Nov 01, 2024  
2019-2020 Florida Tech Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Florida Tech Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Courses are listed alpha-numerically. The 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 series are undergraduate courses. The 5000 series are graduate courses that can also be taken by undergraduates with cumulative grade point averages of 2.75 or higher, who have satisfied all listed prerequisites and whose registration is approved by the department head or program chair responsible for the course. The 6000 series courses are restricted to graduate students only. Courses below 1000 are developmental in nature, are not counted in GPA calculations and do not count toward any Florida Tech degree.

Courses that may be taken in fulfillment of Undergraduate Core Requirements are designated as follows: CL: computer literacy requirement, COM: communication elective, HU: humanities elective, LA: liberal arts elective, Q: scholarly inquiry requirement, SS: social science elective, CC: cross-cultural, Hon: course may include honors sections during some semesters. These designations follow the course descriptions. Other courses that satisfy Undergraduate Core Requirements are identified by the course prefix: any MTH course can be used toward meeting the mathematics requirement; and any AVS, BIO, CHM or PHY course, or EDS 1031  or EDS 1032 , toward meeting the physical/life sciences requirement.

 

Business

  
  • BUS 5661 Strategic Project Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the role of project management in a business or corporate environment. Teaches how to achieve project goals and objectives within set constraints such as time and budget.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • BUS 5662 Project Tools and Techniques

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers tools and techniques used to plan and control projects and accomplish business objectives. Emphasizes how to determine which tool or technique to use during different phases of the project life cycle. Uses project management software in exercises.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
    Prerequisite: BUS 5661  or MGT 5113 
  
  • BUS 5668 Cases in Applied Project Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers planning and managing a project from initiation and execution to closeout, using learned project management concepts. Provides hands-on experience in planning and managing through a student project. Gives insight through case studies and real-world analyses.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech  Online
    Prerequisite: BUS 5662
  
  • BUS 5669 Mastering Project Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the generally accepted project management practices in industry (such as construction, software, engineering and automotive). Emphasizes the process-based approach (inputs, tools and technology, and outputs). Includes the nine knowledge areas of project management.
    Requirement(s): Must be enrolled in Florida Tech Online
  
  • BUS 5840 Financial Management Policy

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the three primary areas of concern to financial policy makers (capital budgeting, capital structure and working capital) and integrates this framework with a range of international financial concepts. Also explores the profound effect that foreign operations can have on financial statements.
  
  • BUS 5858 Leading in the Technology-Oriented Enterprise

    Credit Hours: 3
    Examines the leadership challenges inherent in managing a technology-oriented enterprise. Presents various leadership approaches and describes their application in managing innovation and technology. Also addresses the role of leadership in system design and development in integrated product teams.
  
  • BUS 5870 Global Marketing Management

    Credit Hours: 3
    Emphasizes the global nature of marketing and the factors that shape it, including analysis of the multilateral environment in which firms operate, global marketing research and alternative strategies for market entry and development. Contemporary topics may include relationship marketing, sourcing strategy and business-to-business marketing.
  
  • BUS 5899 Final Semester Thesis

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted petition to graduate
  
  • BUS 5990 Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Offers master’s-level independent research or directed study under the direction of a member of the College of Business graduate faculty. May require deliverables such as a comprehensive paper.
    Requirement(s): Program chair approval
  
  • BUS 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Students must register with the director of industry/education programs at least two months before the start of the semester. Minimum requirements include formal written and oral presentations, weekly summary reports and a minimum of 120 hours working at a host employer’s location.
    Requirement(s): Associate dean approval

Chemical Engineering

  
  • CHE 0002 Final Program Examination

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
  
  • CHE 0003 Final Program Examination 2

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: CHE 0002   Corequisite: CHE 0002  
  
  • CHE 0004 Final Program Examination 3

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: CHE 0003   Corequisite: CHE 0003  
  
  • CHE 1091 Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces science/engineering freshmen interested in careers in nanoscience research/nanotechnology to techniques of nanomaterial fabrication by thin film deposition and chemical synthesis, and sample characterization techniques like atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1101  
  
  • CHE 1101 Introduction to Chemical Engineering 1

    Credit Hours: 2
    Introduces the chemical engineering profession. Discusses the role of an engineer as a problem solver dealing with multiple constraints. Covers process flowsheets, and piping and instrumentation diagrams in Microsoft® PowerPoint.®
    (CL)
    Must be enrolled in chemical engineering (7033)
  
  • CHE 1102 Introduction to Chemical Engineering 2

    Credit Hours: 1
    Applies the skills learned in CHE 1101  to a design problem presented in oral and written form. Presents statistics, plotting and spreadsheeting in Microsoft® Excel, ® and curve fitting using Oakdale Engineering DataFit.
    (CL)
    Must be enrolled in chemical engineering (7033)
  
  • CHE 2101 Chemical Process Principles 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Basic principles and calculations in chemical engineering; application of physical and chemical principles to solutions of elementary engineering problems; steady- and unsteady-state material and energy balances; heats of formation, reaction and mixing; equilibrium process models.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1101 , and (MTH 1001  or MTH 1010 )
  
  • CHE 2102 Chemical Process Principles 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Basic principles and calculations in chemical engineering; application of physical and chemical principles to solutions of elementary engineering problems; steady- and unsteady-state material and energy balances; heats of formation, reaction and mixing; equilibrium process models.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2101  and CHM 1102 , and (MTH 1002  or MTH 1020 ) Corequisite: CHM 1102  
  
  • CHE 3091 Nanotechnology Lab 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes self-assembly synthesis, microscopic/spectroscopic characterization, functional evaluation, and aggregation of nanoparticles, nanotubes, coating and nanocomposites; biocompatibility, hydrophobicity, photoluminescence, catalysis, magnetic and chemical sensing, and self-diagnosing structural applications.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Prerequisite: (BME 3260  or CHE 3260  or CHM 2002 ), and (CHE 1091  or CHM 1091  or PHY 1091 )
  
  • CHE 3101 Transport Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes models for molecular-level transport mechanisms; bulk transport of momentum; pipe flow and pipeline design and optimization; rheologic behavior and viscometry; compressible flow; pressure and flow measurement; flow through fixed and fluidized beds; two-phase flow; pumping; boundary-layer theory.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) Corequisite: MTH 2201  or MTH 3200  
  
  • CHE 3103 Heat Transfer Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Theory and applications of heat transfer; conduction, convection, radiation, condensation and evaporation; heat transfer in reaction vessels; humidification and water cooling; thermowell and heat exchanger design and optimization.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3101  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 )
  
  • CHE 3104 Mass Transfer Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes fundamental principles and applications of mass transfer and separation processes; diffusion and stagnant-layer approximation; two-film theory and surface renewal; flash and batch differential distillation; continuous binary and multicomponent rectification; and batch fractionation.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3101  and CHE 3110  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 ) Corequisite: CHE 3110  
  
  • CHE 3110 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the thermodynamics of chemical solutions and reactions. Includes ideal and non-ideal solutions, phase equilibria, single- and two-phase reaction equilibria.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  
  
  • CHE 3115 Chemical Engineering Processes Lab 1

    Credit Hours: 2
    Includes experimental demonstration of theory covered in CHE 3101  and CHE 3103 .
    Prerequisite: CHE 3101  and CHE 3103  
  
  • CHE 3170 Introduction to Environmental Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the field of environmental engineering that emphasizes the interrelationships among air, water and land pollution and the effect of ecological, economic and sociological constraints on the solution of environmental problems.
    Minimum student level - junior
  
  • CHE 3260 Materials Science and Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the relationships between materials processing, composition and structure, properties and performance. Includes electrical, mechanical and chemical properties of metals, ceramics, polymers, electronic materials and composites, as well as coating and protection materials.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1101 , and (MTH 1002  or MTH 1020 ), and PHY 1001   Corequisite: MTH 1002  or MTH 1020  
  
  • CHE 3265 Materials Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Complements CHE 3260 . Illustrates materials processing, measurement and analysis of materials properties.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3260 , and (MTH 1002  or MTH 1020 ), and PHY 2091   Corequisite: CHE 3260  
  
  
  • CHE 4122 Chemical Process Control

    Credit Hours: 4
    Studies dynamic modeling and control of chemical processes. Includes transfer function development, synthesis and tuning of feedback controllers, closed-loop stability analysis, frequency response and advanced control techniques.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 )
  
  • CHE 4131 Separation Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Fundamental principles and design of separation processes; batch and continuous flow, concurrent and countercurrent cascade; plate and packed towers; distillation, absorption, extraction; distillation column design and optimization.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3103  and CHE 3104  and CHE 3110  
  
  • CHE 4151 Chemical Engineering Reactor Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the modeling and design of chemical reactors including development of rate expressions for chemical reactions and analysis of experimental kinetic data. Emphasizes the modeling of ideal mixed-flow and plug-flow reactors.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3101  and CHE 3103  
  
  • CHE 4181 Chemical Engineering Plant Design 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Technical and economic analyses leading to the design of complete facilities for chemical production. Investigates process flow sheet and process integration, along with material and energy balances; process equipment selection and plant layout; use of computer-aided design software for process analysis; cost analysis; and a design report.
    (Q)
    Prerequisite: CHE 3103  and CHE 4131   Corequisite: CHE 4131  
  
  • CHE 4182 Chemical Engineering Plant Design 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Technical and economic analyses leading to the design of complete facilities for chemical production. Process flow sheets and process integration are investigated, along with material and energy balances; process equipment selection and plant layout; use of computer-aided design software for process analysis; cost analysis; and a design report.
    (Q)
    Prerequisite: CHE 4181  
  
  • CHE 4230 Special Topics in Separation Processes and Unit Operations

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues CHE 4131 . Emphasizes the area of separation processes and unit operations. May include adsorption, drying, gas cleaning, cyclones, chromatography, membranes; particle filtration, microfiltration, ultrafiltration, reverse osmosis; heat tracing, mixing, cooling towers, gas compressors.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3104   Corequisite: CHE 3104  
  
  • CHE 4240 Advanced Computational Methods for Engineering Applications

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces numerical methods applied to engineering problems. Includes the use of selected mathematical software.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  and (MTH 2201  or MTH 3200 )
  
  • CHE 4250 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces modeling and design of biochemical reactors, including development of rate expressions for biochemical (metabolic) reactions and cell growth. Separation and purification of reaction products; system optimization.
    Must be enrolled in chemical engineering (7033). Minimum student level - senior
  
  • CHE 4284 Industrial Safety

    Credit Hours: 3
    Safety considerations in design and operation of industrial and manufacturing facilities; toxicology, fire and explosion hazards; and OSHA standards.
    Must be enrolled in chemical engineering (7033). Minimum student level - junior
  
  • CHE 4288 Petroleum Processing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the properties of crude oil and each of a refinery’s products, the details of each refinery operation, and the effects of economic considerations on each refinery operation.
    Prerequisite: CHE 2102  and CHM 2002  
  
  • CHE 4291 Independent Study in Chemical Engineering 1

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Individual projects under the direction of faculty member in the chemical engineering program. Projects include a literature review, project proposal, process design or research, and written and oral reports.
    Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Department head approval or senior standing
  
  • CHE 4292 Independent Study in Chemical Engineering 2

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Individual projects under the direction of faculty member in the chemical engineering program. Projects include a literature review, project proposal, process design or research, and written and oral reports.
    Minimum student level - senior
    Requirement(s): Department head approval or senior standing
    Prerequisite: CHE 4291  
  
  • CHE 4560 Polymeric Materials

    Credit Hours: 3
    General classes of polymers and their patterns of behavior; polymer synthesis and processing, polymer rheology and physical properties; and large-scale production problems.
    Prerequisite: CHE 3260  
  
  • CHE 4563 Materials Characterization Lab

    Credit Hours: 3
    Emphasizes characterization of nanomaterials using STM, AFM, SEM, TEM, confocal laser scanning microscopy, Raman spectroscopy/microscopy, pore size analysis and a variety of particle size distribution methods.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Prerequisite: (BME 3260  or CHE 3260  or CHM 2002 ), and (CHE 1091  or CHM 1091 )
  
  • CHE 4567 Nanotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies materials synthesis-structure-function relationships. Emphasizes bulk and surface analytical techniques, catalyst synthesis methods, nanoporous materials, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, nanowires, molecular self-assembly, molecular recognition, biologically inspired materials and nanomedicine.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: BME 3260   or CHE 3260  or CHM 2002  
  
  • CHE 4569 Biomaterials Tissue Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the principles of materials science and cell biology underlying the design of medical implants, artificial organs and matrices for tissue engineering.
    Minimum student level - junior
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
    Prerequisite: BME 3260  or CHE 3260  or CHM 2002  
  
  • CHE 4591 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies in depth a specialized area of chemical engineering. Subject matter depends on the expertise of the instructor. Topics announced before each offering.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • CHE 4592 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies in depth a specialized area of chemical engineering. Subject matter depends on the expertise of the instructor. Topics announced before each offering.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • CHE 5100 Chemical Engineering Seminar

    Credit Hours: 0
    Weekly seminar topics on chemical engineering research and practice. Presentations are made by students, faculty and visitors.
  
  • CHE 5101 Transport Phenomena 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Fundamental principles of momentum, heat and mass transfer, and their application to chemical systems. Includes derivation and analysis of the Navier-Stokes equations, energy equations and equations for mass transport; flows at small Reynolds number and Stokes Law; the method of matched asymptotic expansions; and boundary-layer theory. Also includes turbulence and multiphase phenomena.
  
  • CHE 5110 Equilibrium Thermodynamics

    Credit Hours: 3
    Advanced topics in phase and chemical equilibria; relationships between equilibrium properties and molecular-based theories of solutions; and fugacity coefficients, activity coefficients, phase composition.
  
  • CHE 5120 Process Control

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analysis, design, stability and sensitivity; and optimization and transient response of staged, continuous and batch operations. Emphasizes common mathematical and physical foundations, and automatic control systems.
  
  • CHE 5150 Chemical Reactor Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Design of nonideal reactors; unsteady-state operation and stability analysis; multiphase reactors; and heat, mass and momentum transfer in reacting systems.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to CHE 4151 Chemical Engineering Reactor Design  
  
  • CHE 5230 Separation Processes

    Credit Hours: 3
    Analysis of mass transfer in binary and multicomponent systems. Mathematical modeling of adsorption, extraction, reverse osmosis and other selected processes.
  
  • CHE 5240 Electrochemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Overviews basic electrochemistry. Investigates the application of fundamental principles of thermodynamics, kinetics and transport to electrochemical systems and their integration with current/potential distributions to solve complex electrochemical engineering problems. Discusses current and potential future electrochemical applications.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • CHE 5250 Hydrogen Technology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Presents the fundamental knowledge of hydrogen and the current and potential future development of hydrogen science and technology. Investigates the use of hydrogen as a fuel, and its properties, methods of production and storage. Discusses hydrogen technology applications.
  
  • CHE 5252 Catalytic Reactor Design

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers modeling and design of reaction systems for catalytic and other surface reactions. Includes reactor stability, transient operation and industrial applications
  
  • CHE 5288 Petroleum Processing

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the properties of crude oil and each of a refinery’s products. Includes details on each of the refinery’s operations and how economics is changing the importance of each of a refinery’s process units.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • CHE 5291 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies in depth a specialized area of chemical engineering. Subject matter depends on the expertise of the instructor. Topics announced before registration.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • CHE 5292 Special Topics in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies in depth a specialized area of chemical engineering. Subject matter depends on the expertise of the instructor. Topics announced before registration.
    Requirement(s): Instructor approval
  
  • CHE 5300 Biomaterials

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers the fundamentals of biomaterials, biomaterial modification strategies, scaffold fabrication and characterization, and host response to biomaterials post implantation. Discusses development of biomaterials for selected tissues/organs.
  
  
  • CHE 5567 Nanotechnology

    Credit Hours: 3
    Understanding and development of materials synthesis-structure-function relationships, emphasizing bulk and surface analytical techniques, catalyst synthesis methods, nanoporous materials, nanoparticles, nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, nanowires, molecular self-assembly and molecular recognition, biologically inspired materials and nanomedicine.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to BME 3260 Biomaterials  or CHE 3260 Materials Science and Engineering  or CHM 2002 Organic Chemistry 2  
  
  • CHE 5571 Physical/Chemical Processes for Water Treatment

    Credit Hours: 3
    Modeling and design of physical and chemical processes for water treatment: coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, chemical precipitation, adsorption, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, chemical oxidation.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to CHE 3170 Introduction to Environmental Engineering  
  
  • CHE 5572 Biological Processes for Water Treatment

    Credit Hours: 3
    Modeling and design of biological processes used for water and wastewater treatment: aerobic and anaerobic treatment, sludge digestion, nutrient removal and disinfection.
    Recommended: Background knowledge equivalent to CHE 3170 Introduction to Environmental Engineering  
  
  • CHE 5899 Final Semester Thesis

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted petition to graduate
  
  • CHE 5998 Graduate Project in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1 - 3
    Student works with faculty members in chemical engineering to define and execute a project in the field of chemical engineering.
    Requirement(s): Department head approval
    May be repeated for credit
  
  • CHE 5999 Thesis

    Credit Hours: 3 - 6
    Individual research under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty on a selected topic. Six hours of thesis are required for the master’s degree.
  
  • CHE 6899 Final Semester Dissertation in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 0 - 2
    Variable registration for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements.
    Requirement(s): Approval by Office of Graduate Programs and accepted candidacy
  
  • CHE 6990 Research in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 1 - 6
    Independent research under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty before admission to doctoral candidacy.
    Requirement(s): Doctoral standing
    May be repeated for a maximum of nine credits
  
  • CHE 6999 Dissertation in Chemical Engineering

    Credit Hours: 3 - 12
    Preparation of the doctoral dissertation under the direction of the student’s doctoral committee.
    Requirement(s): Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree

Chemistry

  
  • CHM 0002 Final Program Examination

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
  
  • CHM 0003 Final Program Examination 2

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: CHM 0002   Corequisite: CHM 0002  
  
  • CHM 0004 Final Program Examination 3

    Credit Hours: 0
    Requires registration in order to sit for the final program examination.
    Prerequisite: CHM 0003   Corequisite: CHM 0003  
  
  • CHM 1091 Nanoscience/Nanotechnology Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 1
    Introduces science/engineering freshmen interested in careers in nanoscience research/nanotechnology to techniques of nanomaterial fabrication by thin film deposition and chemical synthesis, and sample characterization techniques like atomic force and scanning tunneling microscopes.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1101  
  
  • CHM 1100 Introduction to Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces the basic concepts of modern chemistry. Provides an adequate chemistry background for the successful completion of CHM 1101 .
  
  
  • CHM 1102 General Chemistry 2

    Credit Hours: 4
    Continues CHM 1101 . Covers acids and bases, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, kinetics, descriptive chemistry of metals and nonmetals, coordination chemistry, nuclear chemistry. Introduces organic chemistry. Includes lab component.
    (Hon)
    Prerequisite: CHM 1101  and (MTH 1011  or MTH 1701  or MTH 1000  or MTH 1001  or MTH 1010 )
  
  • CHM 2001 Organic Chemistry 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the fundamentals of structure and reaction mechanisms. Includes a review of bonding, preparations and reactions of organic substances.
    (Hon)
    Prerequisite: CHM 1102  
  
  • CHM 2002 Organic Chemistry 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the fundamentals of structure and reaction mechanisms. Includes a review of bonding, preparations and reactions of organic substances.
    (Hon)
    Prerequisite: CHM 2001  
  
  • CHM 2011 Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1

    Credit Hours: 2
    Introduces organic chemistry techniques for lab operations. Includes preparation, reaction and analysis of organic compounds.
    Prerequisite: CHM 2001   Corequisite: CHM 2001  
  
  • CHM 2012 Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2

    Credit Hours: 2
    Continues CHM 2011 . Introduces organic chemistry techniques for lab operations. Includes preparation, reaction and analysis of organic compounds.
    Prerequisite: CHM 2002  and CHM 2011   Corequisite: CHM 2002  
  
  • CHM 3001 Physical Chemistry 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes fundamental principles of chemical phenomena; thermodynamics, equilibria and states of matter; and chemical kinetics.
    Prerequisite: CHM 2001  and (MTH 2001  or MTH 2010 ) and PHY 2002   Corequisite: PHY 2002  
  
  • CHM 3002 Physical Chemistry 2

    Credit Hours: 3
    Continues CHM 3001 . Includes chemical dynamics, quantum mechanics, atomic structures, chemical bonding and spectroscopy.
    Prerequisite: CHM 3001  
  
  • CHM 3011 Physical Chemistry Laboratory 1

    Credit Hours: 2
    Experiments illustrating the principles and techniques of physical chemistry studied in CHM 3001 .
    Prerequisite: CHM 2011  and CHM 3001   Corequisite: CHM 3001  
  
  • CHM 3012 Physical Chemistry Laboratory 2

    Credit Hours: 2
    Experiments illustrating the principles and techniques of physical chemistry studied in CHM 3002 .
    (CL)
    Prerequisite: CHM 3002  and CHM 3011   Corequisite: CHM 3002  
  
  • CHM 3301 Analytical Chemistry 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Focuses on the principles of modern analytical methods. Includes chemical separation and quantitative measurements, important equilibrium considerations and the treatment of experimental data.
    Prerequisite: CHM 1102  
  
  • CHM 3302 Analytical Chemistry 2: Instrumentation

    Credit Hours: 3
    Principles of modern chemical instrumentation, focusing on spectroscopy.
    Prerequisite: CHM 2002  and CHM 3001  and CHM 3301  
  
  • CHM 3311 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 1

    Credit Hours: 2
    Students conduct experiments in quantitative analytical techniques.
    Prerequisite: CHM 3301   Corequisite: CHM 3301  
  
  • CHM 3312 Analytical Chemistry 2: Instrumentation Laboratory

    Credit Hours: 2
    Quantitative and instrumental analysis techniques to accompany CHM 3302 .
    Prerequisite: CHM 3311  and CHM 3302   Corequisite: CHM 3302  
  
  • CHM 4001 Inorganic Chemistry 1

    Credit Hours: 3
    Covers basic theoretical concepts of inorganic chemistry as related to elementary structure and bonding, stressing representative elements; and donor-acceptor concepts, symmetry and group theory. Introduces transition metal chemistry.
    Prerequisite: CHM 3002  
  
  • CHM 4002 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes structure and stability in coordination chemistry, spectroscopy of transition metal compounds; descriptive transition metal chemistry and reactions of metal compounds; and lanthanides and actinides. Introduces bioinorganic chemistry.
    Prerequisite: CHM 4001  
  
  • CHM 4111 Advanced Physical Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Selected topics in physical chemistry. Includes statistical mechanics and molecular modeling.
    Prerequisite: CHM 3002  
  
  • CHM 4222 Environmental Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Applies basic principles of inorganic and organic chemistry to natural systems. Includes applications of terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric chemistry.
    Prerequisite: CHM 2001  
  
  • CHM 4304 Advanced Analytical Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes electrode processes, thermodynamic and kinetic considerations, electrochemical methods and recent research articles.
    Prerequisite: CHM 3002  and CHM 3302  
  
  • CHM 4500 Advanced Organic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Fundamentals of physical organic chemistry. Includes stereochemistry and structure, methods of mechanistic elucidation and selected mechanistic descriptions.
    Prerequisite: CHM 2002  and CHM 3002  
  
  • CHM 4503 Organic Synthesis

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies reagents, their capabilities and limitations, and the use of reagents in the design of an organic synthesis. Meets with CHM 5503 .
    Prerequisite: CHM 2002  and CHM 3001  
  
  • CHM 4507 Natural Products

    Credit Hours: 3
    Surveys organic natural products, emphasizing marine organisms. Outlines major structural families and their sources. Includes the role of natural products in the environment, approaches to their analysis and structure elucidation, and biosynthesis of major classes of secondary metabolitesis. Meets with CHM 5507 .
    Prerequisite: CHM 2002  
  
  • CHM 4508 Bioorganic Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Includes structure–function interrelationships, the role of cofactors, origins of efficiency and selectivity, recognition phenomena and artificial enzymes. Meets with CHM 5508 .
    Prerequisite: CHM 2002  
  
  • CHM 4520 Medicinal Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Studies the chemical nature of physiological mediators, the hormones that mediate life processes. Includes isolation, structure determination and synthesis of the mediators. Preparation of inhibitors or activators of enzymes that work on those mediators or agonists or antagonists to the mediators to correct imbalances that cause disease. Meets with CHM 5520 .
    Prerequisite: CHM 2002  and CHM 3001  
  
  • CHM 4550 Polymer Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 3
    Introduces classes of polymers, their general patterns of behavior, polymer synthesis, physics of the solid state, polymer characterization, polymer rheology and polymer processing.
    Prerequisite: CHM 3002  
  
  • CHM 4611 Advanced Laboratory Techniques 1

    Credit Hours: 2
    Studies advanced lab techniques. Emphasizes analytical and inorganic methodology.
    Must be enrolled in chemistry (7031, 7034, 7036). Minimum student level - senior
 

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