This course is open to senior chemistry majors. The student will be assigned an original problem to work on throughout the two semesters and will submit a paper on the work. This work, which includes a chemical literature search, will be performed under the supervision of one of the staff members acting as senior RFT advisor. One meeting per week. Presentation and discussion of current research topics in various areas of chemistry by staff, students and visitors.
Attendance is required of all chemistry majors during their junior and senior years.
One unit will be awarded upon satisfactory completion during the senior year. Offered fall semester. 510 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry and Synthesis. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab weekly. A course in modern inorganic chemistry including theories of chemical bonding, coordination chemistry, solid state chemistry, organometallic chemistry, inorganic synthesis, and selected special topics.