The Chemistry program, housed within the Mathematics and Natural Sciences Division, serves to prepare chemists for graduate studies, research, industry, and teaching; provide a foundational understanding of chemistry to students in related sciences; and contribute to general education by expanding students’ awareness of scientific progress and its impact on their lives, society, and the environment. The program requires a minimum of thirty-two credit hours for the major. It emphasizes applying chemical principles to life sciences, though it offers curriculum tracks suitable for various career paths.
Chemistry
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Chm 101: General Chemistry I
Fundamental laws, theories, and concepts of modern chemistry. Three lectures and one laboratory period per week.
Chm 101L General Chemistry I Lab
Generally taken with Chm 101 – General Chemistry I.
Chm 102L: General Chemistry II Lab
Generally taken with Chm 102 – General Chemistry II.
Chm 102: General Chemistry II
Intensive treatment of the principles of chemistry with analytical study of the anions and cations. Three lectures and one laboratory period per week.
Chm 205: Quantitative Analysis
Theory and practice of volumetric and gravimetric analysis. Laboratory practice in the identification of unknowns. Methods of calculation used in analysis are emphasized. Three lectures and one laboratory period per week.
Chm 205L: Quantitative Analysis Lab
Generally taken with Chm 205 – Quantitative Analysis.
Chm 301: Organic Chemistry I
Fundamentals of modern organic chemistry with emphasis on bonding, mechanism, stereo-chemistry, analysis, and synthesis of organic compounds. Three lectures and one laboratory period per week.
Chm 301L: Organic Chemistry I Lab
Generally taken with Chm 301 – Organic Chemistry I.
Chm 302: Organic Chemistry II
Continuation of modern organic chemistry with emphasis on bonding, mechanism, stereo-chemistry, analysis, and synthesis of organic compounds. Three lectures and one laboratory period per week.
Chm 302L: Organic Chemistry II Lab
Generally taken with Chm 302 – Organic Chemistry II.
Chm 350 Physical Chemistry
Elementary principles of thermodynamics; modern theories of atomic and molecular structure; kinetics and various equilibria of chemical importance, with an emphasis on biochemical applications. Three lectures and one laboratory period per week.
Chm 350L Physical Chemistry Lab
Generally taken with Chm 350 – Physical Chemistry.
Chm 409: Biochemistry I
Chemistry of proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes, and other biomolecules. Emphasis on structure and function of biochemical processes. Three lectures and one lab period per week.
Chm 409L: Biochemistry I Lab
Generally taken with Chm 409 – Biochemistry.
Chm 410: Biochemistry II
other biochemical processes. Three lectures weekly.
Chm 410L: Biochemistry II Lab
Generally taken with Chm 410 – Biochemistry II.
Chm 499: Chemistry Seminar
This course is an introduction to chemical literature and chemistry information systems.
Mth 211: Calculus I
In-depth coverage of calculus appropriate for study in mathematics, science, engineering, or other quantitative disciplines. Covers functions, limits, derivatives, applications of derivatives, and foundations of integral calculus.
Mth 212: Calculus II
In-depth coverage of calculus appropriate for study in mathematics, science, engineering, or other quantitative disciplines. Covers integration techniques, applications of integration, sequences and series, and polar coordinates.
Mth 213: Calculus III
In-depth coverage of calculus appropriate for study in mathematics, science, engineering, or other quantitative disciplines. Covers 3-dimensional geometry and extends ideas of calculus into higher dimensional settings.
PhS 201: General Physics I
A general course covering mechanics and heat.
PhS 201L: General Physics I Lab
Generally taken with PhS 201.
PhS 202: General Physics II
A continuation of PhS 201 covering electricity, magnetism, light, sound, and selected topics from atomic physics.
PhS 202L: General Physics II Lab
Generally taken with PhS 202.
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Shyam Pokhrel
Assistant Professor of Chemistry