2008–2009 - Florida Institute of Technology

CHM 4002 ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 credits). 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.
Prerequisites: CHM 4001.
CHM 4111 ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Selected
topics in physical chemistry. Includes statistical mechanics and molecular modeling.
Prerequisites: CHM 3002.
CHM 4222 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Applies basic principles
of inorganic and organic chemistry to natural systems. Includes applications of
terrestrial, aquatic and atmospheric chemistry. Prerequisites: CHM 2002.
CHM 4304 ADVANCED ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Includes
electrode processes, thermodynamic and kinetic considerations, electrochemical
methods and recent research articles. Prerequisites: CHM 3002, CHM 3302.
CHM 4500 ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Fundamentals
of physical organic chemistry. Includes stereochemistry and structure, methods of
mechanistic elucidation and selected mechanistic descriptions. Prerequisites:
CHM 3002.
CHM 4550 POLYMER CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Introduces classes of polymers,
their general patterns of behavior, polymer synthesis, physics of the solid state,
polymer characterization, polymer rheology and polymer processing. Prerequisites:
CHM 3002.
CHM 4611 ADVANCED LABORATORY TECHNIQUES 1 (2 credits).
Studies advanced lab techniques. Emphasizes analytical and inorganic methodology.
(Requirement: Senior standing in chemistry.)
CHM 4800 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH 1 (3 credits). Senior research
conducted under the direct supervision of a chemistry department faculty member.
(Requirement: Department head approval.)
CHM 4801 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH 2 (3 credits). Senior research
conducted under the direct supervision of a chemistry department faculty member.
(Requirement: Department head approval.) Prerequisites: CHM 4800.
CHM 4900 CHEMISTRY SEMINAR (0 credits). Presents topics of current
chemical research interest by students, faculty and distinguished visiting scientists.
May be repeated.
CHM 4901 SENIOR RESEARCH SEMINAR (1 credit). Students present
results of their senior research projects. Corequisites: CHM 4911.
CHM 4910 SENIOR THESIS IN CHEMISTRY 1 (3 credits). Research
conducted under the direction of a chemistry department faculty member. Includes
the preparation and department approval of a written senior thesis during the second
semester of study. (Requirement: Senior standing in research chemistry option.)
CHM 4911 SENIOR THESIS IN CHEMISTRY 2 (3 credits). Research conducted
under the direction of a chemistry department faculty member. Includes the
preparation and department approval of a written senior thesis. (Requirement: Senior
standing in research chemistry option.) Prerequisites: CHM 4910.
CHM 5002 ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 credits). 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.
CHM 5017 PHYSICAL METHODS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 credits).
Investigates the application of principles of structure and bonding in inorganic
chemistry and the physical methods used to elucidate these principles, such as electronic
and vibrational spectroscopy, diffraction techniques and magnetic resonance
techniques. Corequisites: CHM 5002.
CHM 5018 SPECIAL TOPICS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 credits).
Covers advanced topics in inorganic chemistry. May include organometallic compounds,
compounds of the less familiar elements, ligand field theory and advanced
concepts in coordination chemistry. Prerequisites: CHM 5002.
CHM 5095 CHEMICAL RESEARCH PROJECTS (3 credits). Research
projects under the direction of a member of the chemistry faculty in a selected area
of chemistry.
CHM 5111 ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Selected topics
in physical chemistry. Includes statistical mechanics and molecular modeling.
CHM 5112 SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (3 credits).
Selected topics in physical chemistry. Prerequisites: CHM 5111.
CHM 5114 APPLIED OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY (3 credits). Covers applications
of spectroscopy to chemistry and photochemistry. Prerequisites: CHM 5111.
CHM 5119 CHEMICAL DYNAMICS (3 credits). Experimental methods in
chemical kinetics, rate laws and mechanisms, statistical and dynamic theories
of reaction rates. Applies the principles and techniques of kinetics to a variety of
systems.
CHM 5304 ADVANCED ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Includes
electrode processes, thermodynamic and kinetic considerations, electrochemical
methods and recent research articles.
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CHM 5305 SPECIAL TOPICS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (3 credits).
Includes advanced topics in analytical chemistry. Emphasizes separation techniques
(chromatography) and electroanalytical methods (voltammetry).
CHM 5500 ADVANCED ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Fundamentals
of physical organic chemistry. Includes stereochemistry and structure, methods of
mechanistic elucidation and selected mechanistic descriptions.
CHM 5501 INTERPRETATION OF CHEMICAL SPECTRA (3 credits).
Studies modern spectroscopic methods in organic chemistry. Includes the interpretation
of 1- and 2-D spectra obtained by ultraviolet, infrared, proton and carbon-13
nuclear magnetic resonance and mass-spectral techniques.
CHM 5503 ORGANIC SYNTHESIS (3 credits). Studies reagents, their capabilities
and limitations, and the use of reagents in the design of an organic synthesis.
Prerequisites: CHM 5500.
CHM 5504 THEORETICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Includes
molecular-orbital treatments of organic molecules, including basic Huckel theory;
aromaticity; reactions influenced by orbital symmetry.
CHM 5507 NATURAL PRODUCTS (3 credits). 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.
CHM 5508 ENZYMES AS ORGANIC CHEMICALS (3 credits). Includes
structure-function interrelationships, the role of cofactors, origins of efficiency and
selectivity, recognition phenomena and artificial enzymes. Prerequisites: CHM 5500.
CHM 5520 MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY (3 credits). 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.
CHM 5550 POLYMER CHEMISTRY (3 credits). Introduces classes of polymers,
their general patterns of behavior, polymer synthesis, physics of the solid state,
polymer characterization, polymer rheology and polymer processing.
CHM 5899 FINAL SEMESTER THESIS (0–2 credits). Variable registration for
thesis completion after satisfaction of minimum registration requirements. (Requirements:
Accepted petition to graduate and approval by Office of Graduate Programs.)
CHM 5900 CHEMISTRY GRADUATE SEMINAR (0 credits). Seminars on
current research in chemistry.
CHM 5901 CHEMISTRY THESIS SEMINAR (1 credit). Students present
results of their thesis research. (Requirement: Student must be in final semester of
thesis research.)
CHM 5999 THESIS (3–6 credits). Individual research for the master’s degree
under the direction of a member of the graduate faculty in chemistry.
CHM 6095 CHEMICAL RESEARCH (1–6 credits). Research under the
guidance of the chemistry faculty. Area chosen may lead to a research proposal for
dissertation work. (Requirement: Doctoral standing in chemistry.)
CHM 6899 FINAL SEMESTER DISSERTATION (0–2 credits). Variable
registration for dissertation completion after satisfaction of minimum registration
requirements. (Requirements: Accepted candidacy and approval by Office of Graduate
Programs.)
CHM 6999 DISSERTATION (3–12 credits). Research and preparation of the
doctoral dissertation. (Requirement: Admission to candidacy for the doctoral degree.)
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
CIS 5000 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3 credits).
Introduces problem-solving techniques for information systems. Includes alternative
methods, logic problems and methods specifically for component-based systems
with integration issues. Also includes new technologies, products, tools, hardware
architectures and languages. Encourages think-tank and out-of-the-box discussion
formats.
CIS 5080 PROJECTS IN COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS
(3 credits). A capstone course that entails the student designing and implementing
a significant project within the purview of information systems. Students propose a
project and have it approved by the instructor. Required for CIS majors.
CIS 5100 DATA STRUCTURES AND PROGRAMMING (3 credits). Introduces
programming in an object-oriented language. Includes data structures. Aims to
turn students with little or no programming experience into comfortable programmers.
Also includes algorithms for use with stacks, queues and lists. Required for
CIS majors.
CIS 5200 ADVANCED PROGRAMMING (3 credits). Follows CIS 5100 and
covers advanced programming techniques and methodologies for engineering the
same. Encourages algorithm exploration and comparison, and demonstration of
a superior level of programming expertise in an object-oriented language. Covers
advanced data structures. Required for CIS majors.