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Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCESNomenclature, structure, preparation, andreactions of aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols,ethers, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids,amines, and related compounds; biologicalcompounds.CHEM 3464. ORGANIC CHEMISTRYLABORATORY II. One credit hour. One fourhourlaboratory per week. Prerequisite: CHEM3462. Corequisite: CHEM 3463.Experimental techniques in organic chemistry:identification and preparation of organiccompounds; spectroscopy.CHEM 4000. INTERMEDIATE INORGANICCHEMISTRY. Three credit hours. Three hoursof lecture per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 4041.A study of the elements and their inorganiccompounds based on modern concepts of atomicand molecular structure.CHEM 4007. INORGANIC CHEMISTRYLABORATORY. One credit hour. Four hoursof laboratory per week. Corequisite: CHEM4000.Inorganic chemistry laboratory includingsynthesis of inorganic compounds and the studyof their spectroscopic properties.CHEM 4015. INSTRUMENTAL METHODSOF ANALYSIS. Four credit hours. Three hoursof lecture and one four-hour laboratory per week.Prerequisite: CHEM3065.Theory and practice of atomic and molecularspectroscopic methods, mass spectrometry, ionand surface science techniques, and currenttopics in instrumental analytical chemistry.CHEM 4026. HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek. Prerequisite: CHEM 3002 or CHEM3042.The development of Chemistry from antiquity tothe present time with an emphasis on the criticalanalysis of its concepts.CHEM 4041. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek. Prerequisites: (CHEM3002 orCHEM3042) and (PHCS3151 or PHCS3171).Corequisite: MATH3063 or MATH3048.Fundamentals and laws of classicalthermodynamics applied to ideal and real gases,phase equilibrium, chemical equilibrium,heterogeneous equilibrium of binary systems,and solutions.CHEM 4042. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek. Prerequisites: CHEM4041 and(MATH3063 or MATH3048).Chemical kinetics, molecular kinetic theory ofgases, introduction to quantum mechanics and itsapplication to vibrational, rotational, andelectronic spectroscopy.CHEM 4101. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRYLABORATORY II. One credit hours. One fourhourlaboratory per week. Prerequisites:CHEM4041 and (CHEM3055 or CHEM3025).Experimental determination of thermodynamicproperties such as vapor pressure, partial molarvolume, enthalpy of reaction, heat capacity,eutectic composition, and equilibrium constants.CHEM 4102. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRYLABORATORY II. One credit hours. One fourhourlaboratory per week. Prerequisite:CHEM4041. Corequisite: CHEM4042.Use of spectroscopic, kinetic, electrochemical,surface, polarimetric, and computationalmethods to determine physical and chemicalproperties.CHEM 4115. PRACTICE TEACHING IN THECHEMISTRY LABORATORY. One credithour. Four hours of workshop per week.Prerequisites: Consent of the DepartmentDirector for those students who have approvedthe following courses: CHEM 3072 or CHEM3032 or CHEM 3450, and either CHEM 3025 orCHEM 3055.Training in the teaching of chemistry,organization of a laboratory, handling ofchemicals, care of equipment, safety rules andsupervision of experimental and written work.CHEM 4125. BIBLIOGRAPHY ANDSEMINAR IN CHEMISTRY. Two credit hours.Two ninety-minute periods per week.Prerequisite: twenty credit hours of chemistry.122