Mar 29, 2024  
2015-2016 Academic Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • CELO 306 - Cello (Lab. 1-3, Cr. 1-3)


    Private instruction in cello. Students remain at junior level if the instrumental faculty determines the student did not achieve and appropriate level of advancement.

    Prerequisite: CELO 305

    Lab. 1-3 Cr. 1-3

  
  • CELO 401 - Cello (Lab. 1-3, Cr. 1-3)


    Private instruction in cello. Senior level. First semester.
     

    Prerequisite: CELO 302

    Lab. 1-3 Cr. 1-3

  
  • CELO 402 - Cello (Lab. 1-3, Cr. 1-3)


    Private instruction in cello. Senior level. Second semester.

    Prerequisite: CELO 401
     

    Lab. 1-3 Cr. 1-3

  
  • CELO 403 - Cello (Lab. 1-3, Cr. 1-3)


    Private instruction in cello. Students remain at senior level if the instrumental faculty determines the student did not achieve an appropriate level of advancement.

    Prerequisite: CELO 402

    Lab. 1-3 Cr. 1-3

  
  • CELO 404 - Cello (Lab. 1-3, Cr. 1-3)


    Private instruction in cello. Students remain at senior level if the instrumental faculty determine the student did not achieve the appropriate level of advancement.
     

    Prerequisite: CELO 403

    Lab. 1-3 Cr. 1-3

  
  • CELO 405 - Cello (Lab. 1-3, Cr. 1-3)


    Private instruction in cello. Students remain at the senior level if the instrumental faculty determine the student did not achieve an appropriate level of advancement.

    Prerequisite: CELO 404

    Lab. 1-3 Cr. 1-3

  
  • CELO 406 - Cello (Lab. 1-3, Cr. 1-3)


    Private instruction in cello. Students remain at senior level if the instrumental faculty determine the student did not achieve an appropriate level of advancement.

    Prerequisite: CELO 405

    Lab. 1-3 Cr. 1-3

  
  • CHEG 210 - Mass and Energy Balances (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Mass and energy balances on reactive and non-reactive systems. Determination of physical and thermodynamic properties and relationships.

    Prerequisites: MATH 190 and CHEM 102.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 305 - Chemical Reactor Engineering (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Chemical and engineering principles for the design and operation of chemical reactors. Kinetics of simple homogeneous systems and introduction to heterogeneous catalysis. Oral and written reports are required.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 210, CHEG 311, ENGR 207. Corequisite: MATH 301.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 311 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Lec. 4, Cr. 4)


    Thermodynamic properties of fluids, phase equilibria, chemical reaction equilibria, applications of thermodynamics to chemical engineering process and operations.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 210 and ENGR 207. Prerequisite/Corequisite: MATH 292

    Lec. 4 Cr. 4

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEG 314 - Stagewise Operations (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Energy balances, mass balances and phase equilibria applied to analysis and design of stagewise operations.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 210 and ENGR 207.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 333 - Chemical Engineering Computations (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    Introduction to the use of sophisticated computer programming to solve rigorous chemical engineering problems, including separation processes and non-ideal solution thermodynamics.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 311 and CHEG 314.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

  
  • CHEG 403 - Process Evaluation and Design I (Lec. 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3)


    Chemical Engineering principles applied to the design of chemical process equipment used in the synthesis of chemical processes and chemical plants. Design includes cost optimization; economics; equipment design and material selection; alternative courses of action; evaluation of safety, health, and environmental aspects of processing systems.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 311, CHEG 314, CHEG 305, CHEG 413, ENGR 242, ENGR 315, or permission of department head.

    Lec. 2 Lab. 3 Cr. 3

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEG 407 - Process Evaluation and Design II (Lec. 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3)


    Chemical Engineering priciples applied to the design of chemical process equipment used in the synthesis of chemical processes and chemical plants. Design includes cost optimization; economics; equipment design and materials selection; alternative courses of action; and evaluation of safety, health, and environmental aspects of processing systems.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 403 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 2 Lab. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 409 - Chemical Process Control (Lec. 2, Lab, 2, Cr. 3)


    LCCN: N/A

    Dynamic modeling of chemical process systems; principles of feed-back and feed-forward control; components of control systems.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 305.

    Lec. 2 Lab. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 411 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory I (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    LCCN: N/A

    Laboratory studies of chemical engineering principles and operations. Development, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of chemical engineering laboratory data. Oral and written reports are required.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 311, CHEG 305, CHEG 314, ENGR 315.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

  
  • CHEG 412 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory II (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    Continuation of CHEG 411. Oral and written reports are required.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 411.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

  
  • CHEG 413 - Mass Transfer Operations (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    LCCN: N/A

    Molecular diffusion and estimation of diffusivity. Mass transfer coefficients and their correlations. Analysis, design, and performance of continuous contact equipment. Gas absorption operations.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 413 and CHEG 313

    Prerequisites: MATH 292, ENGR 311, and CHEG 314 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 447 - Petroleum Refining Engineering (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Major petroleum refining processes and economic principles to the design of refinery equipment. Residual oil processing, heavy and light distillate processing, oxygenates, blending, and other auxiliary processes. Environmental issues and regulations.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 447 and CHEG 547.

    Prerequisite: Permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 450 - Design of Heat Exchangers (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Effect of variable fluid properties, pressure losses, analytical solutions, and experimental methods.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 450 and CHEG 550, MEEN 450, or MEEN 550.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 315, ENGR 311, MEEN 309, or CHEG 311.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 455 - Bioprocess Engineering


    Bio-based technologies, unit operations. Fundamental biological sciences: microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry. Fundamental engineering sciences: mass transfer, enzymatic-reaction kinetics, microbial growth. Design, scale-up and operation of biological untit operations including fermentors and bioreactors, heat exchangers, air compressors, dryers, homogenizers, and solvent-based extraction systems.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 455 and CHEG 555.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 413 and CHEG 305 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 462 - Principles of Corrosion (Lec. 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3)


    Principles of corrosion engineering. Electrochemical measurement of corrosion rates. Mechanisms of common forms of corrosion. Methods of corrosion mitigation.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 462, CHEG 562, CIEN 462, CIEN 562, MEEN 462, or MEEN 562.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 207, ENGR 311, and ENGR 206 or CIEN 316.

    Lec. 2 Lab. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 474 - Process Dynamics (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Dynamic response of chemical processes with an emphasis on multivariate response. Linear and nonlinear systems analysis including bifurcation behavior and chaos.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 474 and CHEG 574.

    Prerequisite: Credit for or registration in ENGR 430 or CHEG 409.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 481 - Transport Phenomena (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    An advanced study of the principles of heat, mass, and momentum transport applied to the continuum. Theoretical analogy of these three modes of transfer to include boundary layer flows.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 481 and CHEG 501, or CHEG 581.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 315 and CHEG 313.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 482 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Principles of thermodynamics. Properties of fluids and prediction of thermodynamic properties. Phase equilibria.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 482 and CHEG 502, or CHEG 582.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 311 or equivalent.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 486 - Chemical Process Simulation (Lec. 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3)


    Detailed study of a process simulation computer program. Applications to commercial chemical engineering operations. Oral and written reports are required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 486 and CHEG 506, or CHEG 586.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 311, CHEG 314, CHEG 405, ENGR 315, and permission of the instructor.

    Lec. 2 Lab. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 494 - Advanced Distillation (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Key stagewise fractionation concepts for binary and multi-component systems. Column process design, optimization, and short-cut calculations. Tray efficiency, design, and operations.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 594.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 413

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 495 - Advanced Absorption and Extraction (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Thermal effects, design of absorption and extraction equipment; hold-up; prediction of liquid-liquid equilibria.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 495 and CHEG 525, or CHEG 595.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 313, 314, or equivalent.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 497 - Chemical Engineering Operations (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    LCCN: N/A

    Selected chemical engineering operations important in chemical engineering design. Recent developments in these areas from the current literature.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 497 and CHEG 527, or CHEG 597.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 413.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 498 - Cost and Optimization Engineering (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Cost comparisons reflecting taxes, depreciation and inflation. Uncertainty and risk analysis. Computer solutions of optimization problems are discussed.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 498 and CHEG 528, or CHEG 598.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 242 or equivalent.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 547 - Petroleum Refining Engineering (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Major Petroleum refining processes and economic principles to the design of refinery equipment. Residual oil processing, heavy and light distillate processing, oxygenates, blending, and other auxiliary processes. Environmental issues and regulations. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 547 and CHEG 447.

    Prerequisite: Permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 550 - Design of Heat Exchangers (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Effect of variable fluid properties, pressure losses, analytical solutions, and experimental methods. Term paper and class presentation is required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 550 and CHEG 450, MEEN 550, or MEEN 450.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 311, ENGR 315, MEEN 309, or CHEG 311.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 555 - Bioprocess Engineering (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Topics may include: bio-based technologies; unit operations; fundamental biological processes (microbiology, molecular biology, and biochemistry); fundamental engineering sciences (mass transfer, enzymatic-reaction kinetics, and microbial growth; design, scale-up, and operation of biological unit operations (fermentors, bioreactors, heat exchangers, air compressors, dryers, homogenizers, and solvent-based extraction systems).

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 455.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 413, CHEG 305, or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 562 - Principles of Corrosion (Lec. 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3)


    Principles of corrosion engineering. Electrochemical measurement of corrosion rates. Mechanisms of common forms of corrosion. Methods of corrosion mitigation.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 562 and CHEG 462, CIEN 462, CIEN 562, MEEN 462, or MEEN 562.

    Prerequisites: ENGR 207, ENGR 311, and ENGR 206 or CIEN 316.

    Lec. 2 Lab. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 574 - Process Dynamics (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Dynamic response of chemical processes with an emphasis on multivariate response. Linear and nonlinear systems analysis including bifurcation behavior and chaos. Directed reading and/or research required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 574 and CHEG 474.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 430 or CHEG 409.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 581 - Transport Phenomena (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Advanced study of the principles of heat, mass, and momentum transport applied to the continuum, Theoretical analogy of these three modes of transfer to include boundary layer flows and turbulence. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 581, CHEG 501, or CHEG 481.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 315 and CHEG 313 or equivalent.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 582 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Principles of thermodynamics. Properties of fluids and prediction of thermodynamic properties. Phase and chemical equilibrium. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 582 and CHEG 502, or CHEG 482.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 311 or equivalent.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 586 - Chemical Process Simulation (Lec. 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3)


    Detailed study of a process simulation computer program. Applications to commercial chemical engineering operations. Oral and written reports are required. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 586 and CHEG 486, or CHEG 506.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 311, CHEG 314, CHEG 405, ENGR 315, and permission of the instructor.

    Lec. 2 Lab. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 594 - Advanced Distillation (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Key stagewise fractionation concepts for binary and multi-component systems. Column process design, optimization, and short-cut calculations. Tray efficiency, design, and operations. Process simulation project.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 594 and CHEG 494.

    Prerequisites: CHEG 314 and CHEG 413.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 597 - Chemical Engineering Operations (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    LCCN: N/A

    Selected chemical engineering operations important in chemical engineering design. Recent developments in these areas from the current literature. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 597 and CHEG 527, or CHEG 497.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 413 (or equivalent) and permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 598 - Cost and Optimization Engineering (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Cost comparisons reflecting taxes, depreciation and inflation. Uncertainty and risk analysis. Economic optimization of project designs. Computer solutions of optimization problems are discussed. Directed reading and/or research project required.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 598 and CHEG 528, or CHEG 498.

    Prerequisite: ENGR 242 or equivalent.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 601 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    First and second laws of thermodynamics; relationships of thermodynamic properties; phase and chemical equilibrium.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 311.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 617 - Advanced Chemical Reactor Engineering (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    LCCN: N/A

    Theories of chemical reaction rates. Analysis of kinetic data. Design and computer modeling of reaction systems.

    Prerequisite: CHEG 305 or equivalent.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 620 - Advanced Special Topics in Chemical Engineering (Cr. 1-3)


    Study of advanced special topics in chemical engineering.

    Notes
    May be repeated with change in topic for maximum credit of 6 semester hours.

    Prerequisites: Permission of department head.

    Cr. 1-3

  
  • CHEG 625 - Pollution Control Engineering (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Technical assessment of environmental problems including air pollution, surface and ground water pollution, solid waste management and noise pollution. Emphasis will be placed on engineering design of pollution control processes including review of pertinent environmental legislation affecting design.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 625 and MEEN 625 or CIEN 625.

    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 632 - Process Optimization and Quality Improvement (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Statistical methods to optimize processes and improve quality. Statistical quality control methods such as cause and effect diagrams, control charts, and Pareto Diagrams. Experimental design techniques including Factorial Analysis and Evolutionary Operations concepts.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 632 and ELEN 632, MEEN 632.

    Prerequisite: Permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 635 - Computational Fluid Dynamics (Lec. 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3)


    Introduction of numerical methods to solve fluid dynamics and heat transfer problems. Discretization of Navier-Stokes equations. Numerical scheme analysis.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 635, MEEN 635, and CIEN 635.

    Prerequisite: Permission of department head.

    Lec. 2 Lab. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 640 - Fluid Rheology (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Flow behavior of complex fluids, principles of measurements, fluid design and performance, and rheological applications to problem solving. Fluids of particular interest include viscous crude oils, oil-water emulsions, polymers and polymer emulsions, suspensions, drilling muds and oil-well fluids, fracturing fluids, and other complex mixtures.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 640 and MEEN 640, or ENGR 640.

    Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 641 - Advanced Fluid Mechanics (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Motion of ideal, Newtonian, and non-Newtonian fluids. Continuity and Navier-Stokes equations. Turbulence and boundary-layer theories. Flow through conduits, porous media, packed beds, and process equipment. Multiphase flow. Bubble and particle mechanics.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 641, MEEN 641 and CIEN 641.

    Prerequisite: Permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEG 670 - Process Control Systems (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Advanced control techniques, including multivariate, cascade, feedforward, and model based control. Computer simulation of process control systems.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEG 670 and ELEN 670.

    Prerequisite: Permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 100 - Orientation to Forensics (Cr. 1)


    Introduction to forensics. On site surveys of forensic crime labs, interviews with and attendance of seminars by forensic personnel in the aspects of forensic work, visits to crime scenes, and introduction to roles of forensic scientists in the investigation of crime and the justice system.

    Notes
    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Cr. 1

  
  • CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I (Lec. 3, Lab. 3, Cr. 4)


    LCCN: CCEM 1121 and 1123, Chemistry I and Lab (Science Majors)

    Laws and principles of inorganic chemistry including, but not limited to, nomenclature. Atomic and molecular structure. Chemical equations and stoichiometry; gas laws; bonding. Quantitative problem solving. Introduction to periodicity, energy relationships, and solutions.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 101 and CHEM 121.

    Prerequisites: Minimum grade of C in MATH 113 or a math score of 22 on the ACT or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Lab. 3 Cr. 4

    General Education Core Curriculum
    Natural Sciences

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 102 - General Chemistry II (Lec. 3, Lab. 3, Cr. 4)


    LCCN: CCEM 1131 and 1133, Chemistry II (Science Majors)

    Study of the metals and their compounds, Intermolecular forces, thermodynamics, general and heterogeneous equilibria, kinetics, more solution chemistry; acid/base equilibria and properties, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 101 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Lab. 3 Cr. 4

    General Education Core Curriculum
    Natural Sciences

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 103L - Introductory Chemistry Laboratory I (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    LCCN: CCEM 1121, Chemistry I Lab (Science Majors); CCEM 1132, Chemistry I + II Lab (Science Majors)

    Introduction to general laboratory skills and methods including safety; basic laboratory techniques (to include data collection and interpretation; introduction to laboratory reporting/record keeping) as related to the topics in CHEM 101.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 101 or permission of department head.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

  
  • CHEM 104L - Introductory Chemistry Laboratory II (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    LCCN: CCEM 1131, Chemistry II Lab (Science Majors); CCEM 1132, Chemistry I + II Lab (Science Majors)

    Introduction to general laboratory skills and methods including safety; basic laboratory techniques (to include data collection and interpretation; introduction to laboratory reporting/record keeping) as related to the topics in CHEM 102.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 102 or permission of department head.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

  
  • CHEM 120 - Integrated Chemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    LCCN: CCEM 1003, General, Organic & Biochemistry

    Survey of general, organic, and biochemistry, primarily for nursing and allied health majors.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 120 and CHEM 121.

    Prerequisite: Minimum grade of “C” in MATH 113 or a math score of 22 on the ACT, or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

    General Education Core Curriculum
    Natural Sciences

  
  • CHEM 121 - Introductory Chemistry I (Lec. 3, Lab. 3, Cr. 4)


    LCCN: CCEM 1101 and 1103, Chemistry l and Lab (Non-Science Majors)

    General principles and concepts of chemistry. Composition, properties, reactions, structure, and chemical and physical changes of matter.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 121, CHEM 101, and CHEM 120. Cannot be substituted for CHEM 101 in meeting prerequisites for other chemistry courses. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: Minimum of grade C in MATH 113 or a math score of 22 on enhanced ACT or permission of the department head.

    Lec. 3 Lab. 3 Cr. 4

  
  • CHEM 122 - Introductory Chemistry II (Lec. 3, Lab. 3, Cr. 4)


    LCCN: CCEM 1111 and 1113, Chemistry ll and Lab (Non-Science Majors)

    Continuation of CHEM 121. Structure, properties and reactions of organic compounds. Organic compounds in metabolic processes of human biochemistry.

    Notes
    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prequisite: CHEM 121 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Lab. 3 Cr. 4

  
  • CHEM 135 - Applications of Chemistry to Modern Lifestyles (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Survey of chemistry’s role in modern lifestyles. Includes general chemistry concepts and principles, for teachers and non-science majors.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

    General Education Core Curriculum
    Natural Sciences

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 136 - Chemical Issues in the Environment (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Role of chemistry in creating and solving environmental problems. Chemistry as it relates to modern consumers. Includes general chemistry concepts and principles, for teachers and non-science majors.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

    General Education Core Curriculum
    Natural Sciences

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 203 - Quantitative Chemical Analysis (Lec. 2, Cr. 2)


    Gravimetric and volumetric analyses and an introduction to instrumental analyses.

    Prerequistie: Minimum grade of “C” in CHEM 102 or CHEM 245.

    Lec. 2 Cr. 2

  
  • CHEM 203L - Quantitative Chemical Analysis Laboratory (Lab. 6, Cr. 2)


    Application of the theory and procedures of gravimetric, volumetric, and instrumental analysis; safety and basic laboratory techniques related to CHEM 203.

    Corequisite: CHEM 203.

    Lab. 6 Cr. 2

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 211 - Elements of Organic Chemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    LCCN: CCEM 2203, Organic Chemistry, Survey

    One-semester terminal survey of organic chemistry. Introduction to nomenclature, chemical reactions, functional groups, stereochemistry.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 102.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 211L - Elements of Organic Chemistry Laboratory (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    Basic mini-scale techniques for purification and determination of organic compounds. Introduction to organic nomenclature and functional groups. Interpretation of GC, IR, and NMR spectra. Basic organic syntheses. Introduction to the concepts and practices of “Green Chemistry”.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 102 or CHEM 104L

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

  
  • CHEM 245 - Distillation and Fractionation (Lec. 3, Lab. 3, Cr. 4)


    Continuous and batch distillation and fractionation processes as they apply to a typical petrochemical plant. Petroleum refining, hydrocarbon chemistry, polymers, acids, bases, pH, reaction kinetics.

    Notes
    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 101.

    Lec. 3 Lab. 3 Cr. 4

  
  • CHEM 251 - Introduction to Chemical Research (Lab. 3-9, Cr. 1-3)


    Introduction to the conception, execution and refinement of chemical research and to the written communication of research findings. Requires written research report.

    Notes
    May be repeated once for additional credit.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite: CHEM 101, CHEM 120, or CHEM 121, permission of research mentor (mutually chosen prior to registration) and department head, and completion of five-hour departmental safety training program.

    Lab. 3-9 Cr. 1-3

  
  • CHEM 265 - Basic Biochemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Nature, digestion and metabolism of biomolecules as they apply to health-related fields.

    Notes
    Additional credit will not be given for CHEM 275.

    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 211.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 275 - Introductory Biochemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Basic principles of biochemistry; chemical properties of biomolecules; digestion and metabolism of the major cell constituents as they apply to health-related fields of study.

    Notes
    Additional credit cannot be earned by taking CHEM 265. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 211 or CHEM 301 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 301 - Organic Chemistry I (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Nomenclature, chemical reactions, synthesis, functional groups, structure/property relationships, sterochemistry, spectorscopy, and mechanistic theory. Interplay of steric, electronic and orbital interactions.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 102. Corequisite: CHEM 301L.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 301L - Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    Safety; basic laboratory techniques related to the topics in Organic Chemistry I.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 102. Corequisite: CHEM 301.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 302 - Organic Chemistry II (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Continuation of CHEM 301. Reinforcement of structure/property relationships, curved arrow convention, and the marriage of electronic, steric and orbital interactions. Properties, preparations, reactions, and interconversions of the various families of organic compounds as well as the mechanistic details of those transformations.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 310.

    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 301. Corequisite: CHEM 302L.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 302L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory (Lab. 6, Cr. 2)


    Project-based experiemental course employing standard organic techniques for the synthesis, and/or isolation, purification, and characterization of target organic compounds. Characterization techniques will be drawn from wet chemistry, chroomatography, IR, NMR, and MS spectroscopy. Students work individually and in teams and are required to write ACS-style lab reports.

    Notes
    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 301 and CHEM 301L. Corequisite: CHEM 302.

    Lab. 6 Cr. 2

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 303 - Chemical and Instrumental Analyses (Lec. 1, Lab. 6, Cr. 3)


    Gravimetry and volumetry; operating principles and uses of modern chemical instrumentation including optical atomic and molecular spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, separation science and electrochemistry. Sample preparation and analysis, data acquisition and interpretation, troubleshooting of instruments.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 203 and CHEM 301

    Lec. 1 Lab. 6 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 310 - Reactions and Theory of Organic Chemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Theory and reactions of organic chemistry with emphasis on industrial processes and applications.

    Notes
    Additional credit cannot be given for this course and CHEM 302 or CHEM 311. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 301.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 313 - Clinical Instrumentation (Lec. 2, Cr. 2)


    Theory and practice of analytical instruments used in the clinical laboratory. Designed for medical technology majors, and is not open to students majoring in any of the physical sciences.

    Notes
    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 275.

    Lec. 2 Cr. 2

  
  • CHEM 361 - Theory of Inorganic Chemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Laws of chemistry as applied to inorganic chemistry. Atomic structure, bonding theories, acid-base theories, oxidation-reduction, instrumental techniques in inorganic chemistry, electronic spectra, magnetic properties, coordination chemistry and mechanism and kinetics in inorganic chemistry.

    Prerequisites/Corequisites: CHEM 302 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 361L - Inorganic Preparations (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    Integrates synthetic and characterization techniques commonly used in inorganic chemistry, including temperature control and Schlenck techniques

    Prerequisite/Corequisites: CHEM 302 and CHEM 361.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 380 - Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Principles of physical chemistry and their application in the biological sciences. Areas covered include thermodynamics, chemical and biochemical equilibrium, redox chemistry, kinetics, and spectroscopy. Thorught, illustration will be made of how these principles are applied tot fundamental problems in biochemistry.

    Prerequisites: BIOL 101, CHEM 301, MATH 190 and PHYS 151 or PHYS 201 or PHYS 211, or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 390 - Physical Chemistry I (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Chemico-physical foundations of thermodynamics and their applications to chemistry. Derivations of chemical principles and problem solving.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 390 and CHEM 401.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 102, MATH 291, PHYS 211, or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 391 - Physical Chemistry II (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Chemico-physical systems of kinetics and their application to chemistry. Derivations of chemical principles and problem solving.

    Notes
    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 390 or permission of department head. Corequisite: CHEM 391L.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 391L - Physical Chemistry Laboratory (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    Sixteen experiments covering chemico-physical systems.

    Notes
    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Corequisite: CHEM 391.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 411 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Builds upon the foundation of CHEM 361 concentrating on the descriptive chemistry of the elements and important reactions in mechanisms in inorganic chemistry.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 411 and CHEM 512.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 361 or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 412 - Inorganic Preparations (Lec. 1, Lab. 6, Cr. 3)


    Inorganic reactions, synthesis, and product characterizations.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 412 and CHEM 513. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 302 and CHEM 390. Prerequisite or Corequisite: CHEM 411.

    Lec. 1 Lab. 6 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 415 - Green Chemistry and Sustainability (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Health, environmental, and fiscal consequences of the current approach to chemical manufacture involving use of solvents, reagents and monomers, additives and fossiil fuels and of the current “command & control” approach to hadnling side products and waste. Examination of the 12 principles of “Green Chemsitry”, case studies, alternative sources of energy, and research in developing “green” solutions to the energy crisis.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 515.

    Prerequisite or Corequisite: CHEM 302 or CHEM 310.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 421 - Biochemistry I (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    LCCN: CBIO 3403, Biochemistry I (Upper Level)

    Detailed survey of protein, carbohydrate, lipid and nucleic acid structure and function. Fundamental principles of water chemistry, enzyme kinetics, gene expression, protein synthesis and transport are also included.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 421, CHEM 431, CHEM 521, and CHEM 533.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 301. Corequisite: CHEM 302 or permission of department head.

    Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 421L - Biochemistry I Laboratory (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    LCCN: CBIO 3401, Biochemistry I Lab (Upper Level)

    Laboratory to reinforce CHEM 421. Experiments in buffer titration, enzymes kinetics, protein purification, carbohydrate isolation, saponification of fats, and DNA amplification and analysis.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 421L, CHEM 431L, CHEM 521L, and CHEM 533L. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Corequisite: CHEM 421.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

  
  • CHEM 422 - Biochemistry II (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    LCCN: CBIO 4413, Biochemistry II (Upper Level)

    Detailed survey of vertebrate biochemical metabolism. Enzyme mechanisms and regulation of pathways. Glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electron transport, pentose phosphate pathway, glycogen synthesis and degradation, fatty acid synthesis, and beta-oxidation.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 422, CHEM 432, CHEM 522, and CHEM 534. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 421.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 422L - Biochemistry II Laboratory (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    Laboratory to reinforce CHEM 422. Experiments in anaerobic metabolism, electron transport, glycogen storage, and DNA amplification technology.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 422L, CHEM 432L, CHEM 522L, and CHEM 534L. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

  
  • CHEM 423 - Quantitative Instrumental Analysis (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Basic operating principles of modern instrumental analysis. Theoretical studies and applications of atomic emission and absorption, molecular absorption, and molecular fluorescence spectroscopy, and separation methods such as gas and liquid chromatography and electrophoresis.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 423, CHEM 433, CHEM 523, and CHEM 538. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 203 and CHEM 203L. Corequisites: CHEM 423L.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 423L - Quantitative Instrumental Analysis (Lab. 3, Cr. 1)


    Basic operating principles of modern instrumental analysis. Practical investigations and applications of atomic emission and absorption, molecular absorption, and molecular fluorescence spectroscopy, and separation methods such as gas and liquid chromatography and electrophoresis.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 423L, CHEM 433L, CHEM 523L, and CHEM 538L. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 203 and CHEM 203L. Corequisite: CHEM 423.

    Lab. 3 Cr. 1

  
  • CHEM 424 - Organic Mechanisms (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Classical and modern methods of determining the mechanisms of organic reactions. Organic intermediates, activation parameters and reaction profiles. Roles of electronic, steric and orbital interactions in chemistry. Curved arrow convention and orbital symmetry. Selected name reactions.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 424 and CHEM 524. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 302 and CHEM 390.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 426 - Special Topics in Computational Chemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Application of computational methods (molecular mechanics, semiempirical, abinitio and DFT) to solve chemical problems ranging from stabilities of carbocations to structures of biological molecules and environmental processes.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 426 and CHEM 526. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 390 and MATH 291; Corequisite: CHEM 391, or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 427 - Modern Biotechnology (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Survey of current topics in biotechnology. Includes the study of theory and experimental details behind modern laboratory techniques and detailed discussions about practical laboratory science applications.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 427 and CHEM 527. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 431.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 428 - Lasers in Chemical Analysis (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Basic principles and properties of lasers. Applications of laser-based techniques in chemical analysis. Survey of instrumentation and types of lasers.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 428 and CHEM 528. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 203 and PHSC 300.

    Lec 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 429 - Bioinorganic Chemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Elements of inorganic chemistry found in biological systems, with a primary focus upon transition metals.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 429 and CHEM 529.

    Prerequisite/Corequisite: CHEM 361, CHEM 421, or permission of department head.

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 441 - Seminar (Cr. 1)


    Written and oral report of research completed in undergraduate research. Component of the capstone experience.

    Notes
    May be repeated for one additional credit. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing.

    Cr. 1

    Writing Enriched Course WE

  
  • CHEM 442 - Forensic Testimony (Cr. 1)


    Dynamics of courtroom presentation of forensic evidence including the burden on and role of the “expert witness.” Issues concerning chain-of-custody, forensic findings and their implications. Mock trials based upon students’ CHEM 451 research projects.

    Notes
    Credit toward the degree available only to students that have taken CHEM 451 in forensics research. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisite: CHEM 451. Corequisite: CHEM 465 or permission of department head.

    Cr. 1

  
  • CHEM 450 - Industrial Chemistry (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)


    Analysis of the major industrial chemical processes including production of bulk chemicals, polymers, petrochemicals, industrial gases, fertilizers, and explosives. Economic, environmental, and global consequences of industrial activity. Environmental vs. green chemistry principles, water recycling, and alternative fuels.

    Notes
    No duplicate credit for CHEM 550.

    Prerequisites: CHEM 302 and CHEM 361

    Lec. 3 Cr. 3

  
  • CHEM 451 - Undergraduate Research (Lab. 3-9, Cr. 1-3)


    Independent experimental research directed by a faculty member specializing in the field of interest to the student. A component of the capstone experience. Written research report is required.

    Notes
    May be repeated once for additional credit.

    Prerequisite/corequisite: Junior standing. Permission of research mentor (mutally chosen prior to registration) and department head, and completion of five-hour departmental safety training program.

    Lab. 3-9 Cr. 1-3

    Writing Enriched Course WE

    Capstone Course CAP
  
  • CHEM 462 - Special Problems in Marine Science (Cr. 1-3)


    Directed undergraduate research and study at a Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium coastal laboratory.

    Notes
    By arrangement. Corequisite courses in chemistry must be taken simultaneously unless previous credit has been earned in one or the other. If one Corequisite course is dropped, the other must be dropped at the same time.

    Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing and permission of department head.

    Cr. 1-3

 

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