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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Water and Wastewater Treatment; Organic Chemistry; Organic
Toxins and Contaminants; Toxicology and Epidemiology; Biotic
and Abiotic Chemical Transformations
Prerequisites - CHEM 2101 (Environmental Chemistry)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total
Laboratories - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total
CHEM 2300 (Environmental Chemistry II)
This is an advanced level course designed to provide knowledge
in the methods and instrumental equipment used to analyze
environmental samples.
Electroanalytical Techniques; Spectroscopic Methods; Separation
Methods
Prerequisites - STAT 2108 (Applied Statistics) or equivalent;
CHEM 2201 (Environmental Chemistry) or CHEM 2202
(Environmental Chemistry I)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lecture - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total
Laboratories - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total
CHEM 3100 (Food Chemistry)
This is an advanced level course designed to provide the student
with an understanding of the various aspects of food chemistry.
Introduction to Food Chemistry; Water; Carbohydrates; Lipids;
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins; Vitamins and Minerals;
Food Additives; Toxic Substances; Pigments and Colourants;
Characteristics of Edible Muscle Tissues
Prerequisites - FDTE 2105 (Nutrition); CHEM 2102 (Biological
Chemistry) or CHEM 3102 (Biochemistry)
Lectures - 39 hours
Laboratories - 39 hours
CHEM 3101 (Food Analysis)
This is an advanced level course designed to provide the student
with a detailed understanding of food analysis and how it relates
to food chemistry and food technology.
Introduction to Food Analysis; Spectroscopy; Chromatography;
Electrophoresis
Prerequisites - PHYS 1200 (Physics); CHEM 2102 (Biological
Chemistry) or CHEM 3102 (Biochemistry)
Lectures - 39 hours
Laboratories - 39 hours
CHEM 3102 (Biochemistry)
This is an intermediate level theory course designed to
familiarize the food technology student with the major aspects of
biochemistry.
Introduction to Biochemistry; Enzyme Kinetics; Energy Changes
and Electron Transfer in Metabolism; Carbohydrate Metabolism;
The Citric Acid Cycle; Electron Transport and Oxidative
Phosphorylation; Lipid Metabolism; Nitrogen Metabolism
Prerequisites - BIOL 1100 (Biology); CHEM 2103 (Organic
Chemistry)
Duration - 39 hours
Lectures - 3 hours/week
CHEM 3200 (Physical Chemistry)
This theory-based course builds upon topics covered in CHEM
1101 (General Chemistry I) and CHEM 1201 (General Chemistry
II). Emphasis is on physical concepts and their applications to
chemical and biological systems.
States of Matter and Properties of Gases; Thermodynamics: The
First Law; Thermodynamics: The Second Law; Phase Equilibria;
Properties of Mixtures; Chemical Equilibria
Prerequisites - CHEM 1100 (Chemistry) or CHEM 1101 (General
Chemistry I), CHEM 1200 (Chemistry) or CHEM 1201 (General
Chemisty II), MATH 1101 (Calculus)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lecture - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total
Problem Solving Tutorial - 1 hour/week = 13 hours total
CHEM 4100 (Water Chemistry)
This course is designed to give the student an understanding
of the chemical composition of natural waters and the analytical
methods by which these constituents are to be determined.
Criteria and Standards for Drinking Water Quality; Sampling,
Quality Assurance/Quality Control; Concentration of Solutions;
Characteristics of Natural Waters; Organic Compounds in Raw
and Finished Waters; Disinfection Chemistry
Lectures - 39 hours
Laboratories - 39 hours
CHEM 4102 (Food Chemistry)
This is an advanced level course designed to build on knowledge
so as to enhance a student’s understanding of food chemistry
while introducing a student to chemical concepts related to food
safety.
Introduction to Food Chemistry; Reporting Results and
Reliability of Analysis; Instrumentation; Naturally Occurring Food
Components; Chemical Additives
Lectures - 39 hours total
Laboratory - 39 hours total
CHEM 4200 (Chemical and Analytical Methods)
This is an advanced level course designed to provide the student
with a detailed understanding of the instruments and techniques
involved in water analysis.
Introduction to Analytical Chemistry; Quality Assurance in
Analytical Chemistry; Electroanalytical Techniques; Separation
Methods; Quantitative Optical Spectroscopic Methods; Mass
Spectroscopy
Prerequisite - CHEM 4100 (Water Chemistry)
Duration - 13 weeks
Lectures - 3 hours per week = 39 total hours
Laboratories - 3 hours once per week = 39 total hours
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