The chemistry curriculum provides broad and rigorous training in the five traditional branches of chemistry: analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic, and physical. This program will prepare students desiring to work as professional chemists, to teach chemistry or pursue advanced degrees in chemistry, biochemistry, or medicine.
Graduates of the Chemistry Program will:
Introduces fundamental concepts of general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry, primarily focused for application to nursing. Topics include molecular structure and bonding; chemical equations and associated calculations; solution calculations; states of matter; nuclear chemistry; identification of primary organic functional groups and their reactions; the basic chemistry of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, amino acids, and DNA; critical thinking skills in science; and problem-solving procedure development.
High school chemistry or permission of the professor.
CHEM 110 Laboratory.
Accompanies CHEM 110 as laboratory component.
CHEM 110 Lecture.
High school chemistry.
CHEM 111 Laboratory.
Accompanies CHEM 111 as laboratory component.
CHEM 111 Lecture.
Continues discussions from CHEM 111. Topics include properties of solutions; chemical equilibrium; acid-base theories; acid-base equilibria; solubility equilibria; entropy and free energy; electrochemistry; chemical kinetics; transition metal chemistry and coordination compounds; nuclear chemistry; and an introduction to organic chemistry.
CHEM 111.
CHEM 112 Laboratory.
CHEM 112 Lecture.
Explores general principles and theories of organic chemistry. Topics include preparation; properties; hybridization; stereochemistry; mechanisms of reactions and uses of aliphatic, halogenated, unsaturated, and alcoholic organic functional groups; basic spectroscopic techniques applicable to organic molecules and conjugated systems; critical thinking skills for solving organic chemistry reactions and syntheses; and problem-solving procedure development.
CHEM 112.
CHEM 271 Laboratory.
CHEM 271 Lecture.
Continues discussions from CHEM 271. Topics include reaction mechanisms and uses of aromatic (substituted aromatic), oxygen- containing (ethers, phenols, carbonyls, and heterocyclic), nitrogen containing (amines, amides, and heterocyclic), carboxylic acids and derivative functional groups; multistep synthesis along with carbonyl and ester condensation reactions.
CHEM 271.
CHEM 272 Laboratory.
CHEM 272 Lecture.
Available as needed.
Chemistry major and permission of the professor.
Introduces techniques in analytical chemistry. Topics include analytical laboratory equipment; measurement uncertainly and error; statistical analysis of data; quality assurance and calibration; and titrimetric and gravimetric analysis.
CHEM 112.
CHEM 331 Laboratory.
CHEM 331 Lecture.
Introduces instrumental methods for chemical analysis. Topics include high performance liquid gas chromatography; atomic spectroscopy; UV-vis spectroscopy; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; and electroanalytical methods.
CHEM 331.
CHEM 332 Lecture.
Explores chemistry related to life processes in plants and animals. Topics include enzymes and metabolism, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acid chemistry.
CHEM 271. BIOL 335 recommended.
CHEM 375 Laboratory.
CHEM 375 Lecture.
CHEM 375 and MATH 231 or higher.
CHEM 377 Laboratory.
CHEM 377 Lecture.
Discusses the analysis of unknown organic compounds and mixtures and methods for detection. Topics include identification, separation, and structural determination of organic molecules and functional groups using classical chemical and spectroscopic instrumental methods.
CHEM 271.
CHEM 378 Laboratory.
Accompanies CHEM 378 as laboratory component.
CHEM 378 Lecture.
Introduces a calculus-based approach to the study of chemistry. Topics include the kinetic theory of gases, equations of state, thermodynamics, phase equilibria, mixtures, chemical equilibria, and equilibrium electrochemistry.
MATH 231, 232, CHEM 111, PHYS 212 or 232.
CHEM 431 Laboratory.
CHEM 431 Lecture.
Introduces quantum mechanics and its applications in chemical science. Topics include the development of modern atomic and molecular theory; introductory quantum mechanics; particle in a box; the hydrogen atom; multi-electron atoms, statistical thermodynamics; and an introduction to atomic and molecular spectroscopy.
MATH 233, CHEM 111, PHYS 232, or permission of the professor.
CHEM 432 Laboratory.
CHEM 432 Lecture.
Discusses fundamental topics in inorganic chemistry. Topics include the periodic relationships; molecular orbital theory; molecular symmetry; the chemistry of solids; acids and bases; oxidation and reduction; coordination compounds; and an introduction to physical techniques in inorganic chemistry.
CHEM 112.
CHEM 272.
Topics selected from specialized areas of chemistry not regularly offered.
Permission of the professor.
Chemistry major.
Provides students with an internship experience in a vocation related to chemistry under the supervision of both a facility manager and an academic advisor. This course is available as needed.
Permission of the department chair.
