Courses

• CAS CH 110: General and Quantitative Analytical Chemistry
  Lecture and discussion shared with CAS CH 102, laboratory shared with CH 112. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, one hour lab lecture, four hours lab.
• CAS CH 111: Intensive General and Quantitative Analytical Chemistry
  First semester of intensive two-semester sequence for well-prepared students concentrating in chemistry or other sciences. Priority given to chemistry concentrators. Brief review of stoichiometry, gas laws; extensive consideration of equilibrium, thermodynamics, atomic and molecular structure, kinetics; application of principles to selected elements and compounds. Correlated laboratory experiments emphasizing applications of quantitative analysis. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, four hours lab.
• CAS CH 112: Intensive General and Quantitative Analytical Chemistry
  Second semester of intensive two-semester sequence for well-prepared students concentrating in chemistry or other sciences. Priority given to chemistry concentrators. Brief review of stoichiometry, gas laws; extensive consideration of equilibrium, thermodynamics, atomic and molecular structure, kinetics; application of principles to selected elements and compounds. Correlated laboratory experiments emphasizing applications of quantitative analysis. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, one hour lab lecture, eight hours lab.
• CAS CH 131: Principles of General Chemistry
  A one-semester, terminal general chemistry course for students who do not require a two-semester sequence. Stoichiometry, atomic and molecular structure, bonding, chemistry of solid state, chemical thermodynamics, and equilibrium. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, three and a half hours lab.
• CAS CH 171: Life Science Chemistry I
  Introduction to chemistry: separation and purification of matter, atomic theory, structure of atoms, molecules and chemical bonding, chemical formulas, equations, stoichiometry; water, solutions, concentration, acids, bases, pH and buffers; gases; reaction kinetics and equilibrium, and radioactivity. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, one hour prelab lecture, and three hours lab.
• CAS CH 172: Life Science Chemistry II
  Organic chemistry: structure, stereochemistry, and reactions of carbon compounds; emphasis on compounds of biochemical interest. Structure and function of molecules of biological importance. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, one hour prelab lecture, and three hours lab.
• CAS CH 181: Intensive General and Physical Chemistry
  Kinetic theory of gases, atomic structure, chemical bonding, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, quantum chemistry, and laboratory experiments stressing quantitative chemical aspects. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, three hours lab.
• CAS CH 182: Intensive General and Physical Chemistry
  Kinetic theory of gases, atomic structure, chemical bonding, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, quantum chemistry, and laboratory experiments stressing quantitative chemical aspects. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, three hours lab.
• CAS CH 191: Undergraduate Research in Chemistry I
  Experimental or theoretical investigation of problems including the use of the literature. Attendance at weekly research seminars and the writing of a report at the end of each semester required. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office during the first two weeks of the semester.
• CAS CH 192: Undergraduate Research in Chemistry I
  Experimental or theoretical investigation of problems including the use of the literature. Attendance at weekly research seminars and the writing of a report at the end of each semester required. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office during the first two weeks of the semester.
• CAS CH 201: Quantitative Analytical Chemistry Laboratory
  Applications of quantitative analysis. Equivalent to the laboratory part of CAS CH 112. One hour lecture, four hours lab.
• CAS CH 203: Organic Chemistry 1
  Fundamentals of contemporary organic chemistry, including electronic structure, stereochemistry, and reactions of important functional groups. Environmental problems, action of drugs, chemical warfare agents, insecticides, and chemical causes of disease. Laboratory includes extraction, distillation, and chromatography. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, one hour prelab lecture, three-and-a-half hours lab on alternate weeks.
• CAS CH 204: Organic Chemistry 2
  Fundamentals of contemporary chemistry, including electronic structure, stereochemistry, and reactions of important functional groups. Environmental problems, action of drugs, chemical warfare agents, insecticides, and chemical causes of disease. Laboratory includes extraction, distillation, and chromatography. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, one hour prelab lecture, three-and-a-half hours lab on alternate weeks.
• CAS CH 211: Intensive Organic Chemistry
  Recommended for Chemistry concentrators. Organic compounds and their reactions; functional groups, stereochemistry, synthesis, reaction mechanisms, and laboratory methods including qualitative organic analysis. Industrial applications and relevance to biological systems. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, one hour prelab lecture, four hours lab.
• CAS CH 212: Intensive Organic Chemistry
  Recommended for Chemistry concentrators. Organic compounds and their reactions; functional groups, stereochemistry, synthesis, reaction mechanisms, and laboratory methods including qualitative organic analysis. Industrial applications and relevance to biological systems. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, one hour prelab lecture, four hours lab.
• CAS CH 214: Organic Chemistry with Qualitative Analysis
  Lecture and discussion shared with CAS CH 204, laboratory shared with CAS CH 212. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion weekly, one hour prelab lecture, four hours lab.
• CAS CH 220: Organic Chemistry Laboratory with Qualitative Analysis
  Laboratory methods in organic chemistry including multistep synthesis, organic qualitative analysis, and instrumental analysis. Eqiuvalent to the laboratory part of CAS CH212. One hour lecture, four hours lab.
• CAS CH 232: Inorganic Chemistry
  The relation of atomic and molecular structure to chemical properties. Bronsted and Lewis acid/base behavior; redox reactions; bonding and reactions of main group elements; d-metal complexes, including bonding, spectra, and reaction mechanisms; and organometallic chemistry. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion, four hours lab.
• CAS CH 273: Principles of Biochemistry
  Biomolecules in aqueous systems. Composition, structure, and function of proteins, nucleic acids, and polysaccharides. Information transfer from DNA to RNA and proteins. Bioenergetic principles in glycolysis, oxidative energy metabolism, and selected biosynthetic paths. Applications to medicine, nutrition, and biotechnology. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion.
• CAS CH 291: Undergraduate Research in Chemistry II
  See CAS CH 191, 192 for description.

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