GRADUATE COURSES

Department of Chemistry
College of Natural Sciences

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C 511 03(3-0-0). Solid State Chemistry. F. Prerequisite: C 461, C 476.
Physical and descriptive chemistry of solids including characterization and synthetic methods.
*C 515 03(3-0-0). Polymer Chemistry. S. Prerequisite: C 343, C 476. Fundamentals of polymer chemistry: synthesis, characterization, physical properties.
*C 517 03(3-0-0). Chemistry of Electronic Materials. F. Prerequisite: C 571 or concurrent registration. Chemical aspects of preparation and processing of materials in electronic devices, “molecular electronics,” and nanostructured
materials.
C 531 03(3-0-0). Advanced Chemical Analysis I. F. Prerequisite: C 431 or concurrent registration. Chemical equilibria, electrochemistry, analytical separations, introduction to molecular spectroscopy.
C 532 03(3-0-0). Advanced Chemical Analysis II. S. Prerequisite: C 431. Advanced optics; instrumentation and methodology for analytical spectroscopy; computer applications.
*C 537 03(3-0-0). Electrochemical Methods. S. Prerequisite: C 531. Theory and methods of electrochemistry; applications of modern electrochemical techniques.
*C 539A-C 01(1-0-0). High Resolution NMR Analysis of Liquids. S. Prerequisite: C 343, C 474. A) Basic NMR principles. B) 1D and 2D NMR concepts and principles. C) Advanced NMR techniques.
C 541 03(3-0-0). Organic Spectroscopy. SS. Prerequisite: C 440. Organic structure determination by spectroscopic methods.
C 543 03(3-0-0). Structure/Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry. F. Prerequisite: C 343. Structure including stereochemistry and conformational isomerism; reactivity and mechanisms in organic chemistry.
C 545 03(3-0-0). Synthetic Organic Chemistry I. S. Prerequisite: C 543. Reactions and synthesis in organic chemistry.
C 547 03(3-0-0). Physical Organic Chemistry. S. Prerequisite: C 543. Mechanisms, theory, kinetics, and thermodynamics.
C 549 03(3-0-0). Synthetic Organic Chemistry II. F. Prerequisite: C 545. Modern synthetic methods. Strategies for total synthesis of natural products.
C 551 03(3-0-0). Organometallic Chemistry. F, S. Prerequisite: C 343. Descriptive and mechanistic organometallic chemistry applied to homogeneous catalysis and organic synthesis.
C 561 03(3-0-0). Inorganic Synthesis. F, S. Prerequisite: Written consent of instructor. Chemistry of compounds of representative elements and transition
metals.
C 563A-F 01(1-0-0) Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry. F, S. Prerequisite: C 561. A) Group theory. B) Vibrational spectroscopy. C) Electronic
structure and magnetism. D) Magnetic spectroscopies. E) Advanced nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. F) Other structural methods.
*C 565 03(3-0-0). Inorganic Mechanisms. F. Prerequisite: C 476 or written consent of instructor. Fundamental tools, key principles, selected classic case histories of inorganic and organometallic mechanistic chemistry, emphasizing kinetic methods.
C 567 01(1-0-0). Crystallographic Computation. F, S, SS. Prerequisite: C 476. Theory and practice of structural computations using single crystal X-ray diffraction data.
*C 569 03(3-0-0). Chemical Crystallography. S. Prerequisite: C 476. Theory and practice of determination of crystal and molecular structure by single crystal X ray and neutron diffraction.
C 570 03(3-0-0). Chemical Bonding. F. Prerequisite: C 476. Chemical bonding models; basis set expansion approach; origins of perturbation methods; electron correlation.
C 571 03(3-0-0). Advanced Physical Chemistry. F. Prerequisite: C 476. Quantum chemistry: simple systems, symmetry, approximation methods, molecular structure. Statistical mechanics: molecular thermodynamics, absolute rate theory.
*C 575 03(3-0-0). Chemical Thermodynamics. F. Prerequisite: C 476. Thermodynamic concepts and their applications to chemical problems.
C 576 03(3-0-0). Statistical Mechanics. S. Prerequisite: C 476 or written consent of instructor. Principles of statistical mechanics with application in the chemical sciences.
*C 577 03(3-0-0). Surface Chemistry. S. Prerequisite: C 472 or C 476.
Capillarity; interfacial thermodynamics, electrical aspects of surface chemistry, adsorbed layers.
*C 579 03(3-0-0). Chemical Kinetics. F. Prerequisite: C 476. Elementary reactions, unimolecular reactions, reactions in solution, gas phase ion chemistry, photochemistry, and kinetic modeling.
C 641 02(2-0-0). Organic Reaction Mechanisms. S. Prerequisite: C 545. Organic reaction mechanisms, including using arrows to show electron movement; heterolytic, radical, and pericyclic reactions.
C 651A-D Var [1-4]. Special Topics in Chemistry. F, S. Prerequisite: Written consent of instructor. A) Analytical chemistry. B) Inorganic chemistry. C) Organic
chemistry. D) Physical chemistry.
C 695 Var [1-3]. Independent Study.
C 699 Var [1-15]. Thesis.
C 702 01(0-0-1). Independent Research Proposal. F, S. Prerequisite: Admission to Ph.D. candidacy. Preparation, submission, and defense of an independent research proposal; creative and original thinking about research problems in modern chemistry.
C 751 01(1-0-0). Methods of Chemistry Laboratory Instruction. F. Basic materials, methods, and skill development related to teaching undergraduate chemistry laboratory courses.
C 752 01(0-0-1). Advanced Methods of Chemistry Instruction. S. Prerequisite: C 751 or written consent of instructor. Advanced materials, methods, and presentation skills development related to teaching undergraduate chemistry courses.
*C 771 03(3-0-0). Quantum Mechanics I-Chemical Bonding. S. Prerequisite: C 571. Principles; Hartree-Fock approach; Roothaan’s equations; molecular orbital methods; approximation techniques.
*C 773 03(3-0-0). Quantum Mechanics II-Spectroscopy. S. Prerequisite: C 571. Time-dependent perturbation theory; selection rules; vibrational, rotational, and electronic spectroscopy; magnetic resonance.
C 784 Var [1-2]. Supervised College Teaching. F, S, SS.
C 793 01(0-0-1). Seminar.
C 795A-D Var [1-5]. Independent Study. A) Inorganic chemistry. B) Analytical chemistry. C) Biological chemistry. D) Physical chemistry.
C 798 Var. Research. Proposal preparation outlining an original research idea.
C 799 Var [1-15]. Dissertation.