Courses

• GRS CH 641: Physical Organic Chemistry
  Physical fundamentals of organic chemistry. Thermodynamics, kinetics, molecular orbital theory, and theory of concerted reactions. Isotope effects, aromaticity, linear free energy relationships, acidity functions, photo- and free-radical chemistry.
• GRS CH 642: Organic Reaction Mechanisms
  Fundamentals of organic reactions and their mechanisms. Covers advanced topics in organic chemistry, such as conformational analysis, stereoelectronic effects, and a wide range of classical and modern organic transformations.
• GRS CH 643: Synthetic Methods of Organic Chemistry
  Organic synthesis strategies for total synthesis. Various approaches for organic molecules whose synthesis constitutes major contributions to organic and medicinal chemistry.
• GRS CH 645: Transition Metal Chemistry
  Introduction to the concepts of transition metal-mediated reactions and mechanisms, including electronic structure and properties, reaction mechanisms, kinetics, organometallic compounds, catalytic reactions, and aspects of asymmetric catalysis.
• GRS CH 651: Molecular Quantum Mechanics I
  Postulates of quantum mechanics with emphasis on chemical applications; application to model systems: particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, rigid rotor, hydrogen atom; tunneling; angular momentum theory, spin; ladder operators, computational methods.
• GRS CH 652: Molecular Quantum Mechanics II
  The chemical bond; Huckel, molecular orbital, and valence bond theories; ab initio methods, density functional theory; Born-Oppenheimer approximation/breakdown; time-dependent processes; Fermi's golden rule; non-adiabaticity; time-dependent perturbation theory; computational methods.
• GRS CH 655: Statistical Mechanics I
  Introduction to statistical mechanical fundamentals; ensemble theory, Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein, Gibbs-Boltzmann statistics; computational methods, Monte Carlo, Molecular Dynamics, many-body quantum mechanical simulations, normal mode analysis; ergodic hypothesis, modern theories of liquids and biomolecules, thermodynamic perturbation theory, integral equations, Debye-Huckel theory.
• GRS CH 699: Teaching College Chemistry I
  The goals, contents, and methods of instruction in chemistry. General teaching-learning issues. Required of all teaching fellows.
• GRS CH 722: Protein Chemistry
  The structure and function of selected enzymes, motor/pump proteins, and structural protein assemblies, highlighting concepts in macromolecular structure analysis, the use of transition- state theory in rational drug design, and conformational flexibility and the link to catalysis. Analysis of selected primary literature underscoring structural underpinnings via molecular graphics.
• GRS CH 724: Special Topics in Biochemistry
  Detailed analysis of special topics of research in biochemistry. Topics are determined by the instructor depending on interest and expertise. Subjects covered include protein analysis, mechanistic enzymology, nucleic acid research, protein/nucleic acid interactions, and spectroscopic methods.
• GRS CH 731: Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
  Selected topics of current research interest in inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry.
• GRS CH 741: Organic Spectroscopy and Structure Determination
  Spectroscopic methods in organic structure determination, with main emphasis on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Also covers mass spectrometry and circular dichroism.
• GRS CH 744: Current Topics in Organic Chemistry
  Current topics in advanced organic chemistry. Content varies with instructor, and may include "The Chemistry of Biotechnology," "Drug Discovery," "Organic Chemistry of Soft Materials," "Biomimetic Total Synthesis" and other themes related to the instructor's research interests.
• GRS CH 751: Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry
  Current topics of research in physical chemistry. The course content varies with instructor.
• GRS CH 752: Advanced Topics in Chemical Physics
  Current topics of research in chemical physics. Content varies with the instructor but may include material from such areas as advanced methods in molecular spectroscopy and magnetic resonance, non-linear laser-induced phenomena, and photoionization and electron-molecule scattering. Topic for Spring 2015: Advanced Computational Chemistry.
• GRS CH 801: Graduate Research Methods and Scholarly Writing 1
  Introduces beginning graduate students to the fundamental methods of research, presentation, and scholarship necessary for a successful career as a graduate student, a teacher, and an independent research scientist. Includes RCR (responsible conduct of research) training.
• GRS CH 802: Graduate Research Methods and Scholarly Writing 2
  Continues subject material of GRS CH 801 with more emphasis on writing.
• GRS CH 901: PhD Research in Chemistry
  
• GRS CH 902: PhD Research in Chemistry
  
• GRS CH 903: MA Research in Chemistry
  A written report at the end of each semester is required.

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