Third Year
CHEM 3010-3 Aqueous Environmental Chemistry (3,0,0)
This course introduces students to properties and composition of natural waters. Topics include hydrologic cycle, water quality criteria, partitioning, transport chemical equilibria, pH, complexation, redox processes and water treatment.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2150/2250 (minimum C grade); CHEM
2120/2220 (minimum C grade) is recommended.
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CHEM 3020-3 Atmospheric Environmental Chemistry (3,0,0) Introduction to structure, composition and chemical processes occuring in Earth's atmosphere, including interactions with solar radiation,
stratospheric ozone layer, photochemical smog and acid rain.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2150/2250 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3030-3 Environmental Geochemistry (3,0,0) This course will examine the complex relationship between environmental factors and the geochemical history of surface and subsurface rocks.
Prerequisites: GEOL 1110 and CHEM 2250 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3060-3 Principles of Physical Chemistry (3,0,0) This course will cover chemical thermodynamics and reaction kinetics at a third year level. Topics covered will include a review of the First, Second and Third Laws of Thermodynamics;non-equilibrium thermodynamics; criteria for physical and chemical equilibria (phase equilibria and equilibrium constants); thermodynamic activities; solubility equilibria; electrochemical potentials; reaction kinetics and reaction dynamics.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2150/2250 (minimum C grade); MATH 2110
is strongly recommended.
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CHEM 3070-3 Applications of Physical Chemistry (3,0,0) This course will consider the application of physical chemical principles to a selection of topics including some drawn from areas of biochemical and environmental interest.
Prerequisites: CHEM 3060 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3080-1 Physical Chemistry Laboratory (0,0,4)(L) TIn this laboratory course a selection of physical chemistry experiments will be carried out which illustrate various physical chemical principles.
Prerequisites: CHEM 3060 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3100-3 Instrumental Analysis (3,0,0) This course will introduce the student to the wide range of instrumental methods used in chemical analysis as they are applied to modern
analytical chemistry. The course involves an introduction to statistical evaluation of chemical data, electrochemical methods, optical spectroscopic methods, mass spectrometry and chromatography.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2150/2250 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3120-1 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory (0,0,4)(L)
This laboratory course is designed to accompany CHEM 3100, and will provide practical, hands-on laboratory experience in performing chemical analyses using chemical instrumentation encountered in CHEM 3100. The student will perform statistical evaluations of experimental chemical data.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2150/2250 (minimum C grade)
Corequisites or Prerequisite: CHEM 3100
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CHEM 3140-3 Method Development and Applications in Analytical Chemistry (3,0,0) This course will focus on analytical method development, including sampling and sample handling, extraction, determination, and data acquisition. The analysis of organic and inorganic compounds in a variety of matrices will be discussed. Case studies from the literature
will illustrate typical applications.
Prerequisites: CHEM 3100/3120 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3170-1 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory for Chemical Biology (0,0,4) A laboratory course designed to give students practical hands-on experience with the intrumentation discussed in CHEM 3100, with a focus on the needs of Chemical Biolgists. Students will perform a variety of chemical analyses and gain independent experience in analytical experimental design and method application to real samples.
Prerequisite: CHEM 2100 and 2250 (minimum C- grade)
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CHEM 3220-3 Advanced Organic Chemistry (3,0,0) This is a lecture course that covers the theory and practice of modern organic synthesis. The emphasis is on important carbon-carbon bond forming reactions, significant reactions of functional groups and the use of protecting group strategies in organic synthesis. In addition, the chemistry of amino acids, peptides, carbohydrates and heterocycles is studied in the context of the above topics.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2120/2220 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3230-3 Organic Spectroscopy (3,0,0) This is a lecture course that covers the theory and practice of modern spectroscopic techniques for the structural elucidation of organic compounds. The emphasis is on both the theory and practice of spectroscopic techniques, particularly NMR spectroscopy, for determining the structures of pure organic compounds.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2120/2220 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3240-1 Organic Chemistry Laboratory (0,0,4)(L) In this laboratory course a selection of organic chemistry experiments are designed to develop synthetic skills and application of spectroscopic techniques to organic molecules.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2120/2220 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3310-3 Inorganic Chemistry 1 (3,0,0) This is a lecture course designed to introduce students to the varied aspects of transition metal chemistry and a wide variety of techniques which have been applied to these systems. Some topics to be included are coordination numbers, stereochemistry, diastereomers, enantiomers, coordination equilibria, and the kinetics and mechanisms of substitution and electron transfer reactions. Crystal Field and Molecular Orbital descriptions of bonding will be developed and applied to electronic spectra and magnetic properties. Application to some bioinorganic systems will be introduced.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2150/2250 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3320-3 Inorganic Chemistry 2 (3,0,0) This is a lecture course designed to introduce students to the varied aspects of main group chemistry and a wide variety of techniques which have been applied to these systems. Some topics to be included are ionic bonding and the solid state, simple ideas of covalent bonding and molecular orbital descriptions of main group compounds. A systematic survey of selected chemistry of main group elements may be conducted.
Prerequisites: CHEM 3310 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3330-1 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (0,0,4)(L) In this laboratory course a selection of inorganic chemistry experiments are designed to develop synthetic skills and application of spectroscopic and magnetic techniques to inorganic systems.
Prerequisites: CHEM 3310 (minimum C grade)
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CHEM 3730-3 Introduction to Biochemistry (3,0,0) Introduction to cellular chemistry. Structure and function of biological molecules including nucleic acids, enzymes and other proteins, carbohydrates, lipids and vitamins. Introduction to metabolic pathways and bioenergetics including DNA systhesis, transcription and translation, glycolysis, fermentation and respiration, oxidation of fatty acids, and photosynthesis.
Prerequisites: CHEM 1500 (minimum C-) and either CHEM 1510 or 1520 (minimum C-); CHEM 2120 and 2220; BIOL 1110 and acceptance into the Major in Chemistry or the Major in Environmental Chemistry Programs.
Note: This course is the same as BIOL 3130 except it is only available to Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry Majors.
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