COURSES OF STUDY
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CH 298, 398, 498 Teaching Experience in Chemistry (½ or 1)
A teaching experience course. Specific guidelines concerning teaching
experiences appear in the Individualized Study section of this catalog.
CH 306 Inorganic Chemistry (1)
A course containing both theoretical and descriptive inorganic
chemistry. Topics include group theory and symmetry, crystal field
theory, coordination chemistry, reaction mechanisms, organometallic
chemistry, and bioinorganic chemistry. Three lectures and one three-
hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: CH 212 and 220. Spring.
CH 408 Biochemistry (1)
An introduction to the structure, chemistry, and metabolism of
carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids. Topics in application
of biochemistry to medicine, dentistry, and nutrition are also
considered. Three lectures and one three-hour laboratory per week.
(
Also listed as BI 408, this course may be counted for credit in either
biology or chemistry.) Prerequisites: CH 212 and 220. Fall.
CH 410 Senior Research in Chemistry (1)
A research experience in chemistry during the senior year. Requirements
include a paper written in the style of a scientific journal article and an
oral presentation to students and faculty. Prerequisites: CH 212 and
consent. Fall, Spring.
CH 411 Physical Chemistry I (1)
Principles of chemical kinetics, elementary quantum theory, and
spectroscopy. Three lecture periods. Students are strongly encouraged
to take MA 310 or equivalent prior to taking CH 411. Prerequisites: CH
212,
CH 220, MA 232, and PH 122. Fall.
CH 412 Physical Chemistry II (1)
Continuation of CH 411, stressing chemical thermodynamics. Three
lectures, one three-hour laboratory, and one DHAR laboratory per
week. Prerequisite: CH 411. Spring.
CH 418 Medicinal Chemistry: Mechanisms and Biosynthesis of Select
Antibiotics (1)
A study in the mechanistic details of selected antibiotics. Lectures
and student presentations focus on targets and mechanistic details
of antibiotics from several major classes including ß-lactams,
cephalosporins, tetracyclines, macrolides, and aminoglycosides.
Antibiotic targets include bacterial cell-wall biosynthesis, bacterial
protein synthesis, and bacterial DNA replication. Three lectures per
week. Prerequisites: CH 212 and BI 125. Spring.
