An introductory biological chemistry laboratory course. Areas of experimentation will include spectroscopic methods, electrophoresis, chromatography, and isolation and characterization of biological macromolecules.

An introductory biological chemistry laboratory course. Areas of experimentation will include spectroscopic methods, electrophoresis, chromatography, and isolation and characterization of biological macromolecules.

Introduction to solid state inorganic materials chemistry, including atomic structure; optical, electronic, and magnetic properties; and characterization methods such as x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy.

The practice of synthesis, purification, and characterization of organic compounds in the modern chemistry laboratory. Laboratory, six hours.

A general survey of organic chemistry with emphasis on synthetic methods and the synthesis of natural products.

Fundamental principles of classical physical chemistry, including thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, and chemical kinetics.

A further introduction to biological chemistry. Topics include lipid metabolism, biosynthesis and metabolism of nitrogen-containing compounds, storage and utilization of genetic information, immunochemistry, and other contemporary topics in biological chemistry.

This course focuses on the chemical aspects of biotechnology development. Current topics in biotechnology are emphasized through extensive reading and classroom discussion of the most recent scientific literature. Biotechnology development in fields as diverse as agriculture, the environment, and medicine will be covered.

A study of the sources, reactions, transport, effects, and fates of chemical species in the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and biosphere.

A study of applications of organic materials in electronic and optical devices, focusing on appropriate material-selection, processing, and interpretation of device output. Will cover basic methods for the formation of thin films of organic molecules and polymers, various spectroscopic techniques relevant to device performance, and methods to form and measure devices such as transistors and light-emitting diodes. Hybrid organic-inorganic material systems, and complex device structures for all-organic circuitry will be discussed.