Required Courses for Program

CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I

 

The course specifically focuses on basic descriptive and quantitative principles of 化学 associated with the concepts of the mole, concentration, heat, atomic and molecular structure, periodicity, bonding, physical states, stoichiometry, and reactions. This is a very interesting full semester course with quite challenging study materials in a very condensed manner for a relatively short time, and students need to work very hard on a regular basis to achieve the desired level of success.
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II

 

This General Chemistry course covers basic kinetics, thermodynamics, equilibrium, electro化学, reactions of inorganic compounds, and an introduction to organic 化学.
CHEM 311 - Quantitative Analysis (Analytical Chemistry I)

 

This analytical 化学 course focuses on fundamental theory and techniques in traditional chemical analysis with a specific focus on separation methods, measurement, statistics, pH studies, basic electrochemical techniques, and introduction to instrumentation.
CHEM 422 / 522 - Environmental Chemistry

 

Environmental Chemistry course is designed for a concise study of chemical principles of the environmental processes. This semester long course offers a rigorous introduction to the chemical principles that govern the reactions, transport, effects and fates of chemical species in water, soil, air and living environments. During this time, students specifically focused on the effects of technology and man's activities on the chemical composition and properties of the natural environment, and discuss policy issues as they relate to chemical processes. The graduate and undergraduate versions of the course will differ in the assignments and exams, while sharing the same lectures.
CHEM 491-02 - Environmental Toxicology

 

This course is designed to provide an overview of environmental toxicology, including an examination of the major classes of pollutants, their fate in the environment, their disposition in organisms, and their mechanisms of toxicity. An emphasis will also be placed on assessing the toxicity of pollutants in biological and environmental 系统.
化学493 & 494 - Senior 研究 and Thesis

 

This course focuses on problem‐oriented research under the direction of a faculty 成员. In their first semester (Chem 493), students research a topic, based on student's and faculty 成员s interests, and begin to work on the research project. 最后 of the semester, they are required to give a presentation and write a paper on the research topic.

 

Second semester (Chem 494), students continue the research begun in 化学493. 他们 are required to give a presentation and write a paper on their research project.
CHEM 528 - Surface Chemistry and Heterogeneous Processes

 

Fundamental and applied aspects of surface chemical processes; theories of molecular adsorption/desorption and surface complexation; kinetics; surface analysis and instrumentation; applications of surface 化学 in heterogeneous catalysis, heterogeneous environmental/atmospheric processes, and materials 化学.