These courses introduce the student to basic laboratory skills and techniques often used by organic chemists. The laboratory work includes separation and purification techniques, synthesis of different types of classes of organic compounds, and organic qualitative analysis properties of various spectroscopic methods. Courses must be taken in sequence. Chemical equilibrium and the treatment of analytical data are emphasized. The student spends approximately 50 hours in observing or performing assigned tasks in a clinic, hospital, or clinical laboratory.
Specific requirements vary depending on the field of study chosen by the student.
A written report is required. Credit cannot be granted in both Biology 2401 and Chemistry 2401. Chemistry 2123 and 2221 recommended. This is a materials and methods course in the teaching of chemistry. This sequence of courses provides a general survey of chemical thermodynamics, thermochemistry, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, phase equilibria, and the theories of gases, liquids, crystals, and solutions.