Topics include kinetics, chemical equilibria, solid state chemistry, coordination chemistry, nuclear chemistry, and an introduction to organic chemistry and biochemistry. Lectures will be supplemented with discussions from recent scientific literature, including material from students' independent literature research projects.
Emphasis is placed on effective communication of experimental procedures and results.
Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week. A study of the chemical reactions controlling the cycling of both natural chemical species and anthropogenic pollutants in the water, soil and air environments of our earth system. The chemical processes operating in the natural environment, including acid-base, complexation, redox, photochemical and biotic degradation phenomena are examined. Intermittently throughout the course, the chemistry underlying current issues of water, soil and air pollution, focusing on nutrient, metal and organic contaminants are studied. Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory each week.