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								3.00 Credits 
								fall. Fundamental principles of chemistry including the structure of matter, stoichiometry, periodicity, bonding, and reactivity. Prerequisite: MATH 121 with minimum grade of "C"; MATH 124 or 185 or COMPASS placement into MATH 124 or 185; and CHEM 131 or concurrent enrollment.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								spring. Continues with basic chemical concepts including thermodynamics, equilibrium, and electrochemistry. Prerequisite: Grade of "C" or better in CHEM 133 (or credit by exam) and CHEM 132 or concurrent enrollment.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								fall, spring. Presents the fundamental principles of chemistry, physics, geology, astronomy, meteorology, and biology on a practical basis for elementary teachers. The course includes experiments and demonstrations that are pertinent to the teaching of science at the elementary level. For education majors only.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								1.00 Credits 
								fall. most summers. Emphasizes separation and synthesis: techniques of recrystallization, distillation, solvent extraction, organic preparation, separation of mixtures by gas vapor chromatography, and polarimetry. Prerequisite: CHEM 223 or concurrent enrollment.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								fall, most summers. Presents the structure, nomenclature, and properties of alkanes, alkyl halides, organometallic compounds, alcohols, ethers, alkenes, and alkynes. Includes chemical bonding, resonance, stereochemistry, and reaction mechanisms. Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better in CHEM 134; and CHEM 221 or concurrent enrollment.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								fall. A more extensive coverage of the chemistry and metabolic pathways of biologically important molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids) with emphasis on nutrition. Prerequisite: CHEM 114. Not for majors in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								1.00 Credits 
								spring, most summers. Follows with synthesis and analysis: organic synthesis and the systematic identification of unknown organic compounds by using the classical scheme of organic qualitative analysis and infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectral analysis. Prerequisite: CHEM 324 or concurrent enrollment.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								1.00 Credits 
								fall, spring. Use of the chemical literature, both paper and electronic, as well as student presentations of one or more seminars to improve technical communication skills. A writing-intensive course. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing. For majors only.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								3.00 Credits 
								spring, most summers. Continues with the structure, nomenclature, and properties of benzene, substituted benzenes, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, derivatives of carboxylic acids, amines. Includes spectroscopy and reaction mechanisms. Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better in CHEM 223.
 
							
						
						
							
								 
									
								4.00 Credits 
								fall, even years. Thermodynamics and its application to systems at equilibrium, including chemical and phase equilibrium, solutions and colligative properties, ideal and real gases, and others. Prerequisites: CHEM 324; MATH 186 or concurrent enrollment; PHYS 112 or 122.
 
							
						 
				
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