~EGULAR SESSION - University of Oregon

CHEMISTRY 143
Ch 340, 341, 342. Organic Chemistry Laboratory. 2-3 hours per term.
A survey of the principles and techniques fundamental to laboratory practice
in organic chemistry, including aspects of both qualitative and quantitative
organic analysis. Prerequisite: Ch 109 or Ch 209 with a grade of C or bette,-.
Required for chemistry majors; open to Honors College students and, by
selection, to others desiring a more intensive training in laboratory practice
than is provided in Ch 337, 338. 1 lecture; 1 laboratory period.
Ch 401. Research. Hours to be arranged.
For advanced undergraduates. An introduction to the methods of chemical
investigation.
Ch 403. Thesis. Hours to be arranged.
Open only to students eligible to work for the bachelor's degree with honors
in chemistry.
Ch 405. Reading and Conference. Hours to be arranged.
UPPER-DIVISION COURSES CARRYING GRADUATE CREDIT
Ch 409. Special Laboratory Problems. (G) Hours to be arranged.
Provides laboratory instruction not classifiable as research; laboratory work
covered in other courses is not duplicated. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.
Ch 411, 412. Physical-Inorganic Chemistry. (G) 3 hours each term, fall and
winter.
A comprehensive study of the structure, properties, and reactions of atomic
and molecular species in the various states of aggregation. Prerequisite:
three years of college chemistry.
Ch 414. Advanced Inorganic Laboratory. (G) 1 or 2 hours.
Students in Ch 411, 412 who expect American Chemical Society accreditation
normally enroll in Ch 414 for one term of laboratory work. Students wishing
more than one term of laboratory work may enroll in Ch 409. 1 or 2 threehour
laboratory periods.
Ch 416. Kinetics in Solution. (G) 3 hours.
Theories of rates of homogeneous reactions in solution; application to the
elucidation of the mechanisms of chemical reactions. Prerequisite: physical
chemistry. Offered alternate years.
Ch 441, 442, 443. Physical Chemistry. (g) 4 hours each term.
Comprehensive study of the theoretical aspects of physical-chemical phenomena.
Atomic and molecular properties; macroscopic systems in equilibrium;
nonequilibrium macroscopic systems. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: two
years of college chemistry (except for physics majors), one year of calculus.
Ch 446, 447, 448. Physical-Chemical Measurements. (g) 2 hours each term.
Analytical applications of electrical and optical instruments; techniques of
physical chemistry, including basic electronic, potentiometric, electrical,
optical spectroscopic, and high-vacuum methods; experiments include thermodynamic
and kinetic measurements and a short research project. Prerequisite:
Ch 108, Ch 109 or Ch 208, Ch 209; Ch 441, 442, 443 (may be taken concurrently).
2 three-hour laboratory periods.
Ch 461,462,463. Biochemistry. (G) 3 hours each term.
Chemical interpretation of biological phenomena; study of compounds having
biological significance. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: Ch 108, Ch 109 or Ch 208,
Ch 209; knowledge of organic and physical chemistry and biology.
Ch 464, 465, 466. Biochemistry Laboratory. (G) I hour each term.
Designed to accompany Ch 461, 462, 463. Preparation and study of enzymes,
use of chromatography, experiments with plant, animal, and microbiological
materials. 1 three-hour laboratory period.