Chemistry Course Descriptions

No prerequisite courses. Topics such as lasers, CD recording, the pill, photocopying, jet engines, cocaine, genetic engineering, perfume, cooking/baking, and pheromones will be discussed. The goal is to impart an appreciation for various scientific and technical features of everyday life.

Maymester Course. This course will first explore how chemicals can be used to deceive and destroy. Next, scientific techniques used by forensic chemists will be employed to evaluate and interpret evidence from a staged crime scene. New evidence will be presented each day as the mystery unfolds.

Spring. Organic chemistry for prenursing students. Also serves as a terminal course for nonscience majors. Bonding, chemical geometry, structure relations, biologically important compounds.

Spring. A nonmathematical survey of important ideas in the physical and biological sciences, focusing on their relation to order, disorder, and information.

Fall, summer. Laws and theories of chemistry; atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, properties of solutions; qualitative analysis. Pre-requisite: The General Chemistry Assessment Test

Spring, summer. Prerequisite: Chemistry 141 or consent of instructor. Kinetics, equilibrium, electrochemistry, and chemical properties of metals and nonmetals; quantitative analysis.

Special topics freshman seminar. Variable content. Please contact the instructor of record for specifics.

Fall, summer. Classes of organic compounds. Functional groups, bonding, stereochemistry, structure and reactivity, carbonyl chemistry, carboxylic acids.

Fall, summer. Credit, one hour. Usually taken with Chemistry 221. One three-hour laboratory a week.

Fall. For First Year Students Entering Emory College with a Score of 4 or 5 on the AP Exam. Classes of organic compounds. Functional groups, bonding, stereochemistry, structure and reactivity, carbonyl chemistry, carboxylic acids.

Spring, summer. Nucleophilic substitution, elimination reactions, electrophilic additions, electrophilic substitution, carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins.

Spring, summer. Credit, one hour. Usually taken with Chemistry 222. One three-hour laboratory a week.

This course is a continuation of the study of the structure and reactivity of organic molecules. Emphasis is placed on the application of basic principles of organic reactions to the solution of problems in structure elucidation, stereochemistry, synthesis and reaction mechanisms. Classes of reactions will be discussed using structural theory and principles of reactivity as tools for understanding them. Examples of the occurrence and utility of these classes of compounds and their reactivity in living organisms will be presented.

Fall. Credit, two hours. Usually taken with Chemistry 221 or 171. Two three-hour laboratories a week. Designed for students planning to do graduate work.

Spring. Credit, two hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 226L. Continuation of Chemistry 226L.

Fall. The chemistry of common and important elements; applications of structural, thermodynamic, and kinetic principles.

Spring. Prerequisite: Chemistry 142. Quantitative analysis, including techniques such as electroanalytical chemistry, absorption and emission spectroscopy, gas-liquid chromatography, electrophoresis, and radioimmunoassay.

Usually taken with CHEM 260. Introduction to quantitative analytical techniques. Experiments will focus on titrations, spectroscopy, chromatography, and electrochemistry

Fall. Credit, one hour. Prerequisite: Chemistry 222L. A laboratory course using modern analytical and instrumental techniques. Multidisciplinary experiments, emphasizing problem solving, and experimental design. One three-hour laboratory a week.

Spring. Credit, one hour. Prerequisite: Chemistry 222L. A laboratory course using modern analytical and instrumental techniques. Multidisciplinary experiments, emphasizing problem solving and experimental design. One three-hour laboratory a week.

Fall. Credit, two hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 222L. Laboratory studies that involve the use of modern instruments to solve chemical problems. Two three-hour laboratories a week.

Laboratory studies that involve the use of modern instruments to solve chemical problems. Two three-hour laboratories a week

Fall. Prerequisites: CHEM 260, MATH 111, and PHYS 141. Basic thermodynamics, thermochemistry, chemical equilibria, kinetics, and related topics.

Fall, spring, summer. An integrated approach to the synthesis, structure, and function of macromolecular biomolecules, including proteins, carbohydrates, DNA, and RNA. First half of a two-semester biochemistry sequence organized with the Biology Department.

Spring. Prerequisites: Biology/Chemistry 301, Chemistry 222, Biology 141, 142. Topics will include nitrogen and fatty acid metabolism, glycolysis, and respiration. The evolution of the pathways associated with these processes will be explored.

Spring. Prerequisite: Chemistry 172 or Chemistry 222. Chemistry of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, nucleic acids, vitamins and enzymes; emphasis on structure and reactions of compounds.

Fall. Prerequisite: Chemistry 222. Two lectures and two three-hour laboratories a week. Designed for students planning to do graduate work. Qualitative organic analysis using semi-microchemical techniques, modern chromatographic separation procedures and molecular spectroscopy.

Introduction to transition metal Organometallic chemistry. Structure of metal complexes, their reactivity, reaction mechanisms, catalysis and application in synthesis.

The laboratory focuses on the preparation and applications of transition metal organometallic complexes. The course involves an independent research project envisioned by the student

Spring. Credit, four hours. Prerequisites: Chemistry 171/172 or 221. The course is designed to put to use what you already know about chemistry and to extend it in two directions. On the one hand, we will examine the world around us as reflected by the media, the web, and encounters in your own lives. Thus, we'll examine issues around natural and unnatural molecules, the environment, disease and society in the context of topics such as drugs, molecules for Mars, aging, AIDS, bioterrorism, and crime in the courtroom. On the other hand, we will examine these ideas by means of computer graphics, the molecular structure of small molecules and proteins, and energy.

Fall. Prerequisites: Physics 142 or consent of instructor, Mathematics 112. Introduction to quantum chemistry, valence and bonding, physical properties, and molecular structure.

Fall. Credit, two to four hours. Pre- or corequisite: Chemistry 300 or 331. Introduction to physical chemical measurement, with consideration given to analysis of data for precision, accuracy, and propagation of errors. Experiments focus on kinetics, spectroscopy, quantum mechanics, and application of computer techniques.

Spring. Prerequisite: Chemistry 331. Properties of materials, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics.

Spring. Credit, two to four hours. Corequisite: Chemistry 332. Experiments focus on thermodynamics and material properties. Instruction in computer use continued.

Spring. Credit, two hours. Prerequisite/corequisite: Chemistry/Biology 301 or consent of instructor. Experiments involve analysis and characterization of the major classes of biological compounds. One three-hour laboratory and one lecture per week. Additional laboratory training option available for two additional credits.

Fall. Prerequisite: CHEM 142 or CHEM 222 and CHEM 300 or CHEM 331. Intermediate-level course covering such topics as ionic and molecular structure, coordination chemistry, and the chemistry of some selected elements.

Fall. Credit, one hour. Prerequisite/corequisite: Chemistry 350. Experimental techniques commonly used in synthetic inorganic research laboratories.

Spring. Corequisite: Chemistry 332 or consent of instructor. Advanced course covering topics such as treatment of chemical data, absorption and emission spectroscopy, electroanalytical chemistry, and modern separation techniques.

Fall, spring, summer. Credit, one to four hours per semester. Prerequisite: Two years of chemistry and/or consent of department. Introduces students to instrumental procedures and empirical techniques used in chemical research. Total credit not to exceed four hours. Cannot be used to meet course requirements for a chemistry major.

Spring. Prerequisite: Chemistry 331. Computational methods and examples in chemistry.

Content includes an introduction to techniques for modeling the dynamics and interactions of molecules, emphasizing biomolecules. Students will learn molecular dynamics and other methods and apply them, using state-of-the-art simulation and animation software.

Credit, four hours. A capstone seminar series for graduating chemistry majors. The course takes an interdisciplinary look at applications of chemistry. Topics include the environment, art, medicine, forensics, etc.

A seminar for advanced students on topics of current interest in chemistry.

A course that satisfies the writing requirement for a thesis.

Fall, spring, summer. Credit, up to four hours per semester. May be repeated for credit, total credit not to exceed eight hours. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Cannot be used to meet course requirements for a chemistry major.

Fall, spring, summer. Credit, up to four hours per semester. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Students do original research in accordance with ability and background and present their findings in an oral or poster session. May be repeated for credit. Total research credit to be used toward an undergraduate degree not to exceed twelve hours. Four hours credit can be used as an elective for a BS but not a BA in chemistry.