Courses

The listing of a course description here does not guarantee a course’s being offered in a particular term. Please refer to the published schedule of classes on the MyBU Student Portal for confirmation a class is actually being taught and for specific course meeting dates and times.

• CAS CH 655: Statistical Mechanics 1
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (GRSCH651) or equivalent or consent of instructor. - Basic concepts in statistics, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics. Ensembles. Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein, and Gibbs-Boltzmann statistics. Ideal gas, atomic crystals, Ising model, Langmuir isotherm, lattice statistics. Polyatomic molecules, polymers, and biomolecules. Polymer and polyelectrolyte solutions.
• CAS CH 656: Statistical Mechanics 2
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: (GRSCH655) or equivalent or consent of instructor. - Topics in equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics with chemical applications. Theories of gases and liquids, ionic solutions and interfaces, time correlation functions, linear response theory, Brownian motion, generalized Langevin equation, projection operator, rate theories, discrete kinetics, fluctuation theorem, phase transition.
• CAS CH 658: Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics
  Prerequisites: A year of physical chemistry at the undergraduate level 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 721: Special Topics in Biochemistry
  Graduate Prerequisites: (GRSCH621) or equivalent or consent of instructor. - Detailed analysis of special topics of research in biochemistry. Topics are determined by the instructor depending on interest and expertise.
• CAS CH 729: Special Topics in Chemical Biology
  Graduate Prerequisites: CH 623 or equivalent; or consent of instructor - Selected topics of research in chemical biology. Topics are determined by the instructor depending on interest and expertise.
• CAS CH 731: Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
  Graduate Prerequisites: (GRSCH631) or equivalent or consent of instructor. - Selected topics of current research interest in inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry.
• CAS CH 744: Current Topics in Organic Chemistry
  Graduate Prerequisites: (CASCH421 OR GRSCH721) or equivalent and at least two semesters of und ergraduate organic chemistry or consent of instructor. - Current topics in advanced organic chemistry. The course content varies with instructor.
• CAS CH 751: Advanced Topics in Physical Chemistry
  Graduate Prerequisites: (GRSCH652) or equivalent or consent of instructor. - Current topics of research in physical chemistry. The course content varies with instructor.
• CAS CH 752: Advanced Topics in Chemical Physics
  Graduate Prerequisites: (GRSCH651) or equivalent or consent of instructor. - Current topics of research in chemical physics. Course content varies with the instructor.
• CAS CH 801: Graduate Research Methods and Scholarly Writing 1
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: doctoral student or consent of instructor. - 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.
• CAS CH 802: Graduate Research Methods and Scholarly Writing 2
  Graduate Prerequisites: (GRSCH801) and good standing as a doctoral student. - Continues subject material of GRS CH 801 with more emphasis on writing.
• CAS CH 901: PhD Research in Chemistry
  PHD RES IN CHEM
• CAS CH 902: PhD Research in Chemistry
  PHD RES CHMSTRY
• CAS CH 903: MA Research in Chemistry
  A written report at the end of each semester is required.
• CAS CH 904: MA Research in Chemistry
  A written report at the end of each semester is required.
• CAS CH 982: Continuing Full-Time Study
  CERT FT STUDY
• CAS CH 984: Continuing Part-Time Study
  CONT STUDY PT
• CAS CH 986: Continuing Full-Time Study
  CONT STUDY CFT
• CAS CL 502: Studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature
  Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The literature studied is read in its original language, either ancient Greek or Latin, so advanced skill in the appropriate language is required. Not offered 2025/2026.
• CAS CL 520: Studies in Latin Literature
  Undergraduate Prerequisites: CASCL 351. - Topic for Spring 2026: Readings in Medieval Latin: Alexander the Great in Text and Codex. Extensive readings in Medieval Latin literature on Alexander the Great. Texts will be supplemented by studies of manuscripts and paleography."