CHEM 4630/5630: Programming for data analysis in the data sciences
Semester: Spring
This course is taught using live coding format (the instructor codes live in the classroom with the students). In this course, you will learn to process data using python scripts that you will write. Data include for example absorption spectra, coordinate files... You will also learn how to use Python libraries and write functions (for example to create high resolution graphs). Finally, you will learn best coding practices, how to keep track of different versions of your code and share your code using Github.
CHEM 2032: Majors General chemistry I
Semester: Fall
The Majors General Chemistry I course is the first of two semesters of general chemistry study, which prepares science students for upper-division chemistry courses. Students will be introduced to chemical structure, atomic and molecular properties, molecular geometry and bonding, and gas laws. The General Chemistry I course will require a good amount of thought, yet all of the concepts and associated mathematical manipulations are within the reach of a student who has met the pre-requisites of this course. CHEM 2031-003 consists of a bi-weekly one and a quarter-hour lecture.
CHEM 2062: Majors General Chemistry II
Semester: Spring
The General Chemistry II course is the second of two semesters in general chemistry for all science majors and students fulfilling requirements for health care professions. This course prepares science students for upper division chemistry courses. Students will be introduced to a basic description of chemistry in terms of the molecular nature of matter and change. Topics include intermolecular forces, solution chemistry, kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, solubility, thermodynamics, and time permitting electrochemistry and nuclear chemistry. The General Chemistry II course will require a good amount of thought, yet all of the concepts and associated mathematical manipulations are within the reach of a student who has met the pre-requisites of this course. CHEM 2061 consists of a bi-weekly one and a quarter hour lecture.
CHEM 2039: Majors general Chemistry I Laboratory
Semester: Fall
Majors General Chemistry I Laboratory is the first of two semesters in general chemistry lab for all science majors and students fulfilling requirements for health care professions. This course prepares science students for upper division chemistry courses.
Students will perform laboratory experiments that demonstrate the nature of matter and change and gain experience in observing, recording, and interpreting physical and chemical phenomena. This laboratory section is an majors’ lab and complements the majors’ section of General Chemistry lecture. The Majors lab course provides more in-depth and customized coverage of the concepts in general chemistry, as well as greater access to specialized techniques, open ended experiments, and instrumentation. Because this is a majors’ section there are heightened expectations both for your knowledge of chemistry and mathematics, as well as for your intellect and capacity for learning. To be successful, you must have an appreciation for the scientific method, as well as the ability to evaluate experimental methods and recognize sound scientific procedures.
CHEM 2069: Majors General Chemistry II Laboratory
Semester: Spring
General Chemistry II Lab is the second of two semesters in general chemistry for all science majors and students fulfilling requirements for health care professions. This course prepares science students for upper division chemistry courses. Laboratory course designed to accompany CHEM 2061. Topics include colligative properties, spectroscopic analysis, kinetics, equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, titrations, qualitative analysis of metal cations, and buffers.
CHEM 3011: Inorganic Chemistry
Semester: Spring
This course covers the fundamentals of inorganic chemistry: atomic, molecular, and crystal structures; the energetics of reactions; acid-base interactions; and the chemistry of main group and transition metal elements, including coordination and organometallic chemistry. The most important goal is to develop a rational basis that will allow you to understand chemistry better.
CHEM 4521: Physical Chemistry, quantum mechanics
Semester: Fall
In this course, you will learn about quantum theory, atomic and molecular structures, and interactions between electromagnetic radiation and molecules.
CHEM 4511: Physical Chemistry, thermodynamics
Semester: Spring
In this course, you will learn to compute the thermodynamics properties of systems in the gas phase, the liquid phase and solution phase. You will also learn to apply kinetic rate laws and identify potential reaction mechanisms.