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Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCESCHEM 5072. GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY II.Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture perweek. Prerequisite: CHEM 5071.Biosynthesis and biodegradation ofcarbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, and nucleicacids; integration and regulation of animalmetabolism; chemistry of genetic expression andregulation.CHEM 5073. GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRYLABORATORY I. One credit hour. One fourhourlaboratory per week. Corequisite: CHEM5071.Isolation and characterization of proteins, lipids,and nucleic acids; enzymatic processes; the useof recombinant DNA techniques.CHEM 5074. GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRYLABORATORY II. One credit hour. One fourhourlaboratory per week. Prerequisite: CHEM5073. Corequisite: CHEM 5072.Characterization of carbohydrates, molecularmodeling, and spectroscopic analysis ofbiomolecules.CHEM 5085. FOOD CHEMISTRY. Fourcredit hours. Three hours of lecture and onefour-hour laboratory per week.A study of the chemistry of the principal foodresources and food activities, their role innutrition, and the effect of processing treatmenton their chemical composition.CHEM 5095. NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY. Threecredit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.Prerequisites: (CHEM3002 or CHEM3042) and(MATH3183 or MATH3031 or MATH3144).A course describing the fundamental concepts ofnuclear science. Selected topics on nuclearproperties, nuclear forces and structure,radioactivity, mathematical relations ofradioactive decay, statistics, nuclear reactions,effects of nuclear radiations and transitions,application of nuclear phenomena to chemistryand other related fields.CHEM 5105. PRINCIPLES OF QUANTUMCHEMISTRY. Three credit hours. Three hoursof lecture per week. Prerequisite: CHEM4042.Conceptual development, postulates, and modelsof quantum mechanics. Approximation methodsto the solution of the time-independentSchrödinger equation.CHEM 5125. CHEMICALTHERMODYNAMICS. Three credit hours.Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:CHEM 4042.Systematic analysis of the fundamental conceptsof chemical thermodynamics and theirapplications.CHEM 5135. PHYSICAL ORGANICCHEMISTRY. Three credit hours. Three hoursof lecture per week. Prerequisites: CHEM 4042and CHEM 3032 or CHEM 3072 or CHEM3450.A mathematical and quantitative study of organicchemical phenomena. Applications of moderntheoretical concepts to the chemical and physicalproperties of organic compounds, and to thekinetics and mechanisms of organic reactions.CHEM 5145. HETEROCYCLICCOMPOUNDS. Three credit hours. Threehours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: CHEM3072 or CHEM 3032 or CHEM 3450.Structure, synthesis, and reactions of ringsystems containing other atoms besides carbon.Alkaloids will be given special consideration.CHEM 5150. SPECTROSCOPICIDENTIFICATION OF ORGANICCOMPOUNDS. Three credit hours. Three hoursof lecture per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 3032or CHEM 3072 or CHEM 3450.Elucidation of the structure of organiccompounds by spectroscopic methods, includinginfrared, ultraviolet, nuclear magnetic resonance,and mass spectrometry techniques.CHEM 5165. POLYMER CHEMISTRY. Threecredit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.Prerequisite: CHEM 3072 or CHEM 3032 orCHEM 3450.Structure, properties, synthesis, reactions, andphysical behavior of polymers. Experimentalmethods used in their analysis.124