CHE 100: Introductory Chemistry. 4 Credits plus lab fee. Prerequisite: One year of secondary school algebra or MAT 110. This course introduces the language and central concepts of chemistry. Included are the meaning and use of the mole, atomic theory and structure, the periodic table, bonding, chemical reactions and equations, stoichiometry, and solution chemistry. These concepts are illustrated in the laboratory section of the course, in which experiments are done to observe the behavior of matter under controlled conditions.
CHE 132: Survey of Organic and Biochemistry. 4 Credits plus lab fee. Prerequisite: CHE 100 or satisfactory completion of high school Chemistry. This course introduces the functional groups and skeletal structure of organic and biochemical compounds with particular emphasis on compounds of biological interest such as carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids and enzymes. The laboratory section of the course illustrates the characteristic properties and reactions of compounds of biological interest.
CHE 151: General Chemistry I. 4 Credits plus lab fee. Prerequisites: Secondary school chemistry or CHE 100 and two years of secondary school algebra or MAT 115. This course explores the principles of atomic structure, valence shell electron pair repulsion theory, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, acids and bases, thermochemistry, and kinetic molecular theory. Both conceptual development and problem solving are emphasized. The laboratory section of the course involves application and amplification of the concepts developed in the course.
CHE 152: General Chemistry II. 4 Credits plus lab fee. Prerequisite: CHE 151. This course explores the principles of solution chemistry, kinetics, chemical equilibria, thermodynamics, acid-base theory, and electro-chemistry. Other topics such as nuclear chemistry, coordination chemistry, transition metal chemistry, and other timely topics may be included. Both conceptual development and problem solving are emphasized. The laboratory section of the course involves application and amplification of the concepts developed in the course, including qualitative analysis to illustrate equilibria concepts.
CHE 261: Organic Chemistry I. 4 Credits. Prerequisite: CHE 152. This course is the systematic study of the chemistry of carbon compounds. Topics include aliphatic and aromatic compounds, acid-base theory, alkyl halides, alcohols and ethers, nomenclature, reaction mechanisms, stereochemistry, nucleophillic substitution and electrophillic addition chemistry, and an introduction to syntheses.
CHE 262: Organic Chemistry II. 4 Credits. Prerequisite: CHE 261. This course is a continuation of Organic Chemistry I. Selected topics include the study of a1cohols, carboxylic acids, aldehydes and ketones, amines, carboxylic acid derivatives, carbohydrates, amino acids and proteins, functional group transformations, electrophillic substitution and nucleophillic addition chemistry, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and infrared spectrometry are introduced, and structures are examined spectroscopically.
CHE 265: Organic Chemistry Lab. 3 Credits plus lab fee. Pre or Corequisite: CHE 262. This course provides the student with basic microscale laboratory skills in organic chemistry including techniques in recrystallization, melting point determination, distillation, and chromatography. Organic compounds are synthesized using the methods and principles learned in Che 261 and Che 262. Course will include 1 hour of insturction. Replaces CHE 263.