Plan of Study – Chemistry

Note: A Semester Hour (s.h.) is a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (such as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic semester. Most courses are two, three or four semester hours.

Chemistry: Minor

Minor Courses (Minimum of 20 semester hours required.)

CHM 1110 General Chemistry I (3 s.h.)

Principles of chemistry, including atomic structure and periodicity, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws, solution concepts, acid-base theory, redox processes, and equilibrium. Lecture meets 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: one year of high school chemistry or CHM 1010 with grade of C (2.0) or better; one year of high school algebra or MTH 1040 with grade of C (2.0) or better. Two years of high school algebra highly recommended, or MTH 1040 and 1050 with grades of C (2.0) or better. Corequisite: CHM 1110.LB.

CHM1110L General Chemistry I Lab (1 s.h.)

Principles of chemistry, including atomic structure and periodicity, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws, solution concepts, acid- base theory, redox processes, and equilibrium. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: one year of high school chemistry or CHM 1010 with grade of C (2.0) or better; one year of high school algebra or MTH 1040 with grade of C (2.0) or better. Two years of high school algebra highly recommended, or MTH 1040 and 1050 with grades of C (2.0) or better. Corequisite: CHM 1110.

CHM 1120 General Chemistry II (3 s.h.)

Principles of thermodynamics/Thermochemistry, kinetics, equilibrium systems, Acid-Base Chemistry, Buffers, Solutions, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: minimum grade of C in CHM 1110 or equivalent; prerequisite or corequisite minimum grade of C in MTH 1060 or 1210 or equivalent. Corequisite: CHM 1120.LB.

CHM1120L General Chemistry II Lab (1 s.h.)

Principles of thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium systems, proton transfer, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Laboratory projects related to each major subject area. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: minimum grade of C in CHM 1110 or equivalent; prerequisite or corequisite minimum grade of C in MTH 1060 or 1210 or equivalent. Corequisite: CHM 1120.

CHM 2210 Organic Chemistry I (3 s.h.)

Structure and classification of compounds of carbon, with stress on the aliphatics; IUPAC nomenclature; properties, characteristic reactions of the common functional groups, especially of the oxygen functions; concepts of stereochemistry; introduction to mechanisms; stress on Bronsted and Lewis acid/base processes. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: CHM 1110 or equivalent. CHM 1120 highly recommended. Corequisite CHM 2210.LB.

CHM2210L Organic Chemistry I Lab (1 s.h.)

Structure and classification of compounds of carbon with stress on the aliphatics; IUPAC nomenclature; properties, characteristic reactions of the common functional groups, especially of the oxygen functions; concepts of stereochemistry; introduction to mechanisms; stress on Bronsted and Lewis acid/base processes. Laboratory exercises directed to demonstration of mechanistic processes. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: CHM 1110 or equivalent. Corequisite: CHM 2210.

CHM 2220/3610 Option (Choose from: CHM 2220 or CHM 3610.)

CHM 2220 Organic Chemistry II (3 s.h.)

More extensive study of reaction mechanisms; aromatics; spectroscopy; organometallics. Laboratory exercises directed to the systematic identification of organic functional groups, spectroscopy and chromatography. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: CHM 1110 and 2210; CHM 1120 highly recommended. Corequisite: CHM 2220.LB.

CHM2220L Organic Chemistry II Lab (1 s.h.)

More extensive study of reaction mechanism, aromatics, spectroscopy, and polymerization. Laboratory exercises directed to aromatic substitution reactions, chromatography, and systematic identification of organic functional groups. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: CHM 1110 and CHM 2210; CHM 1120 highly recommended. Corequisite: CHM 2220.

CHM 3610 Biochemistry I (BIO/CHM*) (3 s.h.)

Principles of biochemistry; major metabolic and biosynthetic pathways; structure and conformation of biological molecules and their molecular biology. Laboratory exercises in enzyme kinetics, electrophoresis, chromatography, and DNA isolation and manipulation. Lecture will meet 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisites: CHM 1110, CHM 1110.LB; and CHM 2210, CHM 2210.LB or CHM 1610 and CHM 1610.LB. Corequisite CHM 3610.LB.

CHM3610L Biochemistry I Lab (BIO/CHM*) (1 s.h.)

Laboratory exercises in enzyme kinetics, electrophoresis, chromatography, and DNA isolation and manipulation. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Corequisite: CHM 3610.

CHM 3310 Quantitative Analysis (3 s.h.)

Theory and techniques of classical quantitative analysis, including acquisition and evaluation of analytical data from gravimetry, titrimetry, potentiometry, and spectrophotometry techniques. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: CHM 1110, 1120, 2210, MTH 1210 or equivalent. Corequisite: CHM 3310.LB.

CHM3310L Quantitative Analysis Lab (1 s.h.)

Theory and techniques of classical quantitative analysis, including acquisition and evaluation of analytical data from gravimetry, titrimetry, potentiometry, and spectrophotometry techniques. Lab will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisites: CHM 1110, 1120, 2210, MTH 1210 or equivalent. Corequisite: CHM 3310.