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First-Year Seminar - The
Periodic Table |
INTD 101 |
4 Credits |
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This course is designed
to introduce and provide practice using some of the
technological and academic skills that are needed to
successfully negotiate the serpentine paths and academic
bumps and hurdles that you’ll face in college. This
course will proceed through three distinct phases: the
summer reading phase, the technology phase, and the
science phase.
The summer reading will
be used as an initial focal point for in-class
discussions and for written assignments during the first
month of the semester. We will discuss aspects of
Fast Food Nation as a group and we’ll use these
discussions to write thoughtful responses to questions
about the book. Our discussions will likely involve
opinions and viewpoints that differ from your own,
however, we’ll learn to steer away from feelings about
the subject based upon anecdotal evidence and instead
we’ll emphasize the use of factual data and background
to support our positions.
In the second “nuts and
bolts” phase of the course, we’ll hone our technological
skills by examining some of the useful features of
common software packages from Microsoft that you’ll
likely use in your college years, i.e., Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and FrontPage. We’ll highlight features that
are particularly useful for scientists such as using
figures, tables, captions, number referencing, graphical
and statistical data analysis, and presentation.
The focus of this
course will then shift to an interdisciplinary treatment
of science for the remainder of the semester: we’ll
explore some literary and artistic expressions of
science. We’ll read a biography that was written around
the author’s knowledge of the periodic table of the
elements. Our group project will involve teams of
classmates using digital photography to express the
periodic table of the elements in an artistic and
visually appealing manner.
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Fundamentals of Chemistry I |
CHEM 110 |
4 Credits |
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This course will
provide a basic study of atomic structure, chemical
measurements, chemical formulas, equations, chemical
reactions, nomenclature, gas laws, quantum theory,
periodicity, ionic and covalent bonding and chemical
bonding theory. Required for Chemistry, Environmental
Science, and Biology majors, and recommended for Physics
majors.
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Fundamentals of Chemistry
II |
CHEM 112 |
4 Credits |
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A continuation of
Fundamentals of Chemistry I. The course involves a
discussion of solution equilibrium, solubility
equilibria, thermo chemistry, kinetics, acid-base
equilibria, oxidation-reduction, electrochemistry, and
nuclear chemistry.
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Physical Chemistry I Lecture |
CHEM 340 |
3 Credits |
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A study of
thermodynamics and its application to gases, condensed
phases, solutions, chemical reactions, and
electro-chemical cells. The study of reaction kinetics
of gaseous and solution systems will also be undertaken
with an emphasis on reactions having composite
mechanisms. Offered Spring semester.
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Physical Chemistry I Lab |
CHEM 341 |
1 Credit |
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Selected experiments to illustrate
physico-chemical principles. These experiments involve
properties of macroscopic systems. Offered Fall semester
annually.
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Physical Chemistry II Lecture |
CHEM 342 |
3 Credits |
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A continuation of
Physical Chemistry I. Topics will include quantum
chemistry, atomic and molecular structure, and atomic
and molecular spectroscopy. Offered Fall semester.
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Physical Chemistry II Lab |
CHEM 343 |
1 Credit |
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Selected
experiments to illustrate physico-chemical principles
that are more advanced than those in CHEM 341. These
experiments are designed to measure the properties of
microscopic systems. Offered Spring semester, annually.
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Materials Science |
CHEM 345 |
4 Credits |
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A study of the
preparation, modification, and characterization of
ceramic, polymeric, and composite materials. Synthetic
methods that are used to prepare polymers and ceramic
materials will be reviewed. Atomic structure and bonding
and structure property relationships will be emphasized.
Methods of characterization and novel applications of
materials will be surveyed.
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