Inorganic Chemistry (4) Course for pre-nursing, human services/consumer sciences, and technology majors. Important topics: atomic structure, periodic classification of the elements, acid-base theory, oxidation, and reduction. Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.

Survey course for pre-nursing and human services/consumer sciences majors. Study of the structure, physical properties, and reactions of alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, esters, amides, and amines.

Introduction to the techniques involved in the separation, purification, isolation, and characterization of typical organic compounds. An introduction to organic synthesis. Listed as CHEM 2123 in the Texas Common Course Numbering System.

Multistep synthesis and introduction to the interpretation of infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra. Listed as CHEM 2125 in the Texas Common Course Numbering System.

Course for science majors dealing with the fundamentals of structure (including stereochemistry), nomenclature, physical properties, and chemical reactions of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives. Listed as CHEM 2323 in the Texas Common Course Numbering System.

Continuation of CHEM 231. Study of the structure (including stereochemistry), nomenclature, physical properties, and chemical reactions for alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, phenols and amines. Listed as CHEM 2325 in the Texas Common Course Numbering System.

Practical application of theory dealing with volumetric and gravimetric analysis.

Study of reactions in solution, homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibrium concepts, and acid-base theory and the application of these concepts to volumetric and gravimetric analysis.

Biochemistry (3) Course for human services/consumer sciences majors. Study of the chemistry of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, digestion, and metabolism. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 231.

Course involving application of the theory of physical chemistry to experimental procedures. An introduction of the use of computers to solve chemistry problems and to write laboratory reports.

Continuation of CHEM 411.

Study of important theory associated with states of matter, changes of state, chemical equilibria, thermochemistry, and thermodynamics. An introduction to vibration and rotational spectra.

Continuation of CHEM 431.

Structure, physical properties, and chemical reactions of lipids, proteins, enzymes, and vitamins. An in-depth study of the processes of digestion and metabolism.

Upper-level course covering an in-depth study of inorganic compounds, including coordination theory, molecular-orbital theory, and ligand-field theory.

Upper-level course covering an in-depth study of the chemical elements and their compounds, including their structure, physical properties, methods of preparation, chemical reactions, and uses.

Essentials of instrumental chemical analysis.

Upper-level chemistry majors select a problem for investigation in one or a combination of several areas of chemistry under the supervision of a member of the faculty designated by the Faculty Chair of the Department.

Study of the reaction intermediates and the mechanisms associated with the important, in vitro substitution, elimination, and addition reactions of aliphatic and aromatic molecules.

Principles of air, water, and soil chemistry. The fate and assessment of toxicants, pesticides, and water pollutants, including phytotoxins, mycotoxins, and heavy metals.

This course focuses on the fundamental knowledge of polymer chemistry, especially chemical synthesis, macromolecular behaviors, physical properties and characterizations of polymeric systems.

Senior level course with topics in metal ions and proteins, transport and storage of metal ions and electron transfer in biological system.

This course reviews selected topics in undergraduate chemistry education. Topics to be reviewed include important concepts and principles in general chemistry, analytical chemistry, and organic chemistry. Instrumentations for chemical analysis and characerization will also be discussed. 1 credit hour per week.

Attendance and participation in weekly seminars required. Recent research developments in a wide variety of fields discussed. Students must give at least one seminar during the semester(s) that they are enrolled. May be repeated for credit to four (4) credits maximum.

Introduction to the methods and techniques of chemical experimentation.

Continuation of CHEM 1111.

This is an introduction to Chemistry to lay the foundation for the fundamental principles in chemistry. Students will learn measurements, interactions between atoms, molecules and elements, periodic table, chemical formulas, molecular shape, phase changes, gases and solutions.

This is an introduction to Chemistry to lay the foundation for the fundamental principles in chemistry. Students will learn Chemical processed, chemical equations, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, essential concepts in organic chemistry, a brief overview of biochemistry, and an introduction to nuclear chemistry and electrochemistry.

General Chemistry I (3) Introduction to modern theories of atomic structure, periodic trends, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, chemical reactions, including oxidation-reduction and stoichiometric calculations. Three hours of lecture per week. Corequisite: MATH 133. Listed as CHEM 1311 in the Texas Common Course Numbering System.

Study of the states of matter, solution chemistry, concepts associated with rates of reaction, homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria, acid-base chemistry, and fundamental thermodynamics.

Focus on laboratory techniques used in forensic chemistry. Emphasize on instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis. Topics to be covered might including serological and DNA analysis, soil and glass analysis, drug analysis, arson and explosive analysis, fabric analysis, gunshot residue analysis, paint and ink analysis, and protein identification by MALDI-TOF-MS.

Study important aspects of chemical fundamentals to forensic science. Focus on statistical analysis of data. Advanced analytical methods will be discussed in-depth, including microscopy, spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, elemental analysis, chromatography, micro­ spectrophotometry and electrophoresis.

Focus on major facets of forensic chemistry. Topics to be covered including drugs as physical evidence, forensic drug analysis, drugs in the body, the chemistry of combustion and arson, explosives and trace evidence analysis.

This course will teach students the methods and techniques to process, extract, isolate, and analyze different substances found in the medicinally active plants through research-based approach experiments. Laboratory procedures and appropriate precautions will be thoroughly discussed. Different solvent exh·action methods will be used to extract desired chemicals. Chromatographic methods will be used to purify the desire products. Spectroscopy methods will be used to analyze the products.

This is a one-semester course focused on the collection, extraction and analysis of drugs and poisons that are most likely encounter in forensic toxicology. Analytical methods for identification of toxicants will also be discussed. Case studies are reviewed where drug use may become a topic for forensic toxicology.

This course will teach students the fundamentals of the chemical structure and function of medicinally active plant chemicals. Students will understand how and why plants generate primary and secondary compounds, as well as how humans have utilized these compounds. They will also be introduced to methods for isolating and delivering plant-derived substances.

Cannabis will be used as a facilitator in this course to present essential principles in the science of drug activities. Advanced scientific topics in pharmacology and medicine pertaining to cannabis usage will be thoroughly studied, with a focus on cannabis analytical chemistry, forensic chemistry, toxicology, and medical research.

The goal of this course is to provide supervised independent study preparation for specific course on degree plan or specially designed course to complete Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. This course will introduce students to the fundamental principles of chemistry based on topic. This course is designed primarily for science majors.