Chemistry

• CAS CH 354: Physical Chemistry Laboratory
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASCH 102/201, CASCH 110, CASCH 112 or CASCH 351. First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120); Undergraduate Corequisites: (CASCH 352). - Experiments in thermodynamics, vibrational and electronic, chemical kinetics and equilibrium, molecular modeling and structure determination. Statistics and error analysis of laboratory data. Six hours lab plus prelab lecture. Effective Fall 2020, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Writing-Intensive Course, Scientific Inquiry II, Research and Information Literacy.
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  • Research and Information Literacy
  • Scientific Inquiry II
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• CAS CH 361: Junior Research in Chemistry 1 (4 Credits)
  First semester of research including the use of the research literature, attendance with oral presentations at group research seminars and the writing of a report at the end of semester as required by research group. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Research and Information Literacy.
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  • Oral and/or Signed Communication
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• CAS CH 362: Junior Research in Chemistry 2 (4 Credits)
  Second semester of research including attendance with oral presentations at group research meetings, critical analysis of the research project, and the writing of a report at the end of semester as required by research group. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Oral and/or Signed Communication, Critical Thinking.
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  • Critical Thinking
  • Oral and/or Signed Communication
• CAS CH 363: Junior Research in Chemistry 3 (4 Credits)
  Third semester of research including attendance with oral presentations at group research meetings, creative contributions as a research team member, and the writing of a report at the end of semester as required by research group. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office. Effective Fall 2019, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Teamwork/Collaboration, Creativity/Innovation.
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  • Creativity/Innovation
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• CAS CH 365: Junior Research in Chemistry 5 (4 Credits)
  Fifth semester of research including attendance with oral presentations at group research meetings, creative contributions as a research team member, and the writing of a report at the end of semester as required by research group. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office.
• CAS CH 366: Junior Research in Chemistry 6 (4 Credits)
  Sixth semester of research including attendance with oral presentations at group research meetings, creative contributions as a research team member, and the writing of a report at the end of semester as required by research group. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office.
• CAS CH 373: Principles of Biochemistry
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CAS BI 105 or CAS BI 108 or CAS NE 102 or ENG BE 209; and CAS CH 204 o r CAS CH 214 or CAS CH 212 or CAS CH 174; or equivalent. - Introductory biochemistry focusing on structure/function with applications to medicine, nutrition, and biotechnology, including acid/base chemistry, protein structure, enzyme mechanisms, thermodynamics, and kinetics; nucleic acid structure/function and information transfer, carbohydrates and carbohydrate metabolism, lipids and lipid metabolism, and bioenergetics of oxidative energy metabolism. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion.
• CAS CH 400: Special Topics in Chemistry
  May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Pre-requisites vary with topic. Topic for Spring 2021: Molecular Kinetics and Dynamics. (Prerequisites: CAS CH 102 or CAS CH 110 or CAS CH 112; AND CAS PY 212 AND CAS MA 124. Undergraduate Corequisites: CAS MA 225 or CAS CH225.) Models of molecular dynamics and energy transfer. Chemical kinetics. Absolute reaction rates and transition state theory. Kramers theory of reactions in solution. Protein-ligand association and binding. Enzymatic reactions and theories of catalysis. Electron transfer and Marcus theory. Kinetics of nucleation and molecular self-assembly. Rate processes in geochemistry. Theory of protein folding, misfolding, and aggregation. Reaction networks in systems biology. Small world networks and power-law kinetics.
• CAS CH 401: Honors Research in Chemistry
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: 3.0 overall GPA, 3.2 GPA in required major courses, and approval of Honors application by Chemistry Department Undergraduate Programs Committee. - Minimum 16 hours per week of experimental or theoretical research, within a chemistry department research group or in another approved research group (outside the department) that is undertaking research in the chemical sciences. An Honors thesis is submitted at the end of the spring semester and defended before a committee of three faculty members. A grade of B or higher is required in both CASCH 401 and CASCH 402 in order to graduate with Honors in the Major in Chemistry. An oral presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the end of the spring semester is also required. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Creativity/Innovation, Teamwork/Collaboration.
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• CAS CH 402: Honors Research in Chemistry
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: 3.0 overall GPA, 3.2 GPA in required major courses, and approval of Honors application by Chemistry Department Undergraduate Programs Committee. - Minimum 16 hours per week of experimental or theoretical research, within a chemistry department research group or in another approved research group (outside the department) that is undertaking research in the chemical sciences. An Honors thesis is submitted at the end of the spring semester and defended before a committee of three faculty members. A grade of B or higher is required in both CAS CH 401 and CAS CH 402 in order to graduate with Honors in the Major in Chemistry. An oral presentation at the Undergraduate Research Symposium at the end of the spring semester is also required. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Oral and/or Signed Communication, Teamwork/Collaboration.
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  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
  • Oral and/or Signed Communication
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• CAS CH 441: Senior Research in Chemistry 1
  Senior research including attendance with oral presentations at group research meetings, contributions as a research team member, and the writing of a report at the end of semester as required by research group. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Teamwork/Collaboration. Effective Fall 2025, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Creativity/Innovation
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  • Creativity/Innovation
• CAS CH 442: Senior Research in Chemistry 2
  Senior research including attendance with oral presentations at group research meetings, creative contributions as a research team member, and the writing of a report at the end of semester as required by research group. Presentation at the semester's end Undergraduate Research Symposium is required. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in the following BU Hub area: Digital/Multimedia Expression.
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  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
• CAS CH 455: Introduction to Computational Molecular Science
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASCH351 & CASCH352) or consent of instructor - Introduction to computational approaches for solving problems in molecular science. Lectures on numerical methods for differentiation and integration, energy minimization, molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, normal mode analysis, quantum chemistry. Assignments consist of problems solved using python notebooks. Three hours lecture, one hour lab per week.
• CAS CH 458: Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics
  Prerequisites: CASCH 351 & CASCH 352 or consent of instructor. - Exploration of theories of molecular kinetics and dynamics and their application to chemical, biomolecular, and materials systems. Lectures on reaction rate theory applied to energy transfer, chemical catalysis, electron transfer, diffusion-limited reactions, polymer dynamics, nucleation and growth, and spectroscopy. Three hours lecture, one hour discussion per week.
• CAS CH 461: Senior Research in Chemistry 1
  Senior research including attendance with oral presentations at group research meetings, creative contributions as a research team member, and the writing of a report at the end of semester as required by research group. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Teamwork/Collaboration, Creativity/Innovation.
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  • Creativity/Innovation
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• CAS CH 462: Senior Research in Chemistry 2
  Senior research including attendance with oral presentations at group research meetings, creative contributions as a research team member, and the writing of a report at the end of semester as required by research group. Presentation at the semester's end Undergraduate Research Symposium is required. Application must be made through the Department of Chemistry office. Effective Fall 2021, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Digital/Multimedia Expression, Teamwork/Collaboration.
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  • Digital/Multimedia Expression
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• CAS CH 500: Special Topics in Chemistry
  May be repeated for credit as topics vary. Pre-requisites vary with topic.
• CAS CH 524: Chemical Biology Laboratory
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CASEN 120 or WR 100 or WR 120) and CASBB 421 or consent of instructor. - Project-based laboratory course to introduce students to the design and implementation of modern experimental techniques in chemical biology, including protein-peptide and protein-small molecule interactions, fluorescent binding assays, enzyme activity, and inhibition kinetics. Eight hours of lab weekly in addition to a pre-lab lecture. Effective Spring 2024, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Creativity/Innovation, Teamwork/Collaboration. Effective Spring 2026, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Creativity/Innovation, Writing-Intensive Course.
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  • Creativity/Innovation
  • Writing-Intensive Course
• CAS CH 525: Physical Biochemistry
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (CASBB421); (CASMA121 OR CASMA123); (CASPY106 OR CASPY212). Cannot be taken as advanced course for chemistry majors or in addition to CAS CH351/352. Introduction to physical chemical principles with topics in biochemistry, solution and solid phase chemistry of biomolecules as studied by equilibrium, hydrodynamics, and spectroscopic/quantum mechanical methods.
• CAS CH 550: Materials Chemistry: Hard Materials
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: General Chemistry 2 (CAS CH 110 or CH 112 or equivalent) or consent of instructor. This course will focus on the structure, synthesis, properties, and applications of solid-state materials. The main topics in this class cover the bonding in solids; formation of crystals; basic crystallography; electron diffraction; defects, phase transformation; general principles about the atomic level growth and characterizations of solid materials.