Apr 27, 2024  
2014-15 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2014-15 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


 

Business Communication and Entrepreneurship

  
  • BCEN 1310 - Keyboarding

    3 credit hours
    Development of manipulative ability; information essential to effective use of a computer keyboard; rapid and controlled application of ability and information to communication problems involving personal correspondence and simple business materials.


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  • BCEN 1400 - Introduction to Business

    3 credit hours
    Survey of business economic units of our society; the problems of business such as ownership, social responsibility, physical factors, personnel, marketing, and managerial controls. Includes exploration and analysis of business careers.


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  • BCEN 2010 - Career Decision Making

    1 credit hour
    Skills in and knowledge of the career decision-making process; aspects of career development theories; how interests, skills, and values relate to career choices; and information about how educational options and career clusters are organized.


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  • BCEN 2020 - Job Search Communication

    1 credit hour
    Skills needed to efficiently and effectively search for a job, create professional resumes and career materials, use social media for job search purposes, and job interviewing skills.


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  • BCEN 2030 - Workplace Etiquette and Protocol

    1 credit hour
    Provides students with workplace etiquette skills needed during the job-search process and throughout their careers. Topics will include nonverbal and interpersonal communication skills, table manners, protocol, and other career-related skills.


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  • BCEN 2320 - Document Production

    3 credit hours
    (BCEN 1310  recommended.) Extension and refinement of fundamental manipulative abilities and keyboarding knowledges; development of production capacity through the completion of increasingly involved problems.


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  • BCEN 2340 - Microcomputer Word Processing Applications

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: BCEN 2330 . Advanced word processing and computer applications, including formatting and preparation of lengthy documents such as company newsletters and databases.


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  • BCEN 3010 - Office Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the College of Business; junior standing. Office organization and functions; layout and equipment; selection, training, and supervision of personnel; office automation; planning, organizing, and controlling office services; cost reduction; work simplification.


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  • BCEN 3510 - Business Communication

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. (Keyboarding skills helpful.) A review of the theory and processes in oral and written business communication. Emphasis on the extensive functions of written and electronic communications.


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  • BCEN 4200 - Problems in Business and Marketing Education and Entrepreneurship

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the College of Business; junior standing; consent of department chair. Individual research, reading analysis, or projects in contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study under the direction of a faculty member. This course may be taken only twice.


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  • BCEN 4240 - Materials and Methods in Basic Business

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the College of Business; junior standing. Analysis of objectives, materials, research, and appropriate instructional strategies for developing teaching strategies and delivery systems in basic business courses such as introduction to business, economics, business communication systems, American business/legal systems, business management, and marketing.


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  • BCEN 4250 - Innovations and Problems in Administrative Business Services and Technology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Admission into the College of Business; junior standing. (BCEN 2330  recommended.) Instructional strategies in office technology including objectives, testing, audio-visuals, course content, basic programming, and standards.


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  • BCEN 4300 - Professional Meeting, Event, Exhibition, and Convention (MEEC) Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: LSTS 3530 . Introduces students to the meetings, events, exhibitions, and conventions (MEEC) industry.  Explores the core issues of the MEEC industry from the fundamentals to the contemporary trends.


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  • BCEN 4340 - Integrated Administrative Technology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BCEN 2330 ; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Development of necessary skills for administrators of word processing centers. Word processing feasibility, development, and implementation for business using a total information processing concept. Students have the opportunity to develop a thorough knowledge and refine skills using a variety of software applications.


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  • BCEN 4350 - Records Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Equipment and systems used for information storage, transmission, and retrieval. Filing, microfilming, tape processing and storage system design, form usage, and other information management functions in the office included.


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  • BCEN 4410 - Managerial Media Presentations

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. (BCEN 2330  recommended.) Skills needed to make business presentations. Emphasis on the communication process, audience analysis, planning, presentation design, delivery, and appropriate hardware and software.


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  • BCEN 4450 - Training Strategies for Business Systems and Technology

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing; admission into College of Business. (BCEN 4410  recommended.) Corporate learning specialist activities such as design, development, delivery, and evaluation of learning programs for a business environment. Focuses on adult learning theories with emphasis on professional learning activities related to innovative corporate educational programs.


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  • BCEN 4510 - Business Report Writing

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. (BCEN 3510  recommended.) Nature, general function, and present need of reports in industry. Recognizing, organizing, and investigating problems preparatory to writing reports and construction and writing of distinctive business and technical reports.


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  • BCEN 4520 - Instructional Strategies in Marketing Education

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Techniques of teaching with emphasis on problem-solving and demonstration procedures. Emphasizing teaching-learning evaluation.


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  • BCEN 4600 - Organization and Administration of Marketing Education Programs

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Organizing marketing education programs at secondary and postsecondary levels; emphasizes youth organizations, techniques of coordination, and administrative procedures.


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  • BCEN 4620 - Business Plan Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BCEN 2900 ; MGMT 3650 ; junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Development of a comprehensive business plan detailing all facets of a proposed venture with an emphasis on using the plan for loan acquisition and venture implementation.


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  • BCEN 4640 - Issues and Trends in Office Management

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. (BCEN 3010  recommended.) Significant research of emerging problems in office management: group dynamics, workplace issues, ethics and diversity information processing, and problem solving.


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  • BCEN 4660 - Corporate Communication

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. (BCEN 3510  recommended.) Research and analysis of case studies of significant research; case studies in business communication; communication policies, principles, and procedures from the executive’s viewpoint.


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  • BCEN 4670 - International Business Communication

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Provides students with a theoretical and practical framework for understanding and conducting effective international business communication. Emphasis on the analysis and development of international business communication processes.


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  • BCEN 4680 - Diversity in the Workplace

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Emphasis on developing skills essential for working effectively with a diverse work force in global and domestic settings, incorporating the value of diversity into organizations, and building multicultural work teams.


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  • BCEN 4710 - History and Foundations of Business and Marketing Education

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Developments, aims, principles, and present status of business education; organization and evaluation of the business education curriculum; administration and supervision of business education.


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  • BCEN 4810 - Internship Program

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. A supervised program of related work experience. Provides experiential opportunities for the application of the theoretical concepts learned.


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  • BCEN 4850 - Digital Communication for Business

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: BCEN 3510 ; admission into the College of Business. Offers skills needed to create digital communication for business with emphasis on the writing process, digital tools, planning, design, collaborating, copyright and fair use, and technical aspects of digital writing.


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  • BCEN 4900 - Dimensions in Professional Development

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Emphasis on job acquisition process, time management, effective listening skills, oral and nonverbal communication competencies, dictation management, and assumption of professional responsibility for participative management activities.


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Business Law

  
  • BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing. Legal rights and potential liabilities of business persons. Presentation of the dynamic nature of law in responding to the changing social, ethical, political, regulatory, and international environment. Includes the development and nature of the legal system; business crimes; the law of torts and product liability; constitutional limitations on regulatory powers; legislative, judicial, and administrative control of business activity through the laws of business organizations, securities regulations, antitrust laws, employment laws, labor and safety laws, and consumer protection.


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  • BLAW 3430 - Commercial Law

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Legal rights and potential liabilities of business persons. Includes basic law of contracts; UCC; sales; commercial paper; secured transactions and credit; bankruptcy; personal property and bailments; real property; and wills, trusts, and estates.


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  • BLAW 3460 - Insurance Law

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Risks covered by the insurance contract, their selection and control; making, constructing, and enforcing the contract; negotiation and settlement of claims; misconduct of agents. Government regulation of the insurance industry. Emphasis on current principles, policies, procedures, and practices in insurance.


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  • BLAW 4420 - Estate Administration

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Legal principles applicable to accumulation, conservation, and distribution of estates. Includes gifts, trusts, insurance, powers of attorney, intestate succession, wills, the probate process, wealth transfer taxation, and health care directives.


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  • BLAW 4450 - Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. Examines and evaluates the law and ethics of unfair and deceptive trade practices, consumer protection, and intellectual property, including antitrust law, misleading advertising, and other marketing practices.


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  • BLAW 4470 - Real Property Law for Commerce and Agriculture

    3 credit hours
    (Same as ABAS 3140  and FIN 4470 .) Prerequisite: Junior standing. Legal rights and limitations of ownership of property, estates, titles, methods of transferring titles, abstract of titles, mortgages, leases, easements, restrictions on the use of property, real estate development, application of contract law to real property, and the role of real estate in the administration of estates. Emphasis on specific application to agricultural businesses and farms.


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  • BLAW 4490 - Industrial Relations Legislation

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MGMT 4490  and ECON 4490 .) Prerequisite: Junior standing and admission into the College of Business. Economic background and effects of government regulation of labor relations; emphasis on a detailed examination of the National Labor Relations Act as amended or expanded by the Labor Management Relations Act, the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosures Act, and Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act.


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  • BLAW 4500 - Employment Discrimination Law

    3 credit hours
    (Same as MGMT 4500 .) Prerequisites: Junior standing; admission into the College of Business. A detailed examination of the legal rights and responsibilities of employers and employees with respect to fair employment practices; emphasis on significant statutes, administrative regulations, and judicial decisions forming the body of antidiscrimination law.


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  • BLAW 4990 - Independent Study

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Senior standing; approval of department chair; and admission into the College of Business. Individual research and analysis of contemporary problems and issues in a concentrated area of study under the guidance of an approved faculty member.


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Chemistry

  
  • CHEM 1010 - Introductory General Chemistry I

    4 credit hours
    Corequisite: CHEM 1011 . For students with no prior courses in chemistry; to be taken before CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 . Fundamental concepts of chemistry: measurements, matter, chemical bonds, chemical reactions, nuclear chemistry, states of matter, solutions, and electrolytes. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. Will not count toward a major or minor in Chemistry.


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  • CHEM 1020 - Introductory General Chemistry II

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 . Corequisite: CHEM 1021  Topics include hydrocarbons, organic functional groups, isomerism, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and proteins, enzymes, and metabolism. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory. Will not count toward a major or minor in Chemistry.


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  • CHEM 1030 - Chemistry for Consumers

    4 credit hours
    Corequisite: CHEM 1031 . Language, development, structure, and role of chemistry as it relates to the knowledge and activities of the educated person. Examples will be taken from medicine and human health, environmental pollution, energy and its costs, etc. Understanding of the relationship between chemistry and society will be enhanced using special subtopics: lectures, demonstrations, and inquiry-based laboratory work drawing from the expertise of the individual instructor. For nonscience majors. Three hours lecture and one two-hour laboratory. (Does not count toward any major or minor.)


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  • CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: High school chemistry. Corequisite: CHEM 1111 . Fundamental concepts of atomic structure, molecular structure and bonding, chemical reactions, stoichiometric relationships, periodic properties of the elements, thermochemistry, and properties of gases. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory.


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  • CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 . Corequisite: CHEM 1121 . Chemical equilibrium, solid and liquid states of matter, chemistry of acids and bases, principles of chemical kinetics, precipitation reactions, elementary thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory.


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  • CHEM 2880 - Undergraduate Research I

    1 to 4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Student research allied with the instructor’s research or designed specifically for the particular student. Minimum of three clock-hours work per week required for each credit hour. Up to four hours may count in the General Science major, but does not count for a major or minor in Chemistry. May be repeated for a total of four credits.


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  • CHEM 2930 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Provides students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Department chair should be consulted. Pass/Fail.


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  • CHEM 2940 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Provides students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Department chair should be consulted. Pass/Fail.


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  • CHEM 3000 - Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: CHEM 2030  or CHEM 3010 . Communicating science, taking standardized tests, applying for graduate/professional school or a job, using library and online resources, and other professional skills. Capstone course. One-hour lecture. Offered each spring.



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  • CHEM 3090 - Techniques of Gas Chromatography

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: CHEM 2230 / CHEM 2231  or consent of instructor. Principles, techniques, and applications of gas chromatography. Selection of column materials, packing of columns, and types of detectors. Separation of mixtures of hydrocarbons, drugs, and pesticides.


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  • CHEM 3880 - Undergraduate Research II

    1 to 4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor; CHEM 2230 recommended. Student research allied with the instructor’s research or designed specifically for the particular student. Minimum of three clock-hours work per week required for each credit hour. Summary report or some other form of presentation required. A total of no more than four hours of research credits may be counted toward a major in chemistry. May be repeated for a total of 12 credits.


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  • CHEM 3890 - Chemistry Instruction Internship

    1 to 3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: Successful completion of target courses and permission of instructor. A course to refine thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills through exposure to on-the-spot technical questions and a laboratory teaching experience as an assistant in an introductory chemistry laboratory. Course credits will count toward a major in General Science and one hour will count toward a major in Chemistry. May be repeated for a total of three credits.


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  • CHEM 3970 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Provides students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Department chair should be consulted. Pass/Fail.


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  • CHEM 3980 - Cooperative Education

    3 credit hours
    Provides students with opportunities for on-the-job training in conjunction with on-campus academic experiences. Department chair should be consulted. Pass/Fail.


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  • CHEM 4190 - Mass Spectrometry

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: CHEM 2230 /CHEM 2231 CHEM 4550 /CHEM 4551 , or consent of instructor. Mass spectrographic analysis emphasizing the use of the instrument in obtaining mass spectral data. Technique of obtaining spectra using gas chromatographic effluents as well as normal sampling procedures. Routine maintenance and an introduction to the interpretation of simple spectra.


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  • CHEM 4230 - Instrumental Analysis

    4 credit hours
    (Same as FSCH 4230 .) Prerequisite: CHEM 2230 /CHEM 2231 , or CHEM 4550 /CHEM 4551 . Corequisite: CHEM 4231 . Potentiometric titration, polarographic, coulometric, gas chromatographic, ultraviolet, visible and infrared absorption, and atomic absorption techniques of analysis. Requirements and limitations of each technique for obtaining quantitative measurements; applications to various chemical systems from both theoretical and experimental standpoints. Three hours lecture and one three-hour laboratory.


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  • CHEM 4280 - Atomic Absorption Analysis Techniques

    1 credit hour
    Prerequisite: CHEM 2230  / CHEM 2231  or consent of instructor. Laboratory study of atomic absorption spectrophotometry emphasizing the use of the instrument in making analytical measurements. Research instrumentation, flame, and non-flame techniques.


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  • CHEM 4360 - In-depth Physical Chemistry

    5 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 4330 /CHEM 4331 ; MATH 1920 . Corequisite: CHEM 4361 . A molecular approach to traditional physical chemistry. Concepts and theorems of classical thermodynamics revisited on the basis of quantum and statistical mechanics applied to simple molecular models. Necessary mathematical apparatus discussed in sufficient detail, but only at applied level. Laboratory session provides hands-on experience with quantum-chemistry computational software to predict thermochemical and spectroscopic properties of molecules. Three hours lecture and two three-hour laboratories. Offered every spring.


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  • CHEM 4400 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry Aq: Aqueous and Bio-inorganic Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1120  or equivalent; CHEM 2030  or CHEM 3010  recommended. The basic concepts and theories of inorganic chemistry and how these are used to predict and understand the physical and chemical properties of compounds of the elements other than carbon. Inorganic compounds in the air, water, earth, and in the laboratory and in biochemistry, geochemistry, and industrial materials and processes.


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  • CHEM 4410 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry B: Structure, Bonding, Metallic, and Organometallic Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 3010  and CHEM 4400 ; corequisite: CHEM 4360 /CHEM 4361  recommended. Atomic theory for chemical periodicity; symmetry and group theory; molecular orbital theory; coordination, organometallic, and bioinorganic chemistry of the transition metals.


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  • CHEM 4430 - Advanced Synthetic Laboratory Techniques

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 3020 /CHEM 3021 . Corequisite: CHEM 4431 . Techniques for synthesis and purification or organic, organometallic, and inorganic compounds. Practice in the measurement of NMR and IR spectra. Skills in library use for research. Four hours laboratory and one-hour lecture.


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  • CHEM 4450 - In-Depth Inorganic Chemistry Aq: Aqueous and Bio-inorganic Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 2230 , CHEM 3010 , and CHEM 4410 . In-depth study of concepts and theories of inorganic chemistry and how these are used to predict and understand the physical and chemical properties of compounds of the elements. Inorganic compounds in the air, water, earth, and in the laboratory and in biochemistry, geochemistry, and industrial materials and processes. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 4400 . Offered alternate spring semesters.


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  • CHEM 4460 - In-Depth Inorganic Chemistry B: Structure, Bonding, Metallic, and Organometallic Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 3010  and CHEM 4400  required; CHEM 3020  recommended; co-registration in CHEM 4360 /CHEM 4361  recommended. In-depth study of atomic theory for chemical periodicy; symmetry and group theory; molecular orbital theory; chemistry of metals, nonmetals, and organometallic compounds. Not open to students who have taken or are taking CHEM 4410 . Offered alternate spring semesters.


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  • CHEM 4510 - Biochemistry II

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 4500 . Structure and metabolism of lipids, amino acids, nucleotides, and nucleic acids at the molecular level. Emphasis on chemistry of metabolic reactions. Three hours lecture per week.


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  • CHEM 4530 - Biochemical Techniques

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite/corequisite: CHEM 4500  or consent of instructor. Laboratory in biochemical techniques with emphasis on protein purification, enzyme kinetics, carbohydrate and lipid analysis, and manipulation of DNA. Six hours of laboratory per week.


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