effects on the environment. Does not apply toward a major or minor in the Department of Chemistry. Four class periods per week. Credit not allowed if student has previous credit for college chemistry.

CHEM 224 Analytical Chemistry (4)
Quantitative analysis of chemical systems emphasizing development of accurate and precise laboratory technique and statistical treatment of data applied to gravimetric, volumetric, acid-base, oxidation-reduction, compleximetric and colorimetric methods of analysis. Two class periods and two three-hour laboratories per week.
Prerequisite: CHEM 111, 112, 113.

CHEM 298 Directed Research (1-2)
Completion of a laboratory research project under the direction of an on-campus faculty member or approved off-campus research supervisor. Minimum three hours laboratory per week per unit of credit.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

CHEM 299 Directed Study (1-4)

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UPPER DIVISION

CHEM 351 Physical Chemistry: Thermo-dynamics (3)
Principles of thermodynamics applied to chemistry. Entropy and energy concepts used to predict direction and extent of reactions. Includes computer applications. Three class periods per week.
Prerequisite: CHEM 111, 112, 113, 224; MATH 131, 132; PHYS 231, 232, 233.

CHEM 351L Physical Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
Emphasizes laboratory computer use for acquiring data from laboratory instruments and equipment, statistical processing of data, and graphical presentation of experimental results. Use of MathCAD and LabVIEW software and thermal and electrical methods of analysis in experiments for determination of kinetic, equilibrium and physical constants of chemical systems. Concurrent registration or credit in CHEM 351 required. One three hour laboratory per week.

CHEM 352 Physical Chemistry: Dynamics (3)
Principles of the kinetic molecular theory, chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, and transport processes. Concepts of distributions, rates, gradients and determination of properties of macromolecules. Includes computer applications. Three class periods per week.
Prerequisite: CHEM 351 with a minimum grade of C.

CHEM 352L Physical Chemistry Laboratory II (1)
Emphasizes use of optical instruments for determination of kinetic, equilibrium and physical constants of chemical systems. Concurrent registration or credit in CHEM 352 required. One three- hour laboratory per week.

CHEM 353 Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics (3)
Principles of quantum mechanics applied to the H-like atom, harmonic oscillator, rigid rotator, orbitals, and spectra. Includes computer applications. Three class periods per week. Identical to PHYS 315.
Prerequisite: CHEM 352 with a minimum grade of C.

CHEM 353L Physical Chemistry Laboratory III (1)
Emphasizes use of spectroscopic and chromatographic instruments for determination of kinetic, equilibrium and physical constants of chemical systems. Concurrent registration or credit in CHEM 353 required. One three hour laboratory per week.

CHEM 371, 372, 373 Organic Chemistry I, II, III (4, 3, 3)
First quarter: an integrated, mechanistic study of the nomenclature, chemical and stereo-chemical properties of aliphatic hydrocarbons. Second and third quarters: continues the study of the major aliphatic and aromatic functional groups, including biochemical compounds. First quarter: four class periods per week; second, third quarters: three class periods per week. Concurrent registration in CHEM 372L required for CHEM 372, and in CHEM 373L for CHEM 373.
Prerequisite: CHEM 111, 112, 113. A minimum grade of C is required to continue in sequence.

CHEM 372L, 373L Organic Chemistry Laboratory (1,1)
Laboratory work including the preparation, purification and identification of organic compounds with the analytical techniques of GC/MS, NMR and IR. One three-hour laboratory per week. Concurrent registration or credit in CHEM 372, 373 required.

CHEM 375 Advanced Organic Laboratory (l)
Identification of organic compounds using both solution and instrumental methods, including IR, GC/MS and NMR. One three-hour laboratory per week.
Prerequisite: CHEM 373.

CHEM 405 Senior Seminar (1)
Student presentations on topics of chemical interest. Each student must make a presentation. One class period per week.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in department or consent of the department chair.

CHEM 408 Introduction to Research (l)
Development of skills basic to conducting chemical research, including literature searching, experimental design, and proposal writing. Students will develop a proposal for a research project. One class period per week.
Prerequisite: At least 27 units of chemistry.

CHEM 415 Topics in Inorganic Chemistry (4)
Varied content from quarter to quarter on descriptive and theoretical inorganic chemistry topics with specific areas listed in the class schedule. Four class periods per week. May be repeated with new content for additional credit.
Prerequisite: CHEM 111, 112, 113.

CHEM 417 Chemistry of the Periodic Table (4)
Inorganic chemistry using atomic and molecular structure and periodic properties of the elements to understand physical and chemical properties of inorganic molecules and chemical reactions emphasizing the representative (s- and p-block) groups of elements on the periodic table. Four class periods per week.
Prerequisite: CHEM 111, 112, 113, and 371.

CHEM 424 Instrumental Analysis I (3)
Basic theory of instrument design and operational parameter optimization of chemical instrumentation. Application to optical methods of analysis involving molecular and atomic refraction, polarization, scattering, emission, absorption, fluorescence, and phosphorescence in the ultraviolet and visible regions of the spectrum. Includes computer applications. Three class periods per week.
Prerequisite: CHEM 224.

CHEM 424L Instrumental Analysis Laboratory I (1)
Emphasizes laboratory use of UV and visible spectroscopic instruments (see CHEM 424) for optical analysis of chemical systems. Concurrent registration or credit in CHEM 424 required. One three- hour laboratory per week.

CHEM 425 Instrumental Analysis II (3)
Basic theory of instrument design and operational parameter optimization of chemical instrumentation. Application of modern FT/IR, NMR, and GC/MS methods of spectroscopic and spectrometric analyses. Includes computer applications to chemical analysis.
Prerequisite: CHEM 224.

CHEM 425L Instrumental Analysis Laboratory II (1)
Emphasizes laboratory use of FT/IR, NMR, and GC/MS methods of analysis in chemical systems. Concurrent registration or credit in CHEM 425 required. One three-hour laboratory per week.

CHEM 426 Instrumental Analysis III (3)
Basic theory of instrument design and operational parameter optimization of chemical instrumentation. Application to electrochemical methods involving potentiometry, coulometry, amperometry, and voltammetry. Includes computer applications to chemical analysis.
Prerequisite: CHEM 224.

CHEM 426L Instrumental Analysis Laboratory III (1)
Emphasizes laboratory use of electrochemical instrumentation (see CHEM 426) for electrical analysis of chemical systems and use of laboratory computers for data acquisition, information processing and presentation of results. Concurrent registration or credit in CHEM 426 required. One three-hour laboratory per week.

CHEM 475 Topics in Organic Chemistry (4)
Varied content from quarter to quarter related to theory and application of organic chemistry with specific areas listed in the class schedule. Four class periods per week. May be repeated with new content for additional credit.
Prerequisite: CHEM 371, 372, 373.

CHEM 485 Topics in Biochemistry (2-4)
Varied content from quarter to quarter on theory and applications of biochemistry, with specific areas listed in the class schedule.
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor.

CHEM 491 Biochemistry I (3)
Basic concepts of biomolecules, including: buffers, amino acids, protein structure and dynamics, sugars and polysaccharides, lipids and membranes, enzymes and enzyme kinetics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 371, 372, 373.

CHEM 491L Biochemistry I Laboratory (l)
Techniques of modern experimental biochemistry including: characterization of amino acids; sequencing of peptides; protein isolation, purification and characterization; protein-ligand binding interactions; polarimetric analysis of sugars; isolation of lipids; and enzyme kinetics. Prerequisite: CHEM 491 (or concurrent registration).

CHEM 492 Biochemistry II (3)
Molecular structure and function of biomolecules, including: carbohydrate metabolism and glycolysis, citric acid cycle, gluconeogenesis, glyoxylate pathway, and pentose phosphate pathway; cytochrome system and oxidative phosphorylation; photosynthesis; and lipid, amino acid, and nucleotide metabolism.
Prerequisite: CHEM 491 with a minimum grade of C.

CHEM 492L Biochemistry II Laboratory (l)
Techniques of modern experimental biochemistry including: isolation, purification and characterization of enzymes by techniques including affinity chromatography, electrophoresis, HPLC, photosynthesis, subcellular fractionation and enzymatic analysis.
Prerequisite: CHEM 492 (or concurrent registration).

CHEM 493 Biochemistry III (3)
Additional functions of biomolecules including: nucleic acid structure; DNA replication, repair and recombination; transcription and reverse transcription; translation; viruses; and eukaryotic gene expression.
Prerequisite: CHEM 492 with a minimum grade of C.

CHEM 493L Biochemistry III Laboratory (l)
Techniques of modern experimental biochemistry including: extraction and characterization of DNA from bacterial cells micro- and preparative-scale isolation and purification of plasmids; action of restriction enzymes on nucleic acids; binding of polyamines to DNA, followed by ethidium fluorescence assay; and isolation of rRNA and mRNA. Prerequisite: CHEM 493 (or concurrent registration).

CHEM 498 Directed Research (1-4)
Completion of a laboratory research project under the direction of an on-campus faculty
member or approved off-campus research supervisor. Minimum three hours laboratory per
week per unit of credit. A maximum of four units may be applied toward the major.
Prerequisite: Consent of the department chair.

CHEM 499 Directed Study (1-4)

UNST 404D Religious, Moral, and Social Aspects of Chemistry (4)
Explores the philosophical interaction between the practice of science and basic tenets of the Christian faith. Includes summaries of the major themes of chemistry and senior assessment exercises. Does not apply towards a major or minor. Satisfies general education requirement.
Four classes per week.
Prerequisite: Senior standing in department or consent of the department chair.

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