Chemistry (CHEM)  Department Info

CHEM 101A -- Lectures in General Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to chemical principles designed for students with a minimal background in science and mathematics. This course is designed for non-technical students and is not a prerequisite for higher level chemistry courses.
Prerequisite(s):  algebra recommended; Concurrent registration, CHEM 102 encouraged. Credit is allowed for only one of the following lecture-lab combinations: 101A-102A, or 103A-104A, or 105B and 106B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 101B -- Lectures in General Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Application of chemical principles presented in 101a to problems of interest to prenursing and allied health majors, with an emphasis on organic and biochemical principles. A modular approach is used with case studies of "real world" problems. This course is designed for non-technical students and is not a prerequisite for higher level chemistry courses.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 101A, algebra recommended. Concurrent registration, CHEM 102B encouraged. Credit is allowed for only one course or sequence in each of the following groups: 101B or 241A-B or 242A-B; 102B or 243A-B or 247A-B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 102A -- General Chemistry Laboratories  (1 unit)
Description:  An introduction to the chemical laboratory with an emphasis on development of laboratory skills and techniques, observation of chemical phenomena, data collection, and the interpretation and reporting of results in formal laboratory reports. Strong emphasis on laboratory safety. Designed for students with a minimal background in science and math. The experiments are designed to complement the principles concurrently presented in the corresponding lecture class and require knowledge of the lecture material to interpret.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, 101A lecture class. Credit is allowed for only one of the following lecture-lab combinations: 101A-102A, or 103A-104A, or 105A-106A.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 102B -- General Chemistry Laboratories  (1 unit)
Description:  An introduction to the chemical laboratory with an emphasis on development of laboratory skills and techniques, observation of chemical phenomena, data collection, and the interpretation and reporting of results in formal laboratory reports. Strong emphasis on laboratory safety. Designed for students with a minimal background in science and math. The experiments are designed to complement the principles concurrently presented in the corresponding lecture class and require knowledge of the lecture material to interpret.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, 101B lecture class. Credit allowed for only one course or sequence in each of the following groups: 101B or 241A-B or 242A-B; 102B or 243A-B or 247A-B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 103A -- Fundamentals of Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Essential concepts and problem-solving techniques, with emphasis on chemical bonding, structure and properties, stoichiometry, kinetics, equilibria, and descriptive organic and inorganic topics. Credit is allowed for only one of these lecture/lab combinations: CHEM 101A-102A, or 103A-104A, or 105A-106A.
Prerequisite(s):  MATH 110 or an equivalent level of proficiency as demonstrated by the Math Readiness Test score; Concurrent registration, CHEM 104A encouraged.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 103B -- Fundamentals of Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Essential concepts and problem-solving techniques, with emphasis on chemical bonding, structure and properties, stoichiometry, kinetics, equilibria, and descriptive organic and inorganic topics.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 103A. Credit is allowed for only one of the following lecture-lab combinations: 101B-102B, or 103B-104B, or 105B and 106B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 104A -- Fundamental Techniques of Chemistry  (1 unit)
Description:  An introduction to the chemical laboratory with an emphasis on development of laboratory skills and techniques, observation of chemical phenomena, data collection, and the interpretation and reporting of results in formal laboratory reports. Strong emphasis on laboratory safety. Designed for science and engineering majors.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 103A. Credit is allowed for only one of these lecture/lab combinations: CHEM 101A-102A, or 103A-104A, or 105A-106A.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 104B -- Fundamental Techniques of Chemistry  (1 unit)
Description:  An introduction to the chemical laboratory with an emphasis on development of laboratory skills and techniques, observation of chemical phenomena, data collection, and the interpretation and reporting of results in formal laboratory reports. Strong emphasis on laboratory safety. Designed for science and engineering majors.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 103B. Credit is allowed for only one of the following lecture-lab combinations: 101B-102B, or 103B-104B, or 105B-106B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 105A -- Honors Fundamentals of Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental concepts of chemistry, with emphasis on theoretical and physical principles; atomic and molecular structure and theory, properties of gases, liquids and solids, thermodynamics and equilibria, kinetics, descriptive inorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, MATH 124 or students who have had high school chemistry and physics and received acceptable scores on the ACT tests. Credit is allowed for only one of these lecture/lab combinations: CHEM 101A-102A, or 103A-104A, or 105A-106A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 105B -- Honors Fundamentals of Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental concepts of chemistry, with emphasis on theoretical and physical principles; atomic and molecular structure and theory, properties of gases, liquids and solids, thermodynamics and equilibria, kinetics, descriptive inorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 105A or consent of instructor. Credit is allowed for only one of the following lecture-lab combinations: 101B-102B, or 103B-104B, or 105B-106B. Open to students who have had high school chemistry and received acceptable scores on the ACT tests.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 106A -- Honors Fundamental Techniques of Chemistry  (1-2 units)
Description:  Advanced techniques in college chemistry; measurements, separations; identification; purification and analysis of organic and inorganic substances. Lab stresses individual studies and library research.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 105A. Credit is allowed for only one of these lecture/lab combinations: CHEM 101A-102A, or 103A-104A, or 105A-106A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 106B -- Honors Fundamental Techniques of Chemistry  (1-2 units)
Description:  Advanced techniques in college chemistry; measurements, separations; identification; purification and analysis of organic and inorganic substances. Lab stresses individual studies and library research.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, corresponding 105 lecture class. Credit is allowed for only one of the following lecture-lab combinations: 101B-102B, or 103B-104B, or 105B and 106B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 195C -- Visions and Lasers  (1 unit)
Description:  The colloquium will examine several different visual systems in terms of the basic molecular processes; although vision is a fundamental sensory process in vertebrates, relatively little is known about the physical and chemical processes that underlie it. The fundamental properties of lasers will also be examined. A wide range of laser systems and their applications will be studied. Examples of how lasers are used to explore molecular processes in vision will be incorporated into the discussions.   This is a First-Year Colloquium Course.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 199 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 199H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 241A -- Lectures in Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  General principles of organic chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 103B and CHEM 104B or CHEM 105B and CHEM 106B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 241B -- Lectures in Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  General principles of organic chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241A. Credit is allowed for only one course or sequence in each of the following groups: 101B or 241A-241B or 242A-242B; 102B or 243A-243B or 247A-247B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 242A -- Honors Lectures in Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  General principles of organic chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 103B and CHEM 104B or CHEM 105B and CHEM 106B.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 242B -- Honors Lectures in Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  General principles of organic chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 103B and CHEM 104B or CHEM 105B and CHEM 106B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 243A -- Organic Chemistry Laboratory  (1 unit)
Description:  An introduction to the organic chemistry laboratory with an emphasis on development of laboratory skills and techniques, observation of chemical phenomena, data collection, and the interpretation and reporting of results in formal laboratory reports. Heavy emphasis on microscale techniques, laboratory safety and waste disposal. The experiments are designed to complement the principles concurrently presented in the corresponding lecture class and require knowledge of the lecture material.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 241A. Open to non-majors only.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 243B -- Organic Chemistry Laboratory  (1 unit)
Description:  An introduction to the organic chemistry laboratory with an emphasis on development of laboratory skills and techniques, observation of chemical phenomena, data collection, and the interpretation and reporting of results in formal laboratory reports. Heavy emphasis on microscale techniques, laboratory safety and waste disposal. The experiments are designed to complement the principles concurrently presented in the corresponding lecture class and require knowledge of the lecture material.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 241B. Open to non-majors only.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 244A -- Honors Organic Chemistry Laboratory  (2 units)
Description:  An introduction to the organic chemistry laboratory with an emphasis on development of laboratory skills and techniques, observation of chemical phenomena, data collection, and the interpretation and reporting of results in formal laboratory reports. Heavy emphasis on microscale techniques, laboratory safety and waste disposal. The experiments are designed to complement the principles concurrently presented in the corresponding lecture class and require knowledge of the lecture material to interpret.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 241A or CHEM 242A or CHEM 246A. Open to non-majors only.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 244B -- Honors Organic Chemistry Lab  (2 units)
Description:  An introduction to the organic chemistry laboratory with an emphasis on development of laboratory skills and techniques, observation of chemical phenomena, data collection, and the interpretation and reporting of results in formal laboratory reports. Heavy emphasis on microscale techniques, laboratory safety and waste disposal. The experiments are designed to complement the principles concurrently presented in the corresponding lecture class and require knowledge of the lecture material to interpret.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 244A or consent of instructor. Credit is allowed for only one course or sequence in each of the following groups: 101B or 241A-241B or 242A-242B; 102B or 243A-243B or 247A-247B. Open to non-majors only.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 246A -- Lectures in Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  General principles of organic chemistry. Designed for students planning to take more advanced coursework in chemistry, especially chemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering majors. Chemistry majors who take CHEM 241 instead of CHEM 246 are strongly encouraged to complete CHEM 402 prior to graduation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 103B and CHEM 104B or CHEM 105B and CHEM 106B. Credit is allowed for this course or CHEM241A or CHEM242A but not for both.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 246B -- Lectures in Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  General principles of organic chemistry. Designed for students planning to take more advanced coursework in chemistry, especially chemistry, biochemistry and chemical engineering majors. Chemistry majors who take CHEM 241 instead of 246 are strongly encouraged to complete 402 prior to graduation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 246A or consent of instructor. Credit is allowed for only one course or sequence from: 101B or 241A-241B or 242A-242B; 102B or 243A-243B or 247A-247B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 247A -- Organic Chemistry Laboratory  (2 units)
Description:  Similar to 243A. Designed for chemistry and biochemistry majors and chemical engineers.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 241A, CHEM 246A or CHEM 242A.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 247B -- Organic Chemistry Laboratory  (2 units)
Description:  Similar to 243B. Designed for chemistry and biochemistry majors and chemical engineers.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 241B, CHEM 246B or CHEM 242B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 296A -- Biological Chemistry  (1 unit)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 103B or CHEM 105B; CHEM 104B or CHEM 106B. Open to introductory students in chemistry or the life sciences and premedical students.
Identical to:  BIOC 296A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 299 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 299H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 302 -- Scientific Glassblowing  (1-2 units)
Description:  Methods of design and construction of scientific glass apparatus.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 322 -- Principles of Analysis I  (2 units)
Description:  Principles of modern quantitative analysis.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 103B, CHEM 104B or CHEM 105B, CHEM 106B. Concurrent registration: CHEM 323 encouraged. Open to non-majors only. Credit is allowed for only one course or sequence in each: CHEM 325 or 322; CHEM 326 or 323.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 323 -- Principles of Analysis I Laboratory  (1 unit)
Description:  Experiments in modern quantitative analysis. Credit is allowed for only one course or sequence in each of the following groups: CHEM 325 or 322; CHEM 326 or 323.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or concurrent registration, CHEM 322. Open to non-majors only.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 325 -- Analytical Chemistry  (2 units)
Description:  Principles of modern quantitative analysis, including consideration of stoichiometry, equilibrium principles, treatment of experimental data, titrimetric and photometric analysis, and analytical separation processes. Credit allowed for only one course or sequence in each group: CHEM 325 or 322; CHEM 326 or 323.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 103B, CHEM 104B or CHEM 105B, CHEM 106B; concurrent registration, CHEM 326 encouraged.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 326 -- Analytical Chemistry Laboratory  (2 units)
Description:  Experiments in modern quantitative analysis. Designed for chemistry majors.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 325. Credit is allowed for only one course or sequence in each of the following groups: CHEM 325 or 322; CHEM 326 or 323.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 391H -- Honors Preceptorship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 392 -- Directed Research  (1-6 units)
Description:  Individual or small group research under the guidance of faculty.
May be repeated:  for a total of 12 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 396A -- Reports on Current Research  (1 unit)
Description:  This course is designed to introduce students to the research facilities in the Chemistry Department and to the research interests of the Chemistry faculty in anticipation of the students' participation in undergraduate research. It is recommended that students take this course in their sophomore year.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 241B, CHEM 242B or CHEM 246B. Open to majors and non-majors.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 399 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 399H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 400A -- Chemical Measurements Laboratory  (3 units)
Description:  Laboratory work in modern chemical measurements and instrumentation.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; or Concurrent registration, CHEM 424.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 400B -- Chemical Measurements Laboratory  (3 units)
Description:  Laboratory work in modern chemical measurements and instrumentation.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; or Concurrent registration, CHEM 480B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 402 -- Intermediate Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the principal classes of organic reactions.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B or CHEM 242B or CHEM 246B.
May be convened with:  CHEM 502.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 404 -- Inorganic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamentals of inorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 480A or consent of the instructor.
May be convened with:  CHEM 504.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 405 -- Chemical Safety  (1 unit)
Description:  Fundamental principles of the safe handling, use, storage and disposal of hazardous chemical substances. Survey of protective and emergency equipment, hazard evaluation, laws and regulatory statutes and liability.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B and CHEM 243B or CHEM 247B or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 407 -- Chemistry of the Solar System  (3 units)
Description:  Abundance, origin, distribution, and chemical behavior of the chemical elements in the Solar System. Emphasis on applications of chemical equilibrium, photochemistry, and mineral phase equilibrium theory.
Prerequisite(s):  PHYS 132, CHEM 104B, MATH 129 or their equivalents.
Identical to:  PTYS 407; PTYS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 412 -- Inorganic Preparation  (3 units)
Description:  Standard inorganic laboratory preparations, including coordination compounds, isomeric, organometalic, bioinorganic, air sensitive compounds, and compounds typifying the groups of the periodic table. High temperature, inert atmosphere, materials synthesis, and characterization of products by various spectroscopic techniques.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 404, two semesters of laboratory chemistry beyond the first year or consent of instructor.
May be convened with:  CHEM 512.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 424 -- Instrumental Analysis  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of modern instrumental methods of analysis treating basic instrumentation, data acquisition, and spectroscopic, electroanalytical, and chromatographic methods.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B or CHEM 242B or CHEM 246B; CHEM 322 or CHEM 325; PHYS 103, PHYS 182.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 433 -- Chemistry Demonstrations  (3 units)
Description:  Preparation and presentation of demonstrations of chemical phenomena in the classroom. Designed for undergraduate teaching majors in chemistry, for graduate students interested in teaching chemistry at the secondary or college level, and for chemistry teachers already employed in secondary school.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B, CHEM 243B or CHEM 247B or consent of instructor.
May be convened with:  CHEM 533.
Usually offered:  Spring, Summer.

CHEM 437 -- Advanced Topics in Microelectronics Manufacturing  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental material, electrical, and chemical properties of solid metal, semiconductor, insulator, and organic surfaces applied to selected gas/solid surface chemical reactions important in semiconductor processing and heterogeneous catalysis. This course is designed to introduce students to the chemistry and physics of solid surfaces and interfaces with an emphasis on the gas/solid interface. The first half of the course will be devoted to learning the fundamental material, electrical, and chemical properties of solid surfaces. The fundamentals will be applied in the second half of the course to topics in chemical catalysis and integrated circuit manufacture.
Prerequisite(s):  senior or grad level standing in chemistry, physics, or engineering.
Identical to:  CHEE 437; CHEE is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEM 537.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 437A -- Chemistry Teaching Methods  (3 units)
Description:  This course seeks to serve as a formative experience for science education students before they begin student teaching. It is designed to open a space for discussions and reflection on methods and concerns specific to the chemistry classroom.
Prerequisite(s):  STCH 410, STCH 420.
Identical to:  PHYS 437A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 446 -- Organic Preparations  (3 units)
Description:  Special experimental methods for the synthesis of organic compounds.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B or CHEM 242B, CHEM 243B or CHEM 247B.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 447 -- Organic Structural Analysis Laboratory  (3 units)
Description:  Determination of structure and composition of organic compounds and mixtures using modern spectroscopic and separation methods.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B or CHEM 242B.
May be convened with:  CHEM 547.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 460 -- General Protein and General Metabolic Biochemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamentals of biochemistry, including proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates and lipids and their metabolic relationships.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 181, CHEM 241B. Open to non-majors only.
Identical to:  BIOC 460; BIOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 461 -- General Nucleic Acid Biochemistry  (2 units)
Description:  Fundamentals of nucleic acid biochemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 181; Concurrent registration, BIOC 460. Open to non-majors only. Credit allowed for only one of these courses: BIOC 461, BIOC 411.
Identical to:  BIOC 461; BIOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 462A -- Biochemistry  (4-5 units)
Description:  Introduction to the properties and metabolism of proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes, carbohydrates and lipids. Designed primarily for majors and minors in chemistry, biochemistry and biology.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B, one semester of calculus. For MCB students, MCB 410 is prerequisite to 462B. Honors section available for 5 honors credits.
Identical to:  BIOC 462A; BIOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 462B -- Biochemistry  (4-5 units)
Description:  Introduction to the properties and metabolism of proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes, carbohydrates and lipids. Designed primarily for majors and minors in chemistry, biochemistry and biology.
Identical to:  BIOC 462B; BIOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 480A -- Physical Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 103B and CHEM 104B or CHEM 105B and CHEM 106B; MATH 125B; Prerequisite or Concurrent registration, PHYS 103 or PHYS 132 or PHYS 241.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 480B -- Physical Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental principles of physical chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 480A.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 481 -- Biophysical Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Topics in physical chemistry pertinent to the biological sciences, including chemical dynamics, transport processes, thermodynamics, bonding, and spectroscopy.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 480A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 491B -- Chemistry Course Development  (1 unit)
Description:  A combination of CHEM 491B and CHEM 491C may be taken up to a total of 4 units.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  CHEM 591B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 491C -- Professional Services  (1 unit)
Description:  A combination of CHEM 491B and CHEM 491C may be taken up to a total of 4 units.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  CHEM 591C.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 492 -- Directed Research  (1-6 units)
Description:  Individual or small group research under the guidance of faculty.
May be repeated:  for a total of 12 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 493 -- Internship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 493L -- Legislative Internship  (1-12 units)
Description:  Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature; responsibilities draw upon student's area of major expertise and include preparing written and oral reports, summarizing legislative proposals, and providing information to legislators and legislative committees. Participating programs include but are not limited to: architecture, economics, English, geography and regional development, history, hydrology, journalism, management, management information systems, marketing, political science, psychology, public administration, secondary education, sociology, statistics, and urban planning. Students in other programs are eligible and should consult the department head or, in the case of the James E. Roger's College of Law, the dean, for appropriate arrangements.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 494 -- Practicum  (1-3 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 495B -- History of Chemistry  (1-2 units)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
May be convened with:  CHEM 595B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 495C -- College Teaching  (1 unit)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  CHEM 595C.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 498H -- Honors Thesis  (3 units)
Description:  An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
May be repeated:  for credit 2 times (maximum 3 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 499 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 501 -- Intermediate Analytical Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of principles of modern analytical chemistry intended as concise review of modern chemical analysis.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 424, CHEM 480B or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 502 -- Intermediate Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the principal classes of organic reactions. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper focusing on current research in a major area covered by the course.
May be convened with:  CHEM 402.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 503 -- Intermediate Physical Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  General survey of physical chemistry, including thermodynamics, structure, kinetics and electrochemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 480B or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 504 -- Inorganic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamentals of inorganic chemistry. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper focusing on current research in a major area covered by the course.
May be convened with:  CHEM 404.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 510 -- Advanced Inorganic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Aspects of modern inorganic chemistry: Structure and bonding, magnetic and spectroscopic properties, and reactions and reaction mechanisms of transition metal compounds. Catalytic properties of transition metal complexes. Selected topics of main group elements and new directions in inorganic chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 404 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 511A -- Designer Inorganic Materials  (3 units)
Description:  Concepts and practice of molecule-based materials with emphasis on metal-ligand interactions and synthetic methods for selected classes of inorganic and organometallic materials. Interrelationship of structure and bonding to properties and functions of designed materials. Recent developments in materials chemistry, synthetic techniques and self-assembled supramolecualar materials.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 404 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 512 -- Inorganic Preparations  (3 units)
Description:  Standard inorganic laboratory preparations, including coordination compounds, isomeric, organometalic, bioinorganic, air sensitive compounds, and compounds typifying the groups of the periodic table. High temperature, inert atmosphere, materials synthesis, and characterization of products by various spectroscopic techniques. Graduate level requirements include an individual synthesis project.
Special course fee required:  $40.
May be convened with:  CHEM 412.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 513 -- Current Topics in Inorganic Research  (1-4 units)
Description:  In-depth treatment of advanced topics in inorganic chemistry. Examples include kinetics and mechanisms of inorganic reactions, bioinorganic chemistry, EPR spectroscopy, solid state materials chemistry, chemistry of particular elements or families of elements, and other topics characterized by faculty expertise. Topics will vary each semester.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 510 or consent of instructor.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 514 -- Organometallic Compounds  (3 units)
Description:  Compounds containing carbon-metal bonds, with emphasis on those of the transition elements, their reactivity, and the determination of their structure.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 404 or CHEM 504 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 515 -- Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Selected topics in the area of physical characterization of inorganic molecules and materials, with particular emphasis on ligand field theory, symmetry aspects, spectral properties and magnetic behavior of transition metal complexes.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 510.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 517L -- Structural Chemistry Laboratory  (1 unit)
Description:  Laboratory designed to accompany CHEM 517R. Students work in the lab, solve structures and report their findings in papers.
Prerequisite(s):  Concurrent registration, CHEM 517R.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 517R -- Structural Chemistry  (2 units)
Description:  Introduction to the determination of structures of complex molecules by X-ray crystallography; the evaluation of structural information; current topics in structural chemistry.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 518L -- Computational Chemistry Laboratory  (1-2 units)
Description:  Laboratory designed to accompany 518R. Students work in the computer lab and report their findings in papers.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 518R or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 518R -- Computational Chemistry  (1-2 units)
Description:  State-of-the-art computational methods in chemical research, including approximate and abinitio electronic structure methods, molecular mechanics and modeling graphics.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, CHEM 518L and consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 520 -- Advanced Topics in Analytical Chemistry  (2-3 units)
Description:  Special topics in modern analytical chemistry. Recent offerings have included principles of bioanalytical chemistry and mass spectrometry. Students enrolled for 3 units are required to complete an additional research project including a written paper and an oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 424 or consent of instructor.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 521A -- Advanced Analytical Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of electronics, principles of signal processing hardware and software, instrumental principles of atomic and molecular spectroscopy, statistical treatment of data, chemometrics.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 325, CHEM 424, CHEM 480B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 521B -- Advanced Analytical Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Advanced fundamentals of equilibrium chemistry, principles of analytical separations including chromatography, principles of electroanalysis including ion selective electrodes and chemical sensors.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 325, CHEM 424, CHEM 480B or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 522 -- Electroanalytical Chemistry  (2-3 units)
Description:  Principles of electrochemistry and electroanalysis, including topics on electrochemical equilibria, electrode kinetics, potentiometry, coulometry, voltammetry and spectroelectrochemistry. Students enrolled in 3 units are required to complete an additional research project including a written paper and an oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 424 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 523 -- Advanced Topics in Equilibrium Chemistry  (2-3 units)
Description:  Advanced topics in equilibrium chemistry including mathematical description of equilibria in aqueous and nonaqueous media, metal chelate chemistry. Students enrolled for 3 units are required to complete an additional research project including a written paper and an oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 521B or consent of instructor.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 524 -- Chemical Instrumentation  (4 units)
Description:  Data acquisition and experiment control by analog and digital techniques; design of chemical instrumentation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 424 or consent of instructor.
Typical structure:  3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 526A -- Analytical Spectroscopy  (2-3 units)
Description:  Principles of atomic absorption and emission spectroscopies and x-ray methods for chemical analysis. Students enrolled for 3 units are required to complete an additional research project including a written paper and an oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 424 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 526B -- Analytical Spectroscopy  (2-3 units)
Description:  Principles of molecular absorption, emission and scattering spectroscopies for chemical analysis. Students enrolled for 3 units are required to complete an additional research project including a written paper and an oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 424 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 527 -- Analytical Separations  (2-3 units)
Description:  Fundamentals of separation processes including single and multistage analytical chromatographic methods. Students enrolled for 3 units are required to complete an additional research project including a written paper and an oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 424 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 528 -- Advanced Analytical Chemistry Laboratory  (2 units)
Description:  Advanced laboratory experiments in analytical instrumentation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 424, CHEM 480B; Concurrent registration, CHEM 521A.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 529 -- Methods of Surface and Materials Analysis  (2-3 units)
Description:  Fundamentals of electron, atomic and molecular spectroscopies for surface and materials analysis. This course is suitable for enrollment by advanced undergraduates. Students enrolled for 3 units are required to complete an additional research project with paper and oral presentation.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 424 or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 533 -- Chemistry Demonstrations  (3 units)
Description:  Preparation and presentation of demonstrations of chemical phenomena in the classroom. Designed for undergraduate teaching majors in chemistry, for graduate students interested in teaching chemistry at the secondary or college level, and for chemistry teachers already employed in secondary school. Graduate-level requirements include additional demonstrations and more thorough analyses for each demonstration. In addition, secondary school chemistry teachers will be expected to offer insights and counsel to students who have never taught in a real classroom.
May be convened with:  CHEM 433.
Usually offered:  Spring, Summer.

CHEM 534 -- Practical NMR Spectroscopy with Applications  (5 units)
Description:  Survey of modern one- and two-dimentional (1D and 2D) nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) solution-state experiments with laboratory exercises using state-of-the-art high-field instruments; sufficient NMR theory to explain and understand how each experiment works; interpretation of 1D and 2D NMR spectra using modern data analysis software; elucidation of the structure of an unknown pure organic compound.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 535 -- Chemistry of Electronic and Photonic Materials  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the basic chemical and physical concepts impacting the properties of organic and inorganic materials with specific electronic and optical response. The course is designed to provide a broad perspective with discussion going from synthetic aspects to electronic-structure characteristics and device fabrication aspects. Materials under scrutiny include e.g. high-Tc superconductors, conducting polymers, nonlinear optical compounds, liquid crystals, optical fibers, luminescent and photochromic compounds.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 535B -- Chemistry of Electronic and Photonic Materials - Part B  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the basic chemical and physical concepts impacting the properties of organic and inorganic materials with specific electronic and optical response. The course is designed to provide a broad perspective with discussion going from synthetic aspects to electronic-structure characteristics and device fabrication aspects. Part B focuses on optical phenomena and nanotechnology aspects. Materials under scrutiny include organic nonlinear optical compounds, liquid crystals, optical fibers, photovoltaic compounds, and plastic transistors.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 537 -- Advanced Topics in Microelectronics Manufacturing  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental material, electrical, and chemical properties of solid metal, semiconductor, insulator, and organic surfaces applied to selected gas/solid surface chemical reactions important in semiconductor processing and heterogeneous catalysis. This course is designed to introduce students to the chemistry and physics of solid surfaces and interfaces with an emphasis on the gas/solid interface. The first half of the course will be devoted to learning the fundamental material, electrical, and chemical properties of solid surfaces. The fundamentals will be applied in the second half of the course to topics in chemical catalysis and integrated circuit manufacture. Graduate-level requirements include completion of two projects of their choice with the approval of the instructor.
Identical to:  CHEE 537; CHEE is home department.
May be convened with:  CHEM 437.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 540 -- Organic Synthesis  (3 units)
Description:  Organic reactions and the methods by which they are applied to synthetic problems in organic chemistry.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B, CHEM 480B or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 541 -- Mechanisms of Organic Reactions  (3 units)
Description:  Detailed analysis of the factors which influence the rates and courses of organic processes.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B, CHEM 480B or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 542A -- Polymer Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Synthesis, stereochemistry, and mechanisms of formation of high polymers. Condensation and ring-opening polymers.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 542B -- Polymer Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Synthesis, stereochemistry, and mechanisms of formation of high polymers. Vinyl polymers.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 542A is not prerequisite to CHEM 542B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 543 -- Structural Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Structure determination of organic molecules.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241B, CHEM 480B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 544 -- Heterocyclic Compounds  (3 units)
Description:  The behavior of the more important heterocyclic systems.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 546 -- Advanced Organic Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Advanced topics in organic chemistry, such as peptide chemistry, computer simulations, bio-organic chemistry, and other topics characterized by faculty expertise. Topics will vary each semester.
Prerequisite(s):  consult department before enrolling.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 547 -- Organic Structural Analysis Laboratory  (3 units)
Description:  Determination of structure and composition of organic compounds and mixtures using modern spectroscopic and separation methods. Graduate-level requirements include additional laboratory experiments.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 241 or CHEM 242B; CHEM 243B or CHEM 247B; consent of instructor.
May be convened with:  CHEM 447.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 549 -- Chemistry of Natural Products  (3 units)
Description:  Chemical, biochemical and genetic survey of secondary metabolic pathways leading to biologically active natural products. Combinatorial biosynthesis of hybrid "unnatural" natural products.
Identical to:  PCOL 549, PHSC 549.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 565 -- Proteins and Enzymes  (3 units)
Description:  Advanced consideration of enzyme structure and function.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 462A, CHEM 480B.
Identical to:  BIOC 565; BIOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 580 -- Introduction to Quantum Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  An introduction to quantum mechanics, with applications to atomic structure and spectra, the nature of chemical bonding and molecular structure.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 480B or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 582 -- Statistical Thermodynamics  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to classical and quantum statistical thermodynamics with application to ideal gases and simple solids; equations of state and elementary solution theory.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 480B or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 583 -- Chemical Kinetics  (3 units)
Description:  Classical and modern techniques in studies of chemical reactions.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 480B or consent of instructor.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 585 -- Biological Structure I  (4 units)
Description:  Introduction to the current understanding and methods used for study of the structure, thermodynamics, and dynamics of proteins, nucleic acids, and membranes.
Prerequisite(s):  BIOC 462A.
Identical to:  BIOC 585; BIOC is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 587 -- Introduction to Molecular Spectroscopy  (3 units)
Description:  Modern molecular spectroscopy including rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectroscopy and their various combinations.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 480A, CHEM 480B or consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 591B -- Chemistry Course Development  (1 unit)
Description:  A combination of CHEM 491B and CHEM 491C may be taken up to a total of 4 units. Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  CHEM 491B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 591C -- Professional Services  (1 unit)
Description:  A combination of CHEM 491B and CHEM 491C may be taken up to a total of 4 units. Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  CHEM 491C.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 593 -- Internship  (1-3 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 595B -- History of Chemistry  (1-2 units)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
May be convened with:  CHEM 495B.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 595C -- College Teaching  (1 unit)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
May be convened with:  CHEM 495C.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 595D -- Advanced College Teaching  (1 unit)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 599 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 640 -- Advanced Organic Synthesis  (3 units)
Description:  Theory and practice of molecular design and construction as applied to synthesis of complex organic molecules.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 540 or consult department before enrolling.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 680 -- Quantum Chemistry  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of quantum mechanics with applications to the properties of molecules.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 580.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 681 -- Methods of Quantum Chemistry and their Application to Biomolecules  (3 units)
Description:  Derivation and implementation of popular quantum chemical methods on the computer; use of these methods to solve most common problems involving biomolecules.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 682 -- Statistical Mechanics  (3 units)
Description:  Fundamental principles of classical and quantum statistical mechanics, the Darwin-Fowler method, Mayer cluster theory of gases, theory of fluids and related topics.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 582.
Usually offered:  Spring.

CHEM 684 -- Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy  (3 units)
Description:  The use of nuclear magnetic resonance and electron spin resonance in studies of molecular systems.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 580.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 687 -- Molecular Spectroscopy  (3 units)
Description:  Applications of quantum mechanics to the interpretation of the spectra of molecules of chemical and biological interest.
Prerequisite(s):  CHEM 580.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 694 -- Practicum  (1-3 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 695A -- Chemical Research Opportunities  (1 unit)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
Usually offered:  Fall.

CHEM 695B -- Exchange of Chemical Information  (1-3 units)
Description:  The exchange of scholarly information and/or secondary research, usually in a small group setting. Instruction often includes lectures by several different persons. Research projects may or may not be required of course registrants.
May be repeated:  for a total of 10 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 696A -- Analytical Chemistry  (1-3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for a total of 10 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 696B -- Inorganic Chemistry  (1-3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for a total of 10 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 696C -- Organic Chemistry  (1-3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for a total of 10 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 696D -- Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics  (1-3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for a total of 10 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 696E -- Advanced Seminar  (1-3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for a total of 10 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 697A -- Chemical Instruments  (1-3 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
May be repeated:  for a total of 8 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

CHEM 900 -- Research  (1-5 units)
Description:  Individual research, not related to thesis or dissertation preparation, by graduate students.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 908 -- Case Studies  (3 units)
Description:  Individual study of a particular case, or report thereof.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 909 -- Master's Report  (1-5 units)
Description:  Individual study or special project or formal report thereof submitted in lieu of thesis for certain master's degrees.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 910 -- Thesis  (1-8 units)
Description:  Research for the master's thesis (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or thesis writing). Maximum total credit permitted varies with the major department.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 920 -- Dissertation  (1-9 units)
Description:  Research for the doctoral dissertation (whether library research, laboratory or field observation or research, artistic creation, or dissertation writing).
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

CHEM 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring to total number of units to the required minimum.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.