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3.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Mechanisms, kinetics, structure, and theory in organic chemistry. Topics include general acid/base catalysis, linear free energy relationships, isotope effects, transition state theory, photochemistry, spectroscopy, and pericyclic reactions. Three lectures per week. Prerequisite: Chemistry 246. Recommended corequisite: Chemistry 345. Offered in alternate years.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
A detailed study of specialized subjects such as organic qualitative analysis, conformational analysis, natural products, quantum chemistry, chemical kinetics, protein structure and function, physical biochemistry, and spectroscopy. Topics to be offered will be announced each year in the class schedule. Prerequisite: two years of college chemistry.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Staff Two consecutive semesters, or a summer and a subsequent semester, of work on projects of current interest to the staff. The research may involve laboratory work on original projects, reports based on library searches, development of instructional laboratory exercises, etc. The student must select a supervising faculty member and obtain approval for a project prior to registration for the first semester of the two-semester sequence, or prior to registration for the fall semester if the project will commence during the summer. A final written report, and a seminar on the project will be required. May be repeated for a maximum of six credits. Prerequisites: two years of college chemistry and consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Independent research or projects leading to the preparation of an undergraduate thesis. Credit cannot be earned simultaneously for Chemistry 498 and 490. Required of and limited to senior honors candidates in chemistry. An adviser for the thesis must be chosen by the end of the junior year. Prerequisite: admission to honors candidacy.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the sounds and structures of modern Chinese and a foundation in conversation, grammar, reading, and elementary composition.
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4.00 Credits
summer 2008 Course offered as part of the Whitman Summer Studies in China program. Taught in China over a period of four weeks by Whitman-selected instructors from China and supervised by the Whitman faculty member who is resident director. This course teaches conversational Chinese based on the vocabulary and sentence patterns the students have learned from Chinese 105 and 106, plus new phrases the students will need living and studying in China. Classes meet three hours per day, five days per week, for a total of 60 hours. Requirements: daily homework, weekly tests, and a final exam covering listening comprehension and spoken Chinese. Prerequisite: Chinese 106 or its equivalent and admission to the Whitman Summer Studies in China program.
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4.00 Credits
Zhao Modern spoken and written Chinese. It provides the student with the opportunity to practice conversational skills and to read cultural and literary materials. Prerequisite: Chinese 106 or equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
summer 2008 Course offered as part of the Whitman Summer Studies in China program. Taught in China over a period of four weeks by Whitman-selected instructors from China and supervised by the Whitman faculty member who is resident director. This course teaches conversational Chinese based on the vocabulary and sentence patterns the students have learned from Chinese 205 and 206, plus new phrases the students will need living and studying in China. Classes meet three hours per day, five days per week, for a total of 60 hours. Requirements: daily homework, weekly tests, and a final exam covering listening comprehension and spoken Chinese. Prerequisite: Chinese 206 or its equivalent and admission to the Whitman Summer Studies in China program.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Chinese poetry in its various forms and styles. Representative verse forms, classical as well as modern, will be included. Word-by-word studies of famous poems with which most educated Chinese people are familiar will be the central focus of this course. Both the Chinese text and the English translation will be used to discuss metrical schemes, rhyming patterns, structures, and meanings of Chinese verse. Prerequisites: Chinese 105, Japanese 106 (or equivalent).
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4.00 Credits
Zhao Continued practice with spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. The students practice conversational skills, read cultural and literary materials and write essays. Prerequisite: Chinese 206 or equivalent. Distribution area: humanities or alternative voices.
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