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Chemical Engineering
  

  • CHEG 674 - Particle Processing Operations (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PARTICLE PROCESSING OPERATIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Analysis of fundamental principles for separating particles from fluids as well as the various means of particle classification into fractions. Separators in wet systems include filters, centrifuges, hydroclones and particle scrubbers. Separators in dry systems include baghouses, cyclones and electrostatic precipitators. Classifiers include sieves and screens, settlers, and flotation columns.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG 670  , CHEG 671  , CHEG 672  , and CHEG 673  . COREQ: CHEG 675 . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEG 675 - Particle Product Engineering (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PARTICLE PRODUCT ENGINEERING
    Component: Lecture
    Capstone design course synthesizing the fundamentals of particle science and engineering into the design and production of particle-based products as well as the state-gate process for product engineering and development. Course includes the phases of product conceptualization, feasibility testing, prototyping, assessment of manufacturing needs and costs, and development of a product introduction plan. The students will also develop a business plan for attracting capital necessary to startup a business based on their product concept.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG 670  , CHEG 671  , CHEG 672  , and CHEG 673  . COREQ: CHEG 674  . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of Instructor.
  

  • CHEG 684 - Particle Technology Internship (6cr.)

    Credit(s): 6
    PARTICLE TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIP
    Component: Internship
    Fieldwork designed to allow a student to apply acquired knowledge in an industrial setting. Requires a company sponsorship, a minimum of one progress review by mentors, a performance evaluation, an oral presentation, and a written paper to be submitted to the administrator of internships.
    Allowed Units: 6 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG 670  , CHEG 671  , CHEG 672  , CHEG 673  , CHEG 674  , and CHEG 675  . RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEG 801 - Process Control and Dynamics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PROCESS CONTROL AND DYNAMICS
    Component: Lecture
    Advanced concepts on MIMO system modeling, identification, analysis and control appropriate to the chemical and allied industries. Model Predictive Control; robust control and Nonlinear control; statistical methods. Introduction to control systems in physiological processes.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Undergraduate control course
  

  • CHEG 805 - Multidisciplinary Biotechnology (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MULTIDISCIPLINARY BIOTECHNLGY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces science, engineering, and business graduate students to challenges of conducting and managing scientific inquiry across disciplines and within industry. Focuses on biotechnology industry.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with BISC 805  , BUAD 805  , CHEM 805  .
  

  • CHEG 814 - Advanced Topics in Energy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED TOPICS IN ENERGY
    Component: Lecture
    Advanced topics in fundamental and engineering aspects of energy production technology, with emphasis on emerging technologies such as microreactors, fuel cells and others.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: For graduate students only.
  

  • CHEG 815 - Ethics, Business and Communication (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ETHICS, BUSINESS & COMMUNIC
    Component: Lecture
    Provides professional development in ethics, business and communication related to systems biology research applications in stem cell, tissue engineering, and drug delivery technologies. Intended for PhD students in interdisciplinary life science and engineering programs.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with BINF 815  .
  

  • CHEG 816 - Systems Biology of Cells in Engineered Environments (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SYS BIOL OF CELL IN ENGNRD ENV
    Component: Lecture
    Provides a technical review of systems biology approaches including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics as well as applications in tissue engineering, stem cell differentiation, and drug delivery. Intended for PhD students in interdisciplinary life science and engineering programs.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with BINF 816  .
  

  • CHEG 818 - Scattering Methods for Soft Matter (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SCATTERING METHODS
    Component: Lecture
    Neutron, light, and X-ray scattering techniques provide structural information covering the atomistic, nano, and micro length-scales. Provides a practical introduction, including the underlying theory and application of these methods to complex fluids, polymers, self-assembled gels and solutions, nanoparticles, and nanostructured materials.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEG 823 - Transmission Electron Microscopy in Materials Science (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    TRANSMISSN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
    Component: Lecture
    Transmission electron microscope, lens defects and resolution. Diffraction and Kikuchi pattern formation and analysis. Image formation: kinematical and dynamical theories of electron diffraction. Burger’s vector and other fault analysis. Convergent beam and microdiffraction techniques. High resolution electron microscopy.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MSEG 823  .
  

  • CHEG 825 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEMICAL ENGR THERMODYNAMICS
    Component: Lecture
    Applications of classical and molecular thermodynamics to industrial problems in chemical and phase equilibrium. Topics include nonideal solutions, high pressure systems, complex reaction equilibria, generalized correlations and equations of state.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG325 and CHEM444
  

  • CHEG 827 - Chemical Engineering Problems (2 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 2-3
    CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROBLEMS
    Component: Lecture
    The application of numerical methods for the solution of chemical engineering problems. Linear and nonlinear analysis. Numerical methods applied to the solution of ODE’s, PDE’s and optimization problems with applications to fluid flow, heat and mass transfer reaction engineering. Monte-Carlo and molecular dynamics.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Undergraduate linear algebra and differential equations.
  

  • CHEG 828 - Statistical Thermodynamics (2 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 2-3
    STATISICAL THERMODYNAMICS
    Component: Lecture
    A discussion of the concepts of classical statistical mechanics, with special emphasis on applications, thermodynamic modeling and physical properties correlations.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG 825   or equivalent
  

  • CHEG 831 - Chemical Engineering Principles I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEMICAL ENG PRINCIPLES I
    Component: Lecture
    Equips incoming graduate students with necessary applied mathematical background emerging from a discussion of Chemical Engineering Principles in Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Transport phenomena. Linear algebra, ordinary differential equations, and stochastic differential equations are typical topics covered.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG305 or MATH305, or equivalent.
  

  • CHEG 835 - Applied Chemical Kinetics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    APPLIED CHEMICAL KINETICS
    Component: Lecture
    Principles of collision theory and transition-state theory. Development of reaction rate expressions based on networks of elementary reaction steps. Analysis of non-isothermal and non-steady state reactors.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Requires undergraduate reaction engineering and physical chemistry
  

  • CHEG 836 - Advanced Chemical Kinetics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED CHEMICAL KINETICS
    Component: Lecture
    Examination of the physical interpretation of kinetic rate expressions via elementary reaction steps, transition state theory, estimation of enthalpies and entropies of activation. Development of reaction networks from elementary kinetic steps using concepts of the steady-state approximation, rate determining step and most abundant reaction intermediate. Application to thermal cracking, pyrolysis, polymerization, combustion and heterogeneous catalysis.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEG 841 - Chemical Engineering Principles II (4cr.)

    Credit(s): 4
    CHEMICAL ENG PRINCIPLES II
    Component: Lecture
    Second of two required courses (first one CHEG831) to equip graduate students with applied mathematical and statistical background emerging from a discussion of Chemical Engineering Principles in Kinetics, Thermodynamics and Transport Phenomena. Topics include vector and tensor analysis, partial differential equations, statistical analysis of experiments, design of experiments and molecular dynamics, and stochastic simulations.
    Allowed Units: 4 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEG 831  
  

  • CHEG 842 - Selected Topics in Biochemical Eng (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    SELECTED TOPICS IN BIOCHEM ENG
    Component: Lecture
    Presentation of state-of-the-art research, techniques, and technology in biotechnology. Major course topics include: drug delivery, proteomics and metabolic engineering, biophysical characterization, and protein-protein interactions.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEG 845 - Advanced Transport Phenomena (4cr.)

    Credit(s): 4
    ADVANCED TRANSPORT PHENOMENA
    Component: Lecture
    Principles and applications of momentum, mass and energy transfer. Topics include molecular analysis of transport, continuum and macroscopic conservation and constitutive equations, scaling and dimensional analysis, and exact and approximate solutions for problems of practical importance.
    Allowed Units: 4 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: Undergraduate studies in transport phenomena
  

  • CHEG 866 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEG 867 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEG 868 - Research (1 to 9cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-9
    RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 9 Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEG 869 - Master’s Thesis (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    MASTER’S THESIS
    Component: Independent Study
    Laboratory study of some phase of chemical engineering on which information is lacking, with the goals of contributing new data and theory. Although supervised, work will be independent in nature to encourage the development of initiative.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 6 Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEG 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study (3 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 3-12
    PRE-CANDIDACY STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Research and readings in preparation of dissertation topic and/or qualifying examinations for doctoral students before admission to candidacy but after completion of all required course work.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 12 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
  

  • CHEG 969 - Doctoral Dissertation (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass

Chemistry and Biochemistry
  

  • CHEM 527 - Introductory Biochemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRODUCTORY BIOCHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    A one-semester survey of the fundamentals of biochemistry.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM321 or CHEM331; CHEM322 or CHEM332 recommended RESTRICTIONS: Intended for undergraduate majors in biology and chemistry, graduate students in agriculture, biology, nutrition, marine sciences and engineering not using biochemistry professionally. BISC104 or BISC207 strongly recommended.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
  

  • CHEM 566 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEM 567 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEM 601 - Introduction to Laboratory Instruction (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    INTRO TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTN
    Component: Lecture
    Inservice required of first-year graduate teaching assistants. Prepares teaching assistants to become effective instructors. Topics relate to the theory and practice of teaching in a laboratory setting.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with BISC 603 . COREQ: Having a chemistry (or another science) teaching assistantship.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CHEM 603 - Practical NMR Spectroscopy (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    PRACTICAL NMR SPECTROSCOPY
    Component: Laboratory
    Elements of NMR spectroscopic techniques, the practical operation of NMR spectrometers, spectral acquisition and special analysis techniques.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Student Option
    COREQ: CHEM444 recommended. RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
  

  • CHEM 604 - Practical Mass Spectrometry (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    PRACTICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY
    Component: Laboratory
    Laboratory experimentation with mass spectrometry.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Student Option
    COREQ: CHEM 624  recommended as corequisite or prerequisite RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CHEM 605 - Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds (1cr.)

    Credit(s): 1
    SPECTROSCOPY: ORGANIC COMPOUND
    Component: Lecture
    Introductory organic structure determination by modern spectroscopic methods.
    Allowed Units: 1 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: One year of general chemistry RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to graduate students.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CHEM 606 - Introduction to Research at the Chemistry/Biology Interface (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERFACE RESEARCH: CHEM/BISC
    Component: Lecture
    Research experiences in biochemistry, molecular biology, bioanalytical chemistry, bioorganic chemistry, biochemical engineering, materials science, protein crystallography, agricultural biochemistry, virology, and cell biology. Attendance at the weekly Chemistry-Biology Interface Seminar is required.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 6 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Restricted to graduate students admitted to the Chemistry/Biology Interface Program.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
  

  • CHEM 608 - Environmental Soil Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Principles of soil chemical reactions and their application to environment including: inorganic and organic soil components, soil solution-solid phase equilibria, sorption phenomena, ion exchange reactions, kinetics of soil chemical processes, redox chemistry, soil acidity and salinity.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with PLSC 608 . PREREQ: CHEM102 or CHEM104.
  

  • CHEM 620 - Analytical Spectroscopy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ANALYTICAL SPECTROSCOPY
    Component: Lecture
    Experimental aspects of electronic and vibrational spectroscopy. Survey of measurements based on optical spectroscopies emphasizing underlying light/matter interactions, operation of major components, and data handling via critique of papers from recent literature.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM437, or permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 621 - Chemical Separations (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEMICAL SEPARATIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Fundamental examination of chemical separation methods and principles. Mathematical modeling of the thermodynamic and steady state principles governing efficiency in chemical separations. Investigation of fundamental chemical separation principles applied to chromatographic instrumentation.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM437, or permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 622 - Electroanalytical Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ELECTROANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the theory and analytical applications of electrochemistry: dynamic and steady-state methods in potentiometry, coulometry, voltammetry, and ancillary techniques.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM437, or permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 623 - Chemometrics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEMOMETRICS
    Component: Lecture
    An introduction to modern methods of reducing and analyzing chemical data using computers. A survey of probability and simple statistics, optimization methods, pattern recognition, factor analysis, chemical calibration, regression, time series analysis of chemical data, and data transformation methods.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM437, or permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 624 - Principles of Mass Spectrometry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PRINCPLS OF MASS SPECTROMETRY
    Component: Lecture
    Principles of mass spectral measurements for the elucidation of molecular structure; applications to biomolecular materials and topics from the current literature.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM437 or permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 625 - Heterogeneous Atmospheric Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    HETEROGENEOUS ATMOSPHERIC CHEM
    Component: Lecture
    Interaction of atmospheric gases with liquids and solid surfaces important in atmospheric and energy sciences. Application of principles of thermodynamics, kinetics, and photochemistry. Coverage of laboratory instrumentation used in heterogeneous chemistry studies.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM437, or permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 628 - Chemical Sensors (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEMICAL SENSORS
    Component: Lecture
    Survey of state-of-the-art methods and philosophy for designing and deploying chemical sensors for environmental and biomedical applications. Covers optical, electrochemical, and/or mass-based transduction schemes.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM437 or permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 629 - Surface Chemistry and Analysis (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SURFACE CHEMISTRY AND ANALYSIS
    Component: Lecture
    An introduction to, and overview of, the principles, methods, and analytical techniques of modern surface science, as used in chemistry and related fields. Course lectures and laboratory analyses using state-of-the-art surface analytical instruments introduce students to theory and practice.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM437 or permission of instructor.
  

  • CHEM 631 - Practice of Science (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PRACTICE OF SCIENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Uses historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives to better understand the nature of modern science and its practice. Examines “science misconduct,” and satisfies the NIH mandate requiring graduate training in “the responsible conduct of research”.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with BISC 631 .
  

  • CHEM 633 - Advanced Organic Chemistry: Physical (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADV ORGANIC CHEM:PHYSICAL
    Component: Lecture
    Sterochemistry and reactivity of organic compounds; and reaction mechanisms, structure and bonding.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM332
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CHEM 634 - Advanced Organic Chemistry: Synthesis and Reactivity (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADV ORG CHEM:SYNTHESIS&REACTVY
    Component: Lecture
    Reactions of organic compounds with emphasis on synthetic methods.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM332 COREQ: CHEM 633 , or permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CHEM 635 - Organic Reactivity and Total Synthesis (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ORGANIC REACTIVITY/TOTAL SYNTH
    Component: Lecture
    Focuses on the development of new organic reactivity, as exemplified by current accomplishments in the total synthesis of natural products. Additional focus on the strategies of total synthesis.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 634  or permission of instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
  

  • CHEM 636 - Chemical Biology and Bioorganic Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEMICAL BIOLOGY/BIOORG CHEM.
    Component: Lecture
    Application of the concepts and tools of organic chemistry, including molecular design, kinetics and thermodynamics, to problems in biology.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM322 or CHEM332. CHEM 527  or CHEM 641  strongly recommended. RESTRICTIONS: In the absence of BIOC coursework, students should have a working knowledge of amino acids and primary, secondary, and tertiary protein structure.
  

  • CHEM 641 - Biochemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BIOCHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Structure and function of proteins, enzymes and coenzymes; kinetics and mechanisms; carbohydrate metabolism and its regulation; and citric acid cycle.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM322 or CHEM332.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CHEM 642 - Biochemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BIOCHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    DNA: The vehicle of inheritance. The topology of DNA. Central dogma of molecular biology. The mechanisms of replication, transcription and translation. DNA recombination and repair. Recombinant DNA technology, Chromosomal DNA and its packaging. Gene expression and its control.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 641 .
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
  

  • CHEM 643 - Intermediary Metabolism (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM
    Component: Lecture
    General principles of intermediary metabolism with emphasis on biosynthetic pathways of amino acids, nucleotides, coenzymes, antibiotics and toxic secondary metabolites.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 641 .
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CHEM 644 - Mechanisms of Enzyme Catalysis (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MECHANISMS OF ENZYME CATALYSIS
    Component: Lecture
    Detailed chemical mechanisms of enzyme catalysis for several representatives. Emphasis on kinetic and physical organic methods.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 641  or CHEM 527 .
  

  • CHEM 645 - Protein Structure and Function (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of structural biology, including how x-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, homology modeling and other techniques are used to solve or model structures of macromolecules. Representative proteins discussed in terms of how a protein’s structure relates to its function.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 641  
  

  • CHEM 646 - DNA-Protein Interactions (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    DNA-PROTEIN INTERACTIONS
    Component: Lecture
    Current topics of DNA-protein interactions which focus on DNA replication, DNA recombination, DNA damage repair, transcription and translation processes.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 642 .
  

  • CHEM 649 - Molecular Biophysics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS
    Component: Lecture
    Biophysical principles and methods: thermodynamic and kinetic analysis of folding; protein-nucleic acid interactions; ligand binding; spectroscopy; structural methods; modeling; calorimetry; ultracentrifugation; SPR. Problem solving in macromolecular interactions: protein refolding; altering ligand affinity; increasing protein stability; drug design and HTS; protein expression and solubility; protein engineering.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with CHEG 649 . PREREQ: Introductory-level courses in chemistry, physics biochemistry.
  

  • CHEM 651 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY I
    Component: Lecture
    Inorganic chemistry: application of the principles of structure and reactivity, examples from compounds of both the representative elements and the transition metals.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM444 and CHEM457.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CHEM 652 - Organometallic Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Chemistry of carbon to transition-metal bonds beginning with rules governing structure and stability; effects of metal and ancillary ligand environment; general mechanistic steps; NMR and IR spectroscopy; fluxional processes. Followed by applications in homogeneous catalysis and stoichiometric organic synthesis.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM444 and CHEM457.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
  

  • CHEM 653 - Bioinorganic Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of our current understanding of the role of metal ions in the structure and function of proteins, enzymes and nucleic acids including applications in medicine. Emphasis is placed on the synergism between biochemical and synthetic model studies with examples provided by the current literature.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM457.
    Course Typically Offered: Spring
  

  • CHEM 654 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry II (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEM II
    Component: Lecture
    A group theoretical approach to structure and bonding in inorganic compounds.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM444 and CHEM457.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CHEM 666 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEM 667 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEM 671 - Quantum Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Basic principles and methods of quantum theory including wave mechanics of simple systems, angular momentum and the hydrogen atom, and approximate methods applied to atomic and molecular structure.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM444.
  

  • CHEM 672 - Advanced Quantum Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ADVANCED QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Applications of quantum theory to predictions of molecular structure, energetics, spectra and reactivity; principles of spectroscopy and the interaction of light with molecules; other topics at the instructor’s discretion.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 671 .
  

  • CHEM 674 - Chemical Dynamics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEMICAL DYNAMICS
    Component: Lecture
    Experimental methods in chemical kinetics, rate laws and mechanisms, statistical and dynamical theories of reaction rates, and applications of the principles and techniques of kinetics to a variety of systems.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM444.
  

  • CHEM 677 - Chemical Thermodynamics (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS
    Component: Lecture
    The elements of classical and statistical thermodynamics and their application to chemical problems.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM443.
  

  • CHEM 678 - Surface Structure and Properties (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SURFACE STRUCTURE & PROPERTIES
    Component: Lecture
    Explores the structure and chemical properties of solid surfaces involving lectures and laboratory work in a surface science facility. Lectures will be followed by practical applications of surface analytical techniques and computational experiments using density functional theory.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM443 and CHEM444 (preferred), or CHEM418 and CHEM419. RESTRICTIONS: Permission of instructor required for students not in chemistry, biochemistry, physics, chemical and biomolecular engineering, materials science and engineering, and plant and soil sciences.
  

  • CHEM 679 - Biomolecular NMR Spectroscopy (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BIOMOLECULAR NMR SPECTROSCOPY
    Component: Lecture
    Overview of modern NMR theoretical and experimental approaches used for solving problems in structural biology, biochemistry, and biophysics. Introduction to NMR theory and instrumentation, modern multidimensional NMR experiments; applications to structure, dynamics, protein folding, drug design, ligand and ion binding, mechanisms of enzyme reactions.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Bachelor’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, physics or related science or engineering field.
  

  • CHEM 680 - Introductory Polymer Science (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRODUCTORY POLYMER SCIENCE
    Component: Lecture
    Provides a broad foundation in the basic concepts of polymer science, including synthesis, physical structures and phase transitions, structure/property relationships, material properties, characterization methods and current trends in polymer technology.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM322 or CHEM332; and CHEM419 or CHEM444.
  

  • CHEM 681 - Green Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    GREEN CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Pollution prevention - how to eliminate toxic chemicals and hazardous wastes while using less energy and, preferably, starting with renewable materials.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: One year of organic chemistry, or permission of the instructor.
    Course Typically Offered: Verify offering with Dept
  

  • CHEM 683 - Environmental Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Reactions in gas, liquid and solid phases of the Earth’s atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere, and energy fluxes and chemical exchanges across these interfaces discussed in the context of basic chemical principles. Applications to current issues such as climate change and air/water pollution discussed.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: May be crosslisted with MAST 683 .
  

  • CHEM 684 - Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BIOCHEMISTRY OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
    Component: Lecture
    Focus on contemporary problems in nucleic acid chemistry, with a strong emphasis on the chemical aspects of nucleic acid research. Topics include the structure and function of nucleic acids, the synthesis and modification of DNA/RNA, the repair tolerance of DNA damage, and epigenetic regulation of gene expression.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 641 .
  

  • CHEM 685 - Colloid Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    COLLOID CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to the principles of colloid chemistry and discussion of applications, including surface and interfacial thermodynamics, surface and interfacial tension, capillarity, interfacial adsorption, adsorption isotherms, adhesion, contact angles, surface wetting and dewetting, emulsification, foaming and defoaming, interfacial thermodynamics and electrostatics.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MATH241. COREQ: MATH242.
  

  • CHEM 686 - Biophysical Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduction to biophysical chemistry: molecular forces, conformations and dynamics of macromolecules, theory and applications of biophysical methods, emphasizing spectroscopic and imaging techniques, optical spectroscopy and microscopy, x-ray crystallography, electron microscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, membrane biophysics.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM418 or CHEM-443 CHEM 527  or CHEM 641 .
  

  • CHEM 805 - Multidisciplinary Biotechnology (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MULTIDISCIPLINARY BIOTECHNLGY
    Component: Lecture
    Introduces science, engineering, and business graduate students to challenges of conducting and managing scientific inquiry across disciplines and within industry. Focuses on biotechnology industry.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with CHEG 805 .
  

  • CHEM 815 - Ethics, Business and Communication (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ETHICS, BUSINESS & COMMUNIC
    Component: Lecture
    Provides professional development in ethics, business and communication related to systems biology research applications in stem cell, tissue engineering, and drug delivery technologies. Intended for PhD students in interdisciplinary life science and engineering programs.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with BINF 815 .
  

  • CHEM 816 - Systems Biology of Cells in Engineered Environments (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    SYS BIOL OF CELL IN ENGNRD ENV
    Component: Lecture
    Provides a technical review of systems biology approaches including genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, and bioinformatics as well as applications in tissue engineering, stem cell differentiation, and drug delivery. Intended for PhD students in interdisciplinary life science and engineering programs.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with BINF 816 .
  

  • CHEM 820 - Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPC TPS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTR
    Component: Lecture
    Advanced topics in analytical methods and techniques from the current literature.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM437, or permission of instructor. RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  

  • CHEM 830 - Special Topics in Organic Chemistry (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPC TPCS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Topics from natural product chemistry (alkaloids, terpenes, steroids), organic nitrogen and phosphorus compounds, alicyclic and heterocyclic compounds, stereochemistry, organometallic chemistry, photochemistry and theoretical organic chemistry.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 634 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  

  • CHEM 850 - Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPC TPS IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Advanced topics selected from the chemistry of the less common elements, metal hydrides, organometallic compounds, coordination compounds and metal ions in biology.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHEM 651 . RESTRICTIONS: May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  

  • CHEM 855 - Marine Inorganic Chemistry (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    MARINE INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Principles of inorganic chemistry are used to explain and to understand the speciation and reactivity of the elements in the marine environment. Emphasis on the mechanistic aspects of important marine processes including mineral dissolution and formation, electron transfer reactions and the role of metals in biogeochemical reactions.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MAST 850 . PREREQ: MAST 646 , aquatic chemistry or physical chemistry
  

  • CHEM 865 - Seminar (0cr.)

    Credit(s): 0
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 12 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    Course Typically Offered: Fall and Spring
  

  • CHEM 866 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEM 867 - SEMINAR (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    SEMINAR
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEM 868 - Research (1 to 9cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-9
    RESEARCH
    Component: Research
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEM 869 - Master’s Thesis (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    MASTER’S THESIS
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHEM 874 - Special Topics in Physical Chemistry (1 to 3cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-3
    SPC TPCS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
    Component: Lecture
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    RESTRICTIONS: Requires permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit when topics vary.
  

  • CHEM 964 - Pre-Candidacy Study (3 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 3-12
    PRE-CANDIDACY STUDY
    Component: Independent Study
    Research and readings in preparation of dissertation topic and/or qualifying examinations for doctoral students before admission to candidacy but after completion of all required course work.
    Repeatable: Y Allowed Units: 12 Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass
    RESTRICTIONS: Not open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
  

  • CHEM 969 - Doctoral Dissertation (1 to 12cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-12
    DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Pass/Not Pass

Chinese
  

  • CHIN 610 - Issues in Modern China (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    ISSUES IN MODERN CHINA
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an overall picture of modern and contemporary China in its complexity and diversity. Surveys major aspects of Chinese society such as socioeconomic reforms, societal transformation, modernization drives, privatization, the banking system and foreign trade, and the impact of China’s modernization on the world. Taught in Chinese.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHIN 612 - Translation Practicum I (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    TRANSLATION PRACTICUM I
    Component: Lecture
    First in a two-course sequence focused on Chinese/English translation. Designed to help students obtain real world experiences in the translation industry by providing them with the opportunity to work with professionals in the industry.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHIN 613 - Translation Practicum II (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    TRANSLATION PRACTICUM II
    Component: Lecture
    Second in a two-course sequence focused on Chinese/English translation. Designed to help students obtain real world experiences in the translation industry by providing them with the opportunity to work with professionals in the industry.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CHIN 612 .
  

  • CHIN 615 - Technical Translation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    TECHNICAL TRANSLATION
    Component: Lecture
    Trains students how to translate technically complex texts from the domains of finance, business, and industry. Designed to help students develop a basic proficiency in technical translation, to become skilled in clear expression and to develop sensitivity to stylistic issues involved in specialized translation.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHIN 617 - Legal and Medical Translation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    LEGAL AND MEDICAL TRANSLATION
    Component: Lecture
    Presents an overview of the field of legal and medical translation from English to Chinese via a wide range of materials, including legal documents, medical journal articles, and information on the pharmaceutical industry. It focuses on problem areas and provides information on sources for this type of translation.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHIN 619 - Computer-Assisted Translation (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    COMPUTER-ASSISTED TRANSLATION
    Component: Lecture
    Provides an overview of computer-assisted translation that utilizes computer software and applications to facilitate translation projects and process. Students will learn how to use computer applications such as machine translation, terminology management, database repository, translation memory, digital and online dictionaries, language identifiers, and source text assessment.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CHIN 620 - Translation Practice & Internship (6cr.)

    Credit(s): 6
    TRANSLATION INTERNSHIP
    Component: Lecture
    Immerses students in the ‘real world’ of translation where they will be engaged in a wide array of projects that involve technical, legal, and medical translation, as well as computer-assisted translation. Under the supervision of the instructors and professional translators, students will be assigned translation projects.
    Allowed Units: 6 Grading Basis: Student Option

Civil and Environmental Engineering
  

  • CIEG 566 - SPECIAL PROBLEM (1 to 6cr.)

    Credit(s): 1-6
    SPECIAL PROBLEM
    Component: Independent Study
    Repeatable: Y Grading Basis: Student Option
  

  • CIEG 601 - Introduction to the Finite Element Method (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRO TO FINITE ELEMENT METHOD
    Component: Lecture
    Discusses the following approximate solution techniques: finite difference method, weighted residual and variational methods, and the finite element method. Develops finite element solutions for various one- and two-dimensional problems in applied mechanics. Detailed discussions of various aspects associated with the finite element method (e.g. interpolation functions, element mapping, programming techniques).
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: MATH351 and MATH353.
    Course Typically Offered: Fall
  

  • CIEG 604 - Prestressed Concrete Design (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    PRESTRESSED CONCRETE DESIGN
    Component: Lecture
    Behavior, analysis and design of prestressed concrete structures. Covers flexure, shear, axial load, bond anchorage design and construction considerations for pretensioned and post-tensioned concrete.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CIEG302.
  

  • CIEG 605 - Intermediate Topics in Finite Element Analysis (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INT TPCS IN FINITE ELEMNT ANAL
    Component: Lecture
    Topics include finite element analyses of linear steady-state scalar field problems, linear elastostatics, analysis techniques for linear transient and dynamic analyses of solids, overview of elements commonly used in matrix structural analyses, and discussion of mixed finite element formulations. In each case, element formulations and solution algorithms are assessed, limitations and possible improvements are presented and numerical methods examined.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CIEG 601 .
  

  • CIEG 606 - Ocean and Atmosphere Remote Sensing (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    OCEAN&ATMOSPHERE REMOTE SENSNG
    Component: Lecture
    Fundamentals of ocean and atmosphere remote sensing including space platforms, their orbits, instruments, data retrieval and image processing methods. Oceanographic and atmospheric applications of remote sensing and new developments in sensors and data analyses.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    Crosslisted: Crosslisted with MAST 606 .
  

  • CIEG 608 - Introduction to Bridge Design (3cr.)

    Credit(s): 3
    INTRODUCTION TO BRIDGE DESIGN
    Component: Lecture
    Provides practical insight into the art and science of bridge design. Various design methodologies in use today in the field of bridge design and evaluation are investigated. Bridges of steel, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, wood and composite materials are included.
    Allowed Units: 3 Grading Basis: Student Option
    PREREQ: CIEG302
 

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