Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *

Primarily for students in the science field. Covers history of scientific glass, different composition, safety and uses. Students will learn how to form glass in a flame. Additional work required of graduate students.

For the nonspecialist. Three topics each semester, chosen from the list below. Students may register for one, two, or three modules. 546M Atomic Spectroscopy and Angular Momentum 1; 546M Laser Chemistry and Spectroscopy 1; 546M Symmetry and Group Theory 1; 546M Electronic Spectroscopy 1; 546M Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 1; 546M Vibrational Spectroscopy 1; 546M Laser Applications of Molecular Spectroscopy 1

Use of mass spectrometry and infrared, ultraviolet-visible, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

Descriptive and structural inorganic chemistry and underlying principles.

Bonding, stereochemistry, and properties of metallo-drugs and diagnostic agents. Topics include platinum compounds for treating cancer, gadolinium and technetium in biomedical imaging, and porphyrins in photo-dynamic therapy. Additional work required of graduate students.

The fundamental principles of medicinal chemistry focusing on design and synthesis of pharmaceuticals. Structural elucidation, and physical-chemical properties of pharmaceutical drug candidates will be presented. Additional work required of graduate students.

The s- and p-block elements and their compounds, chemical properties, reactivity, structure, function, and applications. Organometallic, coordination chemistry and solid state aspects of main group inorganic chemistry employing physical methods to investigate observed trends.

The description and understanding of extended chemical structures, phase diagrams, and the interplay of chemical-bonding-structure. Symmetry and other factors governing the structures and physical properties of solid state materials.

Basic experimental techniques used in inorganic chemistry.

Modern methods of structure determination using x-ray crystallography. Symmetry and space groups will be developed, the mathematical foundation of practical crystallography. Model structures will be determined. Additional work required of graduate students.

Topics in current organometallic and organotransition metal chemistry emphasizing structure, bonding, properties, reactions, and reaction mechanisms of organometallic species including stoichiometric and catalytic reagents in asymmetric and related pathways.

Structure, reactivity, synthesis and biosynthesis of compounds constituting the building blocks of biological macromolecules. The role of biological molecules as templates for stereoselective organic synthesis to introduce advanced topics in stereochemistry, spectroscopy and mechanistic analysis of complex organic reactions.

This interdisciplinary class for science and engineering students provides an introduction to the quantitative description of biological systems and processes. The focus is on the biological and physical aspects of structure and function of cells and their subsystems.

Applications of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics to chemical bonding, molecular properties, chemical kinetics, structure of matter, spectroscopy.

In this seminar course on soft and biological materials and interfaces, teams from science and engineering will identify, discuss and assess current articles from the literature. Writing skills related to publishing peer-reviewed research are introduced.

The fundamentals of quantum mechanics with application to simple systems, complex atoms, and molecules.

Phenomenological approach. Chemical equilibria and solution behavior. Principles of molecular thermodynamics introduced.

Quantum-statistical treatment in terms of canonical and grand canonical ensembles of systems of noninteracting and interacting particles. Chemical applications of statistical thermodynamics, elementary theory of transportation processes, fluctuations, and irreversible processes.

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Thermodynamics, kinetics, and bonding associated with biological molecules. The course also utilizes computerbased molecular modeling tools for analyzing the structures of drugs, proteins, and nucleic acids. Additional work required of graduate students.

Structure and stereochemistry, chirality, conformational analysis. Molecular orbital theories and applications to organic chemistry. Aromaticity. Introduction to organic mechanisms. Methods of deciphering organic mechanisms.

Functional group transformations and carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions. Basic design strategies and advanced synthetic techniques including protection and functional group equivalency.

Experimental methods for biologically synthesizing and chemically purifying macromolecules in order to analyze their structure and function, including: polymerase chain reaction; site-directed mutagenesis; Protein expression and purification; nucleic acid and protein electrophoresis. Additional work required of graduate students.

Survey of Biochemistry with emphasis on the unifying concepts of Chemistry and Biology, requiring a graduate-level background in science.

Ionic mechanisms: displacements, addition eliminations, arrangements. Catalysis. Free radical mechanisms. Molecular mechanisms, including applications of orbital symmetry and frontier molecular orbital theory to organic reactions.

The design, planning, and execution of multi-step organic syntheses. Asymmetric, enzymatic, and solid phase synthetic methods. Retrosynthetic analysis and combinatorial techniques.

In-depth exploration of a problem or problems.  Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.

Aims to raise student awareness of current cutting-edge topics in the chemical sciences and expose students to active researchers in the chemical community by attending research seminars in the department. Registered students are required to attend the regularly-scheduled weekly lectures.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester. *

Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.