The bioenergetics and regulation of anaerobic and aerobic metabolic pathways. Major topics include glycolysis, Kreb's cycle, fatty acid and amino acid oxidation, lipid biosynthesis and photosynthesis. Particular emphasis is given to pathway regulation and integration. General Biochemistry. Introduction to the structure and function of biological molecules carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes and hormones , enzyme kinetics, the structure and function of membranes, and the bioenergetics and regulation of major anaerobic and aerobic metabolic pathways.
General Biochemistry Laboratory. Introduction to fundamental laboratory techniques for the purification and analysis of biological molecules, including chromatographic separation of amino acids and proteins, electrophoretic separation of proteins and nucleic acids, enzyme kinetics, and basic bioinformatics. Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory. Capstone course which emphasizes biochemical laboratory experimental design and trouble-shooting skills.
Common biochemistry laboratory techniques are applied in semester-long individual student projects. Undergraduate Research. Prerequisite s : ENGL 20 or equivalent. Directed undergraduate research involving a project that requires use of chemical literature and experimental design.
Intermediate Undergraduate Research. Continuing directed undergraduate research involving a project with emphasis on experimentation and data analysis. CHEM C. Advanced Undergraduate Research.
Culminating directed undergraduate research with emphasis on comprehensive data analysis and formulation of conclusions. CHEM D. Culminating Advanced Undergraduate Research. Extension of culminating undergraduate research with emphasis on finalizing data analysis and writing experimental methods for potential publication. Chemistry-Related Work Experience. Prerequisite s : Open only to upper division students and consent of Department Chair.
Units may not be applied toward a major in Chemistry or Biochemistry. Supervised employment in a Chemistry related company or agency. Placement is arranged through the Department and the Cooperative Education Program office. Requires completion of a month work assignment and a written report. This course will survey of the macromolecules of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, explore their function in relation to the viral life cycle, and examine the biochemistry of established and emerging Covid therapeutics and vaccines.
Learning activities will involve a significant amount of primary literature analysis, bioinformatics exercises and brief lectures. Senior Research. Prerequisite s : One upper division chemistry laboratory class, ENGL 20 or an equivalent second semester composition course and instructor and department chair permission. The student will conduct an independent study of a chemical research topic that is based on experimental techniques or advanced computer modeling.
Significant use of chemical literature and information retrieval is required. A well-written, comprehensive, and well-documented final report must be submitted to receive a final grade. A weekly seminar is required. Seminar one hour, laboratory activities are a minimum of six hours per week. CHEM H. Chemistry Honors Thesis. Completion of an undergraduate honors thesis and attendance at chemistry seminars. Students will develop a written thesis containing background, methodology, results, and discussion of an experimental or computational research project involving their own original data.
Research Methods in Chemistry. Prerequisite s : Must be a Chemistry graduate student or have instructor permission. This course is designed to improve the ability of graduate students to research and interpret the chemical literature. Exercises include analysis of primary research articles, peer review of student writing samples, and presentation of scientific information.
These activities will improve students' understanding of how scientific questions are developed and posed through proposals and dissemination of research results. Spectrometric Identification of Compounds. Theory, interpretation, and application of ultraviolet, infrared, nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectra for the elucidation of organic compounds.
Prerequisite s : Enrollment in Chemistry master's degree program or instructor permission. Separation Methods in Chemistry. Theoretical and practical aspects of separation sciences. Methods of separations that are included are liquid-liquid extraction and ion exchange, gas, and liquid chromatography. Selected Topics in Chemistry. Prerequisite s : Enrollment in MS Chemistry graduate program or instructor permission.
Intensive coverage of one or more advanced topics in chemistry. May be team-taught. Note: May be team-taught. May be repeated once for credit if topics are different. Topics in Interdisciplinary Chemistry. Prerequisite s : enrollment in Chemistry master's degree program or permission of instructor. Lecture course focusing on interdisciplinary topics in chemistry and related fields.
Topics in Synthetic Chemistry. Lecture course focusing on synthetic chemistry. Focus may be on biochemical, inorganic, or organic synthetic chemistry. Topics in Applied Chemistry. Lecture course focusing on applications of chemistry to a variety of fields. Areas of focus my include biological, environmental, materials, and pharmaceutical applications.
Topics in Physical Chemistry. Lecture course focusing on topics in physical chemistry. Topics in Chemistry Education. Protein Biochemistry. Prerequisite s : One semester of biochemistry. Topics include methods for structure determination, stability and folding, catalysis and denovo protein design. Topical examples from the literature, particularly those related to disease states, are used to illustrate fundamental principles of protein structure and function.
Nucleic Acid Chemistry. Prerequisite s : Undergraduate course in biochemistry. The recent biochemical literature will be used to study the structural, chemical, and physical properties of nucleic acids. Chemical mechanisms of mutation , protein-nucleic acid interactions, and DNA-drug interactions will be used to illustrate these properties. Seminar In Chemistry. Student presentations of topics from the chemical literature; presentations of current chemistry topics from speakers in academia, industry, and government positions.
May be repeated for a total of 2 units. Experimental Offerings in Chemistry. Prerequisite s : Instructor approval. Presentation and discussion of graduate student and faculty research and current literature with emphasis on critical evaluation of research design, data analysis and presentation techniques. One hour discussion.
Note: May be taken up to four times for credit, but only one unit may be applied to the University's requirement for level courses. Special Problems. Graduate research. Approval must be obtained from a departmental committee and the faculty member under whom the work is to be conducted.
Written report must be submitted before a final grade is given. Culminating Experience. Completion of a thesis or project approved for the Master's degree. Should be taken in final semester prior to the completion of all requirements for the degree.
Number of units of credit is determined by the candidate's master's degree advisory committee. About the University Toggle About the University. Admission Toggle Admission. Colleges Toggle Colleges. Art Toggle Art. Communication Studies Toggle Communication Studies. Film Toggle Film. Journalism Toggle Journalism. Design Toggle Design. See our Exam Credit Info page for information about units received and possible requirements satisfied.
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Contact the College Writing Program for more information. Results will be posted weeks after the exam date. Calculus will be used as needed, at the level of the concurrent Mathematics 3A course. Qualitative and quantitative measurements to develop laboratory technique and demonstate the basic concepts of stoichiometry, chemical bonding, gas laws, chemical equilibrium, and acid-base chemistry. Students work in small groups to develop a unique perspective on the experiment.
CHEM 2B. High school algebra, chemistry, and physics, and one quarter of calculus. Enrollment Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed Chemistry 1B. Thermodynamics first and second law , electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, atomic and molecular structure, and chemical bonding. Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Winter. Laboratory techniques. Thermochemistry, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, and atomic spectroscopy. CHEM 2C.
Enrollment Comments: Not open for credit to students who have taken Chemistry 1C. Structure and dynamics of the elements and their compounds. Aspects of technology and environmental problems. Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Spring. Solutions, colligative properties, and synthetic organic and inorganic chemistry. Distillation, crystallization, extraction, determination of physical properties, spectroscopy, and instrumental methods in organic chemistry.
Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Winter, Spring. Independent research involving distillation, crystallization, extraction, determination of physical properties, organic synthesis, and use of instrumental methods in organic chemistry. Distillation, crystallization, extraction, determination of physical properties, organic synthesis, instrumental methods in organic chemistry. Not open for credit to students who have completed Chemistry 7C. Independent research involving distillation, crystallization, extraction, determination of physical properties, organic synthesis, and use of instrumental methods in organic chemistry for the purposes of multistep synthesis.
Enrollment Comments: Not open for credit to students who have completed Chemistry 7C. CHEM Cannot be taken concurrently with Chemistry 1A or Chemistry 2A.
Enrollment Comments: Designed as a preparatory course for Chemistry 1A. Enrollment Comments: May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units. Directed study, normally experimental, to be arranged with individual faculty members. Course offers exceptional students an opportunity to participate in a research group. Basic techniques and the operation of instruments used in research.
A few students in chemistry are quite advanced having had extensive laboratory training in high school or elsewhere.
This course allows them the opportunity to participate in a research group before they acquire 84 units and are then eligible for and capable of handling , Independent Studies. Upper Division. Upper Division course credit toward Science and Mathematics Education minor. In addition, students will work in either a high school or junior high classroom and share their experiences through class discussions. Students will also have the opportunity to participate in one of two elementary outreach programs that are run out of the chemistry department.
Same course as CH E Framework for understanding the energy supply issues facing society with a focus on the science, engineering, and economic principles of the major alternatives.
Emphasis is on the physical and chemical fundamentals of energy conversion technologies. CHEM A. Structure, reactivity and synthesis of organic molecules including nomenclature, reaction mechanisms, and stereochemistry. Topics include organometallics, polymers, carbohydrates, amino acids, proteins, nucleic acids, coenzymes and their mechanisms. Recommended Preparation: Chemistry 6AL may be taken concurrently. Structure, nomenclature, stereochemistry, and reactivity of organic molecules.
Suitable for undergraduates requiring strong understanding of organic chemistry and possessing strong background in science, such as honors students, majors in chemistry, biochemistry-chem, chemical engineering, etc. This course cannot be repeated. CHEM B. Topics include organometallics, polymers, carbohydrates, amino acides, proteins, nucleic acids, coenzymes and their mechanisms. Recommended Preparation: Chemistry 6BL may be taken concurrently. CHEM C. These courses also may not be taken concurrently.
Recommended Preparation: Chemistry 6CL may be taken concurrently. Structure, reactivity, mechanisms, synthesis, nomenclature, and spectroscopic identification of the principal classes of organic compounds as well as organometallics, amino acids, proteins, and carbohydrates.
This course is intended for chemistry majors and others requiring a strong basis in organic chemistry. Concurrent enrollment in Chem 1C or 2C. Enrollment Comments: Designed for majors. Same course as Chem CS Not open for credit to students who have completed Chem CS The mathematics of group theory is introduced.
Point groups and symmetry operations will be applied toward the normal coordinate analysis of molecular vibrations and the construction of molecular orbitals from symmetry adapted linear combinations of atomic orbitals. CHEM L. Quarters usually offered: Fall. Gives students hands-on experience with modern methods of separation, identification, and study of biomolecules and macromolecular structures.
Focus is on techniques but the course also gives an introduction to computer-based bioinformatics tools. The laws and theories governing rates of chemical reactions and reaction mechanisms. Empirical treatment of reaction rates, treatment of data, gas-phase reactions, reactions in solution, catalysis, complex reactions, chain reactions.
Collision theory and potential energy surfaces. Laws of thermodynamics, chemical equilibria and ligand binding, phase equilibria, electrochemistry, nonelectrolyte solutions, applications to biochemical problems. Not open to students who have completed Chemistry B. Forces influencing macromolecular conformation, microscopy and diffraction methods, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics. Not open to students who have completed Chemistry C.
Biological spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, mass transport dynamics in solution, chemical and biochemical kinetics. Quarters usually offered: Spring. Application of modern biophysical and bioanalytical techniques to study the structure, function, and properties of biomolecules. Enrollment Comments: Quarters usually offered: Fall. Not open to students who have completed Chemistry A. Chemical thermodynamics: laws of thermodynamics, phase equilibria, chemical equilibria, equations of state.
Recommended Preparation: Chemistry or equivalent. Lecture: instrumental techniques, data analysis, error analysis, instruction in Mathematica-R. Laboratory: Mathematica-R, a symbolic programming language, is taught in the computer laboratory. Quantum theory and spectroscopy: introduction to quantum mechanics; symmetry, molecular structure, and spectroscopy. Kinetic theory of gases, chemical kinetics, statistical mechanics, photochemistry.
Introduction to quantum mechanics-postulatory approach; particle in box, on ring, harmonic oscillator; linear operator theory, matrix algebra; hydrogen atom; perturbation theory, variation theory; applications.
Enrollment Comments: Offered concurrently with Chemistry B. Molecular orbital theory and valence bond theory; Huckel theory secular eqn. Enrollment Comments: Offered concurrently with Chemistry C. Quarters usually offered: Winter. Principles of analytical chemistry including spectroscopy, classical techniques and separation processes. Quantitative analysis of unknowns.
Introduction to instrumental analysis. Experiments in thermodynamics, spectroscopy, and electrochemistry. Synthesis and study of inorganic complexes. Instrumental techniques such as NMR, fluorescence, Raman and laser flash photolysis are explored.
Methods of data and error analysis. Synthesis of inorganic and organometallic complexes including techniques for air-sensitive materials. Instrumental characterization and study of synthesized compounds in a research-like setting. Fundamentals of statistical thermodynamics, partition functions for ideal gases and crystals, quantum statistics, calculations of thermodynamic properties. Interaction of light and matter, reaction paths from electronically excited molecules, flash photolysis, high energy radiation.
Recommended Preparation: Chemistry 1C. Study of Earth's biogeochemical cycles with respect to carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur. Introduction to the science of climate change, including effects of global warming on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Environmental impacts of fossil fuel and biofuel technologies. Chemistry of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere, with emphasis on ozone depletion, photochemical smog, acid rain, global ocean acidification, soil and groundwater contamination, and environmental costs of industrialized agriculture.
Recommended Preparation: Chemistry C or C. Structure determination of complex organic molecules. Application of molecular biology techniques to perform mutagenesis and cloning; restriction endonucleases, PCR, plasmid purification and DNA analysis. Protein purification and analysis methods: expression of proteins in bacterial systems. Introduction to computational chemistry and molecular modeling.
Application of molecular mechanics, quantum mechanics and computer graphical interfaces to problems in chemistry, biochemistry, drug design and pharmacology. Recommended Preparation: Chemistry Mechanisms of thermal, photochemical, organometallic, electrochemical asymmetric or other processes in organic chemistry.
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