Academic Catalog

Chemistry (CCHE)

CCHE 111  Gen Chem 1 & Recitation  4 Credits  
This is the introductory course in college chemistry. The topics covered in this course include: stoichiometry, atomic structure, molecular structure and bonding and gas laws. Three [3] hours of lecture, three [3] hours of laboratory and three [3] hours of recitation are required.
CCHE 111H  Honors Gen Chem & Recitation  4 Credits  
CCHE 111: Fundamental theories and laws, chemical calculations, equations, periodic classification of the elements, structure of matter, and ionization. CCHE 112: Study of chemical and ionic equilibria, nuclear chemistry, chemistry of the metallic elements, and elementary qualitative analysis of cations and anions. Three (3) lecture hours and six (6) laboratory hours per week.
CCHE 111HL  Honors General Chemistry Lab  0 Credits  
Lab - CCHE 111: Fundamental theories and laws, chemical calculations, equations, periodic classification of the elements, structure of matter, and ionization. CCHE 112: Study of chemical and ionic equilibria, nuclear chemistry, chemistry of the metallic elements, and elementary qualitative analysis of cations and anions. Three (3) lecture hours and six (6) laboratory hours per week.
CCHE 111L  General Chemistry Lab  0 Credits  
This is the introductory course in college chemistry. The topics covered in this course include: stoichiometry, atomic structure, molecular structure and bonding and gas laws. Three [3] hours of lecture, three [3] hours of laboratory and three [3] hours of recitation are required.
CCHE 112  Gen Chem II Lec & Recitation  4 Credits  
The topics covered in this course include: kinetics, equilibria, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Three [3] hours of lecture, three [3] hours of laboratory and three [3] hours of recitation are required. Prerequisite: CCHE 111.
CCHE 112H  General Honors Chemistry  4 Credits  
This is the continuation of Chemistry 111. The topics covered in this course include: kinetics, equilibria, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Three [3] hours of lecture, three [3] hours of laboratory and three [3] hours of recitation are required. Prerequisite: CCHE 111.
CCHE 112HL  Honors General Chemistry Lab  0 Credits  
Lab - This is the continuation of Chemistry 111. The topics covered in this course include: kinetics, equilibria, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Three [3] hours of lecture, three [3] hours of laboratory and three [3] hours of recitation are required. Prerequisite: CCHE 111.
CCHE 112L  General Chemistry II Lab  0 Credits  
The topics covered in this course include: kinetics, equilibria, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Three [3] hours of lecture, three [3] hours of laboratory and three [3] hours of recitation are required. Prerequisite: CCHE 111.
CCHE 211  Analytical Chemistry I  4 Credits  
Study of homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria to include principles related to ionization, solubility, complex ions and molecules, oxidation and reduction in solution, redox potentials, electrochemical cells, and quantitative volumetric and gravimetric analysis. (Three [3] lecture hours and six [6] laboratory hours per week are required.) Prerequisites: CCHE 112/112L.
CCHE 211L  Analytical Chemistry Lab  0 Credits  
Study of homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria to include principles related to ionization, solubility, complex ions and molecules, oxidation and reduction in solution, redox potentials, electrochemical cells, and quantitative volumetric and gravimetric analysis. (Three [3] lecture hours and six [6] laboratory hours per week are required.) Prerequisites: CCHE 112/112L.
CCHE 231  Organic Chemistry  4 Credits  
This is an introduction of the chemistry of carbon. The topics covered include: bonding, molecular structure, reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy. Studies are the properties of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. (Three [3] lecture hours, three [3] laboratory hours and one and one-half [1.5] recitation hours per week are required.) Prerequisites: CCHE 112/112L/112R.
CCHE 231L  Organic Chemistry Lab  0 Credits  
This is an introduction of the chemistry of carbon. The topics covered include: bonding, molecular structure, reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy. Studies are the properties of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. (Three [3] lecture hours, three [3] laboratory hours and one and one-half [1.5] recitation hours per week are required.) Prerequisites: CCHE 112/112L/112R.
CCHE 231R  Organic Chemistry Recitation  0 Credits  
This is an introduction of the chemistry of carbon. The topics covered include: bonding, molecular structure, reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy. Studies are the properties of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. (Three [3] lecture hours, three [3] laboratory hours and one and one-half [1.5] recitation hours per week are required.) Prerequisites: CCHE 112/112L/112R.
CCHE 231WE  Organic Chemistry  4 Credits  
This is an introduction of the chemistry of carbon. The topics covered include: bonding, molecular structure, reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy. Studies are the properties of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. Three (3) lecture hours, three (3) laboratory hours and one and one-half (1.5) recitation hours per week are required. Prerequisites: CCHE 112/112L/112R.
CCHE 232  Organic Chemistry  4 Credits  
This is a continuation of CCHE 231. The topics covered include: bonding, molecular structure, reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy. Studies are the properties of aliphatic and aromatic compounds which include proteins, carbohydrates, drugs and biomolecules. Three [3] lecture hours, three [3] laboratory hours, and one and one-half (1.5) recitation hours per week are required. Prerequisites: CCHE 231/231L/231R.
CCHE 232L  Organic Chemistry Lab  0 Credits  
This is a continuation of CCHE 231. The topics covered include: bonding, molecular structure, reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy. Studies are the properties of aliphatic and aromatic compounds which include proteins, carbohydrates, drugs and biomolecules. Three [3] lecture hours, three [3] laboratory hours, and one and one-half (1.5) recitation hours per week are required. Prerequisites: CCHE 231/231L/231R.
CCHE 232R  Organic Chemistry Recitation  0 Credits  
This is a continuation of CCHE 231. The topics covered include: bonding, molecular structure, reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy. Studies are the properties of aliphatic and aromatic compounds which include proteins, carbohydrates, drugs and biomolecules. Three [3] lecture hours, three [3] laboratory hours, and one and one-half (1.5) recitation hours per week are required. Prerequisites: CCHE 231/231L/231R.
CCHE 232WE  Organic Chemistry  4 Credits  
This is a continuation of CCHE 231. The topics covered include: bonding, molecular structure, reaction mechanisms and spectroscopy. Studies are the properties of aliphatic and aromatic compounds which include proteins, carbohydrates, drugs and biomolecules. Three (3) lecture hours, three (3) laboratory hours, and one and one-half (1.5) recitation hours per week are required. Prerequisites: CCHE 231/231L/231R.
CCHE 341  Physical Chemistry I  3 Credits  
The study of the laws and theories of chemical phenomena, including elementary thermodynamics, the gaseous, liquid, and solid state, equilibria, and chemical kinetics (rates of chemical reactions, and kinetics of complex reactions, and some molecular reaction dynamics). (Three [3] lecture hours per week.) Prerequisites: CCHE 211/211L; CPHY 111/111L and CPHY 112/112L; CMAT 111, CMAT 112, CMAT 211, and CMAT 212.
CCHE 341L  Physical Chemistry Lab  1 Credit  
Laboratory investigations in physical chemistry. Experiments carried out include coverage of five major areas of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, spectroscopy, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics. (Four [4] laboratory/recitation hours per week are required.)
CCHE 341R  Physical Chemistry Recitation  0 Credits  
Laboratory investigations in physical chemistry. Experiments carried out include coverage of five major areas of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, spectroscopy, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics. (Four [4] laboratory/recitation hours per week are required.)
CCHE 342  Physical Chemistry II  3 Credits  
Elementary quantum mechanics, molecular reaction dynamics activated complex theory and dynamics of molecular collisions and the application of elementary quantum mechanics to atomic and molecular structure and spectroscopy. (Three [3] lecture hours per week). Prerequisites: CCHE 211/211L; CPHY 111/111L and CPHY 112/112L; CMAT 111, CMAT 112, CMAT 211, and CMAT 212.
CCHE 342L  Physical Chemistry Lab  1 Credit  
Laboratory investigations in physical chemistry. Experiments carried out include coverage of five major areas of physical chemistry: thermodynamics, spectroscopy, kinetics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics. (Four [4] laboratory/recitation hours per week are required.)
CCHE 381  Chemistry Seminar  0 Credits  
This is a one-hour lecture/seminar course. CCHE 381 Zero (0) credit.CCHE382 One (1) credit. One year of the course generates one credit.
CCHE 382  Chemistry Seminar  1 Credit  
This is a one-hour lecture/seminar course. CCHE 381, Zero (0) credits. CCHE382, One (1) credit. One year of the course generates one credit.
CCHE 400  Undergraduate Research  1-3 Credits  
This course provides academic credit for the student pursuing an undergraduate graduate degree in chemistry or related fields and who carry out laboratory or other research supervised by a chemistry faculty member.
CCHE 412  Instrumental Methods  3 Credits  
A lecture and laboratory course covering the theory, design, practical uses and applications of typical spectroscopic and chromatographic instrumentation. Particular focus is on the application of the instrumentation for chemical analysis.(Three [3] lecture hours and six [6] laboratory hours per week are required.). This course is numbered CCHE 512 for graduate students and is three (3) credits. Prerequisites: CCHE 211/211L, CCHE 341/341L/341R, and CCHE 342/342L/342R.
CCHE 412L  Instrumentation Lab  1 Credit  
A lecture and laboratory course covering the theory, design, practical uses and applications of typical spectroscopic and chromatographic instrumentation. Particular focus is on the application of the instrumentation for chemical analysis.(Three [3] lecture hours and six [6] laboratory hours per week are required.). This course is numbered CCHE 512 for graduate students and is three (3) credits. Prerequisites: CCHE 211/211L, CCHE 341/341L/341R, and CCHE 342/342L/342R.
CCHE 421  Advanced Inorganic Chemistry  3 Credits  
This is an introduction to the descriptive chemistry of the elements. The topics covered in this course include: Brønsted and Lewis acids and bases, electronic and molecular structure and coordination chemistry. (Three [3] lecture hours with laboratory each week are required.). Prerequisites: CCHE 341/341L/341R, and CCHE 342/342L/342R.
CCHE 431  Advanced Organic Chemistry  3 Credits  
This course is a study of the advanced topics in carbon chemistry. The topics covered include: Critical evaluation of modern organic theory mechanisms and rearrangements. It also includes a detailed study of important organic reactions and their application to selected laboratory experiments. (Three [3] lecture hours and one [1] laboratory hour per week are required.) Prerequisites: CCHE 231/231L/231R and CCHE 232/232L/232R.
CCHE 431L  Advanced Organic Chemistry Lab  1 Credit  
Lab - This course is a study of the advanced topics in carbon chemistry. The topics covered include: Critical evaluation of modern organic theory mechanisms and rearrangements. It also includes a detailed study of important organic reactions and their application to selected laboratory experiments. (Three [3] lecture hours and one [1] laboratory hour per week are required.) Prerequisites: CCHE 231 and 232.
CCHE 432  Methods of Structure Determin  3 Credits  
This course covers the theory and techniques used in the determination of the structure of organic compounds. The topics covered include separation techniques as well as the use of UV/VIS, IR, NMR, ESR, Raman and mass spectroscopy to elucidate structures of organic compounds. (Three [3] lecture hours and one [1] laboratory hour per week are required.) Prerequisite: CCHE 431/431L.
CCHE 432L  Methods of Structural Det Lab  1 Credit  
Lab - This course covers the theory and techniques used in the determination of the structure of organic compounds. The topics covered include separation techniques as well as the use of UV/VIS, IR, NMR, ESR, Raman and mass spectroscopy to elucidate structures of organic compounds. (Three [3] lecture hours and one [1] laboratory hour per week are required.) Prerequisite: CCHE 431.
CCHE 441  Mathematical Methods in Chemis  3 Credits  
A study of the mathematical methods used in physical chemistry, including applications of linear algebra and differential equations. (Three [3] lecture hours per week). Prerequisites: CCHE 341/341L/341R and CCHE 342/342L/342R.
CCHE 445  Intro to Comp Chem Mol. Model  4 Credits  
This course provides an introduction to some of the techniques used in computational chemisrty and molecular modeling and demonstrates how these techniques can be used to study physical, chemical and biological phenomena. Prequisites: CCHE 111 & 112; CBIO 111 & 112 CCHE 231 & 232; CMAT 111.
CCHE 445L  Intro to Computational Chem La  0 Credits  
CCHE 480  Special Topics in Chemistry  4 Credits  
Detailed study of a series of advanced topics in any area of chemistry. Students undertake independent projects. (Three [3] lecture hours per week with required laboratory)
CCHE 480L  Special Topics in Chem Lab  0 Credits  
LAB for Detailed study of a series of advanced topics in any area of chemistry. Students undertake independent projects. (Three [3] lecture hours per week with required laboratory)
CCHE 480WE  Special Topics in Chemistry  4 Credits  
Detailed study of a series of advanced topics in any area of chemistry. Students undertake independent projects. (Three [3] lecture hours per week with required laboratory)
CCHE 481  Chemistry Seminar  0 Credits  
This is a one-hour lecture/seminar course. One year of the course generates one hour of credit. Prerequisites: CCHE 481 zero (0) credit, CCHE 482 one (1) credit.
CCHE 482  Chemistry Seminar  1 Credit  
This is a one-hour lecture/seminar course. One year of the course generates one hour of credit. CCHE 481 zero (0) credit, CCHE 482 one (1) credit
CCHE 508  Seminar in Chemistry  1 Credit  
This is a one-hour lecture/seminar course. One year (two semesters) of the course generates one hour of credit. Required of all graduate students.
CCHE 511  Environmental Chemistry  3 Credits  
An examination of the origins, transport, reactions, effects, ultimate fate of hazardous waste in the environment. This course is designed to develop a working level knowledge of: (1) chemistry fundamentals; and (2) the basic principles and concepts of environmental chemistry: including (a) geochemistry; (b) atmospheric chemistry; c) environmental microbiology; and (d) waste treatment. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 512  Instrumental Methods  3 Credits  
A lecture and laboratory course covering the theory, design, practical uses and applications of typical spectroscopic and chromatographic instrumentation. Particular focus will be on the application of the instrumentation for chemical analysis.
CCHE 512L  Instrumental Methods Lab  1 Credit  
A lecture and laboratory course covering the theory, design, practical uses and applications of typical spectroscopic and chromatographic instrumentation. Particular focus will be on the application of the instrumentation for chemical analysis.
CCHE 521  Advanced Inorganic Chemistry  3 Credits  
Treatment of bonding and structure, oxidation-reduction and acid-base theory, and correlation with chemical reactivity, and Ligand field theory. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 531  Mechanistic Organic Chem I  3 Credits  
Treatment of bonding, resonance, inductive and steric effects and discussion reactive intermediates, nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions a mechanistic point of view. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 532  Organic Synthesis  3 Credits  
The chemistry of aromatic, heterocyclic and alicyclic compounds with emphasis on mechanisms. This course will teach students the disconnection approach for the synthesis of complex organic molecules. The course will present modern methods for carbon-carbon bond formation and apply these methods to prepare target molecules. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 533  Physical Organic Chemistry  3 Credits  
Molecular orbital calculations, frontier molecular orbital theory and organic reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry of organic molecules containing centers, planes and axes of chirality. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 541  Thermodynamics  3 Credits  
A rigorous treatment of basic theories and methods in chemical thermodynamics and equilibria including phase equilibria, chemical reactions, real solutions, surface effects, and some applications to macromolecules. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 542  Quantum Mechanics  3 Credits  
Concepts and general principles of wave mechanics, with mathematical discussion of the hydrogen atom and harmonic oscillator. Introduction to matrix mechanics, angular momentum operators, and applications to small molecules. Variational and perturbation techniques are discussed. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 544  Molecular Spectroscopy  3 Credits  
Introduction and discussion of the fundamentals of rotational, vibrational, Raman, and electronic spectra. Development of the quantum mechanical treatment of these phenomena. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 551  Advanced Biochemistry I  3 Credits  
A study of the chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, enzymes, and other compounds of biological significance and their applications to biological systems, enzyme kinetics. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 552  Advanced Biochemistry II  3 Credits  
Bioenergetics of metabolic reactions, metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleotides. An intensive study of protein synthesis, membrane transport and biochemical genetics. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 571  Intro to Polymer Chemistry  3 Credits  
Synthesis, including radical and ionic polymerization and polycondens reactions, structure-property relationships, characterization and rheological properties of polymeric materials.
CCHE 572  Techniques in Polymer Chem  3 Credits  
A course designed to introduce students to experimental polymer chemistry, synthesis using ionic, free-radical and condensation polymerizations, molecular weight measurements by viscosity, osmometry, gel permeation and light scattering, spectroscopic characterization of polymers, measurements of thermal transitions. (Two [2] lecture hours and two [2] laboratory hours per week)
CCHE 621  Topics in Inorganic Chemistry  3 Credits  
In-depth treatment of areas of inorganic chemistry of current interest. (Three [3] lecture hours per week.)
CCHE 637  Adv Topic in Organic Chemistry  3 Credits  
CCHE 674  Topics in Polymer Chemistry  3 Credits  
Course addresses current trends and topics of interest in polymer sciences. may include polymerization mechanism, polymer blends and composites, polymer spectroscopy, engineering properties of polymer, chemistry of mate polymer processing, etc., materials, polymer processing, etc. (Three [3] lecture hours per week)
CCHE 700  Thesis Consultation  1-3 Credits  
CCHE 710  Research in Analytical Chem  1-9 Credits  
CCHE 720  Research in Inorganic Chem  1-9 Credits  
CCHE 730  Research in Organic Chemistry  1-9 Credits  
CCHE 740  Research in Physical Chemistry  1-9 Credits  
CCHE 750  Research in Biochemistry  1-6 Credits  
CCHE 760  Research in Industrial Chem  1-6 Credits  
CCHE 770  Research in Polymer Chemistry  1-9 Credits  
CCHE 790  External Research  1-6 Credits  
CCHE 901  Dissertation Consultation  1 Credit