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Chemistry Department

Description of Courses

Below is a brief description of the graduate courses typically offered by the Chemistry Department. Many students also take advantage of courses in related fields, especially biology, applied science, and marine science.

501. Advanced Physical Chemistry
Quantum chemistry and molecular spectroscopy.

502. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Principles and applications of symmetry to structure, bonding, and spectroscopy.

503. Advanced Organic Chemistry
A structure-reactivity approach to reaction mechanism and synthesis.

508. Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Advanced topics in analytical chemistry.

511. Polymer Science I
An introduction to the chemical aspects of polymer science at the molecular level. Topics include the preparation, modification, degradation, and stabilization of polymers. Reaction mechanisms are stressed.

512. Polymer Science II
A study of the relationships of chemical and physical properties of synthetic and biological polymers to their molecular structure.

514. Biochemistry
A study of the molecular basis of living processes, the chemistry of important constituents of living matter, biosynthesis, metabolism, bioenergetics, enzyme kinetics, metabolic control, transport mechanisms.

515. Advanced Biochemistry
A continuation of the study of biological processes ona molecular level begun in 514. Membrane biochemistry, molecular immunology, protein structure and function, biochemical applications of genetic engineering, and other topics of current interest.

516. Polymer Laboratory

652. Topics in Physical Chemistry

653. Topics in Nuclear Chemistry

654. Topics in Inorganic Chemistry

655. Topics in Analytical Chemistry

656. Topics in Organic Chemistry

657. Organic Synthesis
An advanced treatment of organic synthetic methods which includes examples of natural products preparations.

658. Organic Spectroscopy
Structure elucidation using routine spectroscopic methods and the theory and use of single and multidimensional Fourier Transform spectroscopy.

664. Topics in Biohemistry

665. Graduate Seminar

695. Research
A maximum of six credits may be applied toward the M.A. or M.S. degree requirements.

700. Thesis