Jun 16, 2024  
2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


NOTE: Certain courses and programs require the use and/or handling of hazardous materials or equipment. Students are expected to follow all safety instructions and to take the required safety precautions including, but not limited to, the use of personal protection equipment (PPE) during the course or program to prevent incidences of injury to self or other students.

 

Chemistry

  
  
  
  
  • 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 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 3850 - Environmental Field and Laboratory Methods

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121 ; sophomore or higher level. Provides students with the practical tools necessary to evaluate an environmental question, develop an investigative plan, carry out the sampling and analysis from environmental matrices, and evaluate and present the results. A hands-on laboratory and field-based course.  Students will learn how to collect, preserve, and analyze samples commonly measured for environmental assessment.


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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 4360 - In-depth Physical Chemistry

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 4350 /CHEM 4351 . 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 one three-hour laboratories. Offered every spring.


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  • CHEM 4400 - Inorganic Chemistry I

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisites: CHEM 1120  or equivalent; 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. Chemistry of ions of the elements as it takes place in water, in solid-state salts, and in complexes, along with the chemistry of a selection of representative inorganic and organometallic molecules.


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  • CHEM 4530 - Biochemical Techniques

    2 credit hours
    Prerequisite/corequisite: CHEM 4500  or consent of instructor. Theoretical  principles and laboratory experience underlying common biochemical analytical techniques including spectrophotometry, column chromatography, electrophoresis, enzyme kinetics, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, structural analysis of carbohydrates and lipids, and manipulation of DNA. One hour lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.


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  • CHEM 4560 - Nucleic Acids Chemistry

    3 credit hours
    Prerequisite: CHEM 4500 . Focuses on the structure and chemistry of nucleic acids as well as the application of genetic techniques in biotechnology. Addresses the basic concepts of nucleic acids and the transfer of genetic information in a living system at the molecular level. Types of mutations, effects of mutagens, and mutation repair mechanisms also covered along with the application of techniques related to nucleic acids in biotechnology.


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Child Development and Family Studies

  
  • CDFS 3300 - Caring Across Generations

    4 credit hours
    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. A service learning course in which students are trained as certified nurses’ assistants (CNAs) including basic care skills as well as interaction with the elderly and their families. Designed to help students assess their level of interest in pursuing careers in working with children and/or the elderly in a medical setting.


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Chinese

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

College of Basic and Applied Sciences

  

College of Liberal Arts

  
  • CLA 2000 - Explorations in the Human Experience

    3 credit hours
    This topics course will focus on a timely and relevant topic which will be approached from different viewpoints in the classical liberal arts disciplines (humanities, arts, and the social, behavioral, and natural sciences). The topic will change for different sections and over time. Gives students a deep experience in the liberal arts while addressing how such study informs our understanding of the human experience and is critical for solving real-world problems.


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Communication

  
 

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