2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

Apr 25, 2024

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Chemistry
	CHEM 106 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed for non-chemistry majors as an introduction to organic chemistry and principles of biochemistry. It introduces hydrocarbons, organic functional groups, amino acids, nucleic acids, protein, fat, carbohydrate, and discusses the chemistry involved in metabolic pathways and energy production. Prerequisite: CHEM 105 and CHEM 105L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 106L - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Laboratory Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 2 This one-semester laboratory course is designed for non-chemistry majors. It reinforces the fundamental facts, theories, and laws of chemistry through laboratory experiences. Laboratory activities introduce synthesis and reactions of hydrocarbons, organic functional groups, amino acids, nucleic acids, proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Safe laboratory techniques and the writing of quality laboratory reports are emphasized. Laboratory component of CHEM 106 . Prerequisite: CHEM 105 and CHEM 105L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 120 - The Atom and Bonding Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A non-mathematical study of atomic structure, elementary nuclear theory, the periodic table, bonding, valence, hybridization, and molecular and crystal structure. Prerequisite: MATH 123 (may be taken concurrently) Corequisite: MATH 123 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 130 - Stoichiometry Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 The study of stoichiometry, gas laws, thermochemistry, and the balancing of chemical equations, with laboratory activities investigating mole-mass relationships, gas laws, and measurement of thermochemical phenomena. Prerequisite: CHEM 120 and MATH 123 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 141 - General Chemistry I Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 The first course of a two semester sequence in introductory chemistry that studies measurement and uncertainty, atomic structure, nomenclature, stoichiometry, types of reactions, solution concentrations, gas laws, thermochemistry, electronic configuration, periodic properties of the elements, and chemical bonding (including molecular geometries). The course includes a mandatory one-hour non-credit recitation period per week. Prerequisite: MATH 129 or MATH 131 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 141L - General Chemistry I Laboratory Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This laboratory course that accompanies CHEM 141 introduces laboratory techniques, physical properties, stoichiometry, gas laws, and types of chemical reactions. Safe laboratory techniques and the writing of quality laboratory reports will be emphasized. Prerequisite: MATH 129 or MATH 131 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 161 - General Chemistry II Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 The second part of a two semester (one year) course in college level chemistry. The course investigates kinetics, chemical equilibria, acid-base equilibria, solubility equilibria, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. The course has an additional mandatory one-hour non-credit recitation period per week. Prerequisite: CHEM 141 and CHEM 141L and MATH 130 or MATH 131 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 161L - General Chemistry II Laboratory Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This continuation of the General Chemistry I Laboratory (CHEM 141L ) investigates solution properties, kinetics, chemical equilibria, acid-base equilibria, solubility equilibria, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, and qualitative and elementary quantitative analysis. Prerequisite: CHEM 141 and CHEM 141L and MATH 130 or MATH 131 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 200 - Chemical Literature: Search and Analysis Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This course introduces the methods of online chemical literature search and provides training on how to critically evaluate scientific literature. Students will research a relatively narrow topic under the guidance of a faculty mentor and present the topic through oral presentations and written literature reviews. Prerequisite: CHEM 161 with a C or higher Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 205 - Chemical Process Principles Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 4 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to material and energy balance principles for chemical systems. Topics include fluid density, flow rate, chemical composition variables, pressure, and temperature. Students will be able to approach problems from a chemical engineering standpoint, including problems involving recycle, bypass, and reactive processes. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in MATH 241 , PHYS 211 , and CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L or CHEM 223 and CHEM 223L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 211 - Analytical Chemistry Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A one semester course that investigates the principles of quantitative analytical chemistry and how these principles are applied in chemistry and related disciplines. Lecture and laboratory concentrate on tools, experimental error, statistics, quality assurance, calibration methods, systematic treatment of equilibrium, acid-base titration, EDTA titration, redox titration, gravimetric analysis, introduction to electroanalytical and spectrometric methods, concepts of analytical separation and application of Excel in analytical chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 161 and CHEM 161L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 211L - Analytical Chemistry Lab Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 A one-semester analytical chemistry laboratory course that investigates the principles of quantitative analytical chemistry and how the principles and techniques of classical methods (e.g., gravimetric, titrimetric, and redox) of analysis and some of the most common instrumental methods (e.g., spectrometric and separation techniques) are applied in chemistry and related disciplines. Laboratory experimentations will involve the use of these analytical techniques in the determination of substances in a variety of sample matrices. Prerequisite: CHEM 161 and CHEM 161L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 220 - Principle of Organic Chemistry Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 A one-semester course in which the chemistry of the hydrocarbons (including aromatics) and monofunctional alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids (and their derivatives), and amines is surveyed. The course will conclude with an introduction to the chemistry of polyfunctional biomolecules. The laboratory will consist of the techniques used in the purification, isolation, and identification by physical properties of organic compounds and conclude with the utilization of these techniques in the preparation of organic compounds. Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 223 - Organic Chemistry I Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the nomenclature, synthesis, reactions and reaction mechanisms, and spectroscopy of hydrocarbons alkylhalides and alcohols, with laboratory exercises introducing techniques of isolation, purification, characterization, and synthetic methods in organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 161 and CHEM 161L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 223L - Organic Chemistry I Lab Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 A study of laboratory exercises introducing techniques in isolation, purification, characterization, and synthetic methods in organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 161 and CHEM 161L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 225 - Organic Chemistry II Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course investigating the nomenclature, synthesis, reactions and reaction mechanisms, and methods for analysis of functionally substituted organic compounds, with laboratory activities extending the topics started in CHEM 223 and emphasizing syntheses and technical writing. Prerequisite: CHEM 223 and CHEM 223L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 225L - Organic Chemistry II Lab Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 A course investigating the nomenclature, synthesis, reactions and reaction mechanism, and methods for analysis of functionally substituted organic compounds with laboratory activities extending the topics started in CHEM 223 and emphasizing syntheses and technical writing. Prerequisite: CHEM 223 and CHEM 223L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 227 - Chemical Process Systems Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Introduction of mathematical and computational tools for analyzing chemical engineering problems. Sequential modular and equation-based simulation of steady-state chemical processes using advanced spreadsheet methods and multivariate root-finding algorithms. Material and energy balances on transient processes and their solution using analytical and numerical methods. Introduction to microscopic material and energy balances using the “shell balance” approach to develop the governing differential equations. Solutions to steady-state boundary value problems in heat conduction and Fickian diffusion. Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CHEM 205 and MATH 242 Corequisite: MATH 331 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 301 - Introduction to Polymer Science Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3 This course covers general concepts about polymeric systems including synthesis, characterization, structure development, and bulk properties. Applications of polymers including fibers and composites are also covered. This course is cross listed with MATS 301. Prerequisite: MATS 204 or (CHEM 223 and CHEM 223L ) Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 310 - Instrumental Analysis Credit Hours: 4 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 4 Principles of operation and application of modern chemical instrumentation used in analytical chemistry. Topics include statistics, spectrophotometry, mass spectrometry, Raman spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, electroanalytical, and separation science. Reinforcement of these techniques by practical experience, aspects of sample preparation, standardization, data acquisition and interpretation. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 311 - Instrumental Analysis Lecture Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 One-semester lecture course that introduces modern instrumental methods on qualitative and quantitative analytical chemistry. Topics include atomic and molecular spectroscopy, chemical separations methods, and electroanalytical chemistry used in biological, materials, environmental, and chemical systems; major to trace components with accuracy and precision; various physical states of matter; chemical speciation. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L with a grade of C or higher Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 311L - Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 4 One-semester laboratory course designed to provide hands-on experience with modern chemical instrumentation for qualitative and quantitative measurements. Experiments include atomic and molecular spectroscopy, chemical separations methods, and electroanalytical chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L with a grade of C or higher Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 313 - Physical Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The first course in a two-semester sequence of calculus-based physical chemistry that investigates the properties of real gases, the three laws of thermodynamics, phase equilibria for single and binary systems, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, the transport properties of matter, the kinetic theory, and the application and derivation of integrated rate laws. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L and MATH 241 and MATH 242 and PHYS 125 and PHYS 125L and PHYS 126 and PHYS 126L (may be taken concurrently) Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 313L - Physical Chemistry I Laboratory Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 A survey of the experimental methods of physical chemistry to study calorimetry, thermodynamics, chemical and phase equilibria, chemical kinetics, and colligative and transport properties for binary systems. Prerequisite: CHEM 313 Corequisite: CHEM 313 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 314 - Physical Chemistry II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The second course in a two-semester sequence of calculus-based physical chemistry, that provides an introduction to quantum mechanics and its applications to atomic and molecular structure and spectroscopy and investigates statistical mechanics as a bridge between microscopic and macroscopic worlds. Students will also be exposed to molecular reaction dynamics, including collision theory and activated-complex theory. Prerequisite: CHEM 313 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 314L - Physical Chemistry II Laboratory Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This course is a survey of the experimental methods of physical chemistry to study atomic and molecular spectroscopy, molecular structure, chemical dynamics, and the chemical and physical properties of nanoparticles, as well as an introduction to computational chemistry methods. Prerequisite: CHEM 313 and CHEM 313L with a C or higher Corequisite: CHEM 314 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 315 - Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course develops the basic principles of physical chemistry in a one-semester calculus based course for and applied to life sciences. The particular areas covered include thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and quantum mechanics. The course will focus on principles and their application to teh fundamental problems of the biological sciences. The course is directed to students majoring in biology, biochemistry, pre-medical, pre-pharmacy, and students in general. Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or higher in CHEM 223 and CHEM 223L and PHYS 126 and PHYS 126L and MATH 241 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 321 - Thermodynamics and Equilibrium Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A calculus-based study of the three laws of thermodynamics with derivation of equilibrium constants from chemical potential, Raoult’s Law, the phase rule, and equilibrium electrochemistry including the Debye-Hueckle theory. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L and MATH 241 and MATH 242 and PHYS 125 and PHYS 125L and PHYS 122 (may be taken concurrently) Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 322 - Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course investigating the wave-particle dilemma as resolved by the Bohr atom, Dirac wave mechanics, and Eigen values of the Schroedinger equation, with applications to atomic and molecular vibrational, rotational, and electronic spectra. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L and MATH 241 and MATH 242 and PHYS 122 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 324 - Kinetics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of change, including the transport properties of gases and liquids and electrical conduction. Starting with the kinetic theory of gases, the absolute rate theory and the collision theory are derived. Other topics include rates; mechanisms including complex mechanisms (consecutive, chain, branching, autocatalytic, and polymerizing); and the half-life of chemical reactions. Students will also be exposed to the steady-state approximation, and the study of the Arrhenius theory for calculation of activation parameters. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L and MATH 241 and MATH 242 and PHYS 122 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 325 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 6 Laboratory investigations involving the determination of enthalpies, equilibrium constants, molecular mass, electromotive force, entropy, reaction rates and activation parameters, solution phenomena, conductance, and the gathering and quantitative interpretation of spectra. Prerequisite: CHEM 313 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 330 - Principles of Inorganic Chemistry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A focus on trends of inorganic reactions, structure, and properties of the elements and their compounds in relation to their position in the periodic table. Students will be able to rationalize and interpret most inorganic properties using qualitative models that are based on quantum mechanics, such as the properties of atomic orbitals and their use to form molecular orbitals. Modern organometallic compounds will be introduced, and the environmental impact of inorganic chemistry will be discussed. This course will consist of lecture and discussion sessions. Prerequisite: CHEM 161 and CHEM 161L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 350 - Introduction to Undergraduate Research Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This course is an introduction to the methods of planning and executing a research project, including safety and ethical considerations, primary literature review, and presentation of a research plan. The student will work with a departmental faculty mentor to begin a research project, which they will continue in CHEM 450. Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in CHEM 200 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 390 - Research I Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 A detailed examination of topics and studies in chemistry in preparation for beginning a formal research project to be conducted in CHEM 491 and CHEM 499 , culminating in a written and oral report. Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 398 - Pre-Health Internship Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This course exposes students to the health sciences through shadowing and being mentored by a practicing healthcare professional in the community. The course offers students an opportunity to gain hands on experience, build community contacts, and acquire the complementary knowledge and skills needed for a future career in the health sciences. Prerequisite: CHEM 311 and CHEM 311L and declared Chemistry major or Instructor approval Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 399 - Pre-Pharmacy Internship Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 This course exposes students to the pharmacy field through shadowing and being mentored by a pharmacist in the community. The course offers students an opportunity to gain hands on experience, build community contacts, and acquire the complementary knowledge and skills needed for a future career as a pharmacist. Course taken for pass/ fail credit. Prerequisite: CHEM 311 and CHEM 311L and declared Chemistry major or Instructor approval Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 400 - Computational Chemistry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 2 This class introduces students to different computational methods and models to study electronic structure of molecules and materials. The topics that will be covered include Hartree-Fock, density functional theory, Moller-Plesset perturbation theory, coupled cluster and semi-empirical methods such as Huckel and expended Huckel calculations. The laboratory activities include computational experiments to illustrate the applicability of computational methods to chemistry, bio-sciences, and materials chemistry. These experiments will be carried out on Linux and UNIX-based workstations. Prerequisite: CHEM 225 and CHEM 225L and CHEM 314 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 421 - Inorganic Chemistry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An advanced study of descriptive and synthetic inorganic chemistry, structure, and bonding. Prerequisite: CHEM 225 and CHEM 225L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 422 - Bioanalytical Chemistry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3 An advanced analytical chemistry course that involves the separation, detection, identification, and quantification of biological samples, such as proteins, peptides, DNA, and drugs. Topics include spectroscopy immunoassays, chromatography, electrophoresis, mass spectroscopy, biosensors, bioassays, DNA, and protein sequencing. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L and CHEM 225 and CHEM 225L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 423 - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3 A comprehensive introduction to the rapidly developing field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Topics cover the properties, synthesis, and characterization of nanomaterials and their applications to nanobiotechnology, nanomedicine, and nanoelectronics, as well as laboratory activities involving the synthesis and characterization of novel nanostructures. Prerequisite: (CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L and PHYS 126 and PHYS 126L ) or (MATH 260 and PHYS 126 and PHYS 126L ) Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 424 - Separation Science Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 3 The course introduces the modern physical and chemical techniques used for analytical separations. The primary theme of chromatography, includes gas chromatography, high performance liquid chromatography, and supercritical fluid chromatography. Other important analytical separation techniques to be discussed include capillary electrophoresis, field-flow fractionation, size exclusion chromatography, and chromatographic measurements of physicochemical, biochemical, and geochemical processes. Prerequisite: CHEM 211 and CHEM 211L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 425 - Bioinorganic Chemistry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will provide students with a general overview of the role of elements and inorganic compounds in biological systems. Fundamentals of biochemistry and inorganic chemistry are included. Topics include enzyme kinetics, electron-transfer processes, ligand-field theory, and metal trafficking and exchange in proteins. Prerequisite: CHEM 225 and CHEM 225L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 426 - Medicinal Chemistry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an in-depth look at how pharmacologically active molecules are designed to treat human diseases. Topics covered include drug discovery, molecular design, organic synthesis of drug molecules, structure-activity relationships, drug interactions with receptors, enzyme inhibition and inactivation, pharmacokinetics, case histories, patents, and ethics. This course is designed for students who are considering careers in medicinal chemistry and pharmacological research, the pharmaceutical industry, pharmacy, and medicine. Prerequisite: CHEM 225 and CHEM 225L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 430 - Special Topics in Chemistry Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An advanced, structured investigation in one of the specialty areas of chemistry. Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 431 - Qualitative Organic Analysis Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 4 An advanced introduction to the principles of classification and identification of organic compounds by traditional and modern analytic techniques. Prerequisite: CHEM 223 and CHEM 223L Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 450 - Undergraduate Research Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 6 This course requires individual research under the mentorship of a departmental faculty member. Using one or more methods, students will work on an original research project and collect original data to contribute to problem solving in chemistry or related fields. Emphasis will be placed on the process of scientific research, including collection, assessment, interpretation, and presentation of data. Students will submit a written final report of the work carried out and will present a seminar on his/ her research. Prerequisite: Grade of C or higher in CHEM 350 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 491 - Research II Credit Hours: 2 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 6 Active, original research under one or more of the chemistry faculty. Prerequisite: CHEM 390 Please click here for Book Information
	CHEM 499 - Chemistry Capstone Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 5 A senior-level capstone course that provides detailed training in scientific ethics, literature review, research planning and practice, and oral/ written presentations. In this student-centered, self-directed course, students pursue focused research through active learning. This course requires students to recall what they learned in previous courses and to select the most appropriate methods and analytical techniques to complete the project. Students write a research thesis and present their research findings to a group of fellow chemists and chemistry faculty in a professional manner. Prerequisite: Grade of C or above in CHEM 311 and CHEM 311L or instructor approval Please click here for Book Information
Chinese
	CHIN 110 - Elementary Chinese I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course introduces the basics of Chinese language - the pinyin, characters and grammar. Students are expected to learn about 150 single characters and 200 compound words of modern standard Chinese. The course emphasizes speaking and reading as well as writing. Please click here for Book Information
	CHIN 120 - Elementary Chinese II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The course is designed to build up basic vocabulary for conversation, reading, and writing, and improve students’ comprehension in speaking, listening, reading, and writing Chinese. Prerequisite: CHIN 110 Please click here for Book Information
	CHIN 210 - Intermediate Chinese I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The course is designed to enhance students’ abilities in speaking, reading, and writing Chinese. Students will not only learn complicated conversations but also use vocabularies and sentence structures to discuss social and political issues. They will also learn to write narratives and short essays. Prerequisite: CHIN 120 Please click here for Book Information
	CHIN 220 - Intermediate Chinese II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to continue to enhance students’ abilities in speaking, reading, and writing Chinese. Students will not only learn complicated conversations but also use vocabularies and sentence structures to discuss social and political issues. They will also learn to write narratives and short essays. Prerequisite: CHIN 210 Please click here for Book Information
	CHIN 310 - Advanced Chinese I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to further improve the students’ reading and writing abilities as well as spoken ability in Chinese. Students taking the course will be exposed to essays, prose, movies, short novels, and poems in their original forms either in classical Chinese or modern Chinese. They will discuss these readings in class and then write their argumentation papers in Chinese. Prerequisite: CHIN 220 Please click here for Book Information
	CHIN 330 - Classical Chinese Literature Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This survey course is examines the long tradition of Chinese literature, from its genesis to the mid-19th century before it was transformed under the influence from the West. We will look into the diversity and richness of this tradition while tracing its dramatic historical changes in a time period of nearly three thousand years. In addition to studying prose and poetry, we will also consider historical content as well as social and philosophical writings. Students are expected not just to learn the long and rich tradition but, more importantly, to reconstruct it through the texts they are to read and papers they are to write. All course materials are in English. Please click here for Book Information
	CHIN 331 - Modern Chinese Language Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 In this survey course, students will read key literary texts by important writers in modern Chinese writers, including Lu Xun, Yu Dafu, Ding Ling (Ting Ling), Shen Congwen (Shen Tsung-wen), Zhang, Ailing (Eilen Chang), and Wang Anyi. The course explores issues of nationalism, modernity and globalization as represented in Chinese Literature. By discussing these issues in literary contexts, students will gain a better understanding of cultural production and social change in modern Chinese history. All the texts are in English. Please click here for Book Information
	CHIN 332 - Cinema and Contemporary China Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines the technical, aesthetic, economical and historical interactions between contemporary Chinese cinema and contemporary Chinese society. Students will see the representative film works by contemporary Chinese directors from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and analyze the various cinematic styles in relation to the social and historical changes in which the films were made. They will also discuss such issues as modernity, nationalism, and globalization that the Chinese people have dealt with in contemporary China. For students learning the Chinese language, this course will also offer many authentic linguistic materials. All texts are in English and/or with English Please click here for Book Information
Community Health
	COHE 200 - Introduction to Community Health Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An overview of complex social factors influencing community health and community resources for the prevention and elimination of community health problems. Special emphasis is placed on citizens’ responsibilities and participation at the local, state, national, and international levels. Twelve hours of field experience are required. Please click here for Book Information
	COHE 270 - Consumer Health Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The selection and use of health produces and services within the free enterprise system. Increases awareness of consumer interests and fraud in the health system. Twelve hours of field experience are required. Please click here for Book Information
	COHE 330 - Health Behavior and Counseling Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the fields of health counseling with an emphasis on basic skills and knowledge of techniques to promote individual and group behavior change for well-being. The course is both didactic (theories) and experiential (role-playing in class). Please click here for Book Information
	COHE 360 - Communication in Health Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course focuses on different forms of conveying health messages/ information using a variety of media. This course will utilize educational materials to design and produce health messages appropriate for use with different groups and/ or individuals. Please click here for Book Information
	COHE 425 - Community Health Organizing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Focuses upon the principles and practices of organizing and mobilizing a community for constructive health action. Selected case studies are used as specific and practical examples. Twelve hours of field experience are required. Please click here for Book Information
	COHE 426 - Program Planning and Evaluation in Health Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Intended for those planning to work in public health agencies. Emphasizes the need for planning, current settings for public health education, techniques used to identify health education components of health programs, program planning techniques, and evaluation methodologies. Twelve hours of field experience are required. Prerequisite: COHE 200 and COHE 360 and COHE 270 Please click here for Book Information
	COHE 460 - Aging Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An overview of current understanding of the biological, behavioral, cognitive, social, and cultural aspects of the aging process. This course will also emphasize the implications of the health and physical aspects associated with aging. Prerequisite: COHE 200 and COHE 360 and COHE 270 Please click here for Book Information
	COHE 470 - Seminar in Community Health Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The course focuses on providing upper class students the opportunity to integrate and synthesize knowledge and skills into the discrete elements of community health education including ideas, concepts, methods, and techniques. Prerequisite: COHE 200 and COHE 360 and COHE 270 Please click here for Book Information
	COHE 480 - Field Work in Community Health Education Credit Hours: 10 Lecture Hours: 10 Lab Hours: 0 Experience in community health agency where opportunities are provided for observing and performing a variety of community health education functions under the supervision of professional public health educator and university personnel. Designed for seniors in community health education and other qualified students with permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit to maximum of ten hours. Prerequisite: COHE 200 and COHE 360 and COHE 270 Please click here for Book Information
Communication
	COMM 201 - Communication Activities Credit Hours: 1 Lecture Hours: 0 Lab Hours: 3 Practical supervised training through participation in departmental performance laboratories. Up to three hours of credit in COMM 201 can be applied to the 18 hour credit concentration in Mass Communication. Additional COMM 201 credit will be accepted as free electives Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 205 - Introduction to Communication Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 The study of communication in expediting learning, affecting social interaction and effective change, and an exploration of the components of interpersonal, small group, public and organizational communication. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 210 - Introduction to Mass Communications Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the role of mass media in modern society. The process, functions, responsibility and effects of various forms of mass communication will be analyzed. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 211 - Phonetics Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the production and transcription of phonetic symbols used in the International Phonetic Alphabet, with attention to general American speech and Career speech. Prerequisite: SPEE 200 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 212 - Voice and Diction Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of proper breathing for good voice production, pause, stress, intonation, and control of resonance. Emphasis is placed on improving phonation, enunciation, and articulation. Prerequisite: SPEE 200 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 215 - Fundamentals of Journalism Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course presents the history and development of American journalism from colonial times to the present while focusing on its relationship to technical, political, social, and technological changes in America. Specific attention will be paid to events resulting in constraints to the media, attitudes of government toward the media, changes influenced by journalists and trends in journalism. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 220 - Film & Video Appreciation Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Examination of basic film and video media techniques and basic methods of analysis. Emphasis on understanding and appreciating film and video media as major forms of communication. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 230 - News Reporting and Writing I Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is designed to help students develop their niche for news reporting and writing. Students will be exposed to news gathering practices, write and report the news, and learn in unique styles of print as well as on-line journalism. It will explore the constant writing of news stories and emphasizes policy, principles, and concepts basic to the field of journalism. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 235 - Public Relations/Advertising Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an introduction to the basic principles of public relations and advertising. Student will study the history and trends of the public relations and advertising industry focusing on principles, tools, techniques, practices, and ethics. Accepted standards used in public relations and advertising will be presented. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 240 - News Editing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will focus on advanced and specialized public life news reporting for the print media. Employing sophisticated methods, including public records searches, computer-assisted reporting, and archival research, students will develop and polish their reporting and gain a greater understanding of how news is constructed in relation to institutions and people in public life. Students will learn the basis for crafting news stories that convey meaning as well as fact, and insight to the readers. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 245 - Introduction to Audio Production Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the planning and production of audio in mass media, including practical studies of the uses of sound and the planning, scripting, rehearsing, and directing process of audio production. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 250 - Presentation Technologies Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course offering students a detailed understanding of and specialized skills in the proper use of different presentation technologies. Students will be exposed to a wide variety of presentational media and will develop a critical awareness of these new media and their place in society. The overall goal is for students to learn how presentational technologies work, why they have become so instrumental in public communications, and when they are appropriate as a presentational strategy. Prerequisite: SPEE 200 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 255 - Introduction to Video Production Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An introduction to the elements of television production, including cameras, audio, staging, lighting, graphics, recording, and special effects. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 260 - Interpersonal Communication Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the process of communication, including functions, models, and theories, with an emphasis on self-disclosure, empathic listening, relational communication, and conflict management. Prerequisite: COMM 205 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 270 - Lighting for TV and Film Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This class demonstrates advanced lighting techniques for digital video productions. Using a variety of projects and location settings, students will use lights, filters, in-camera special effects, and mood setting techniques to enhance shot composition and camera movement. Topics also include operating lights, setting a scene, use of light meters and light exposure analysis, and use of lighting for special effects. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 275 - Crisis Communication Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course examines the nature of crises in organizations and the role of communication in managing and minimizing such crises. This course will discuss types of crises, risk evaluation, crisis preparation, communication crisis planning, media management and crisis mitigation strategies, and post-crisis response. Students will create a real-world crisis communication plan that will be tested and evaluated. Prerequisite: COMM 205 and COMM 210 or with permission of instructor Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 290 - Nonverbal Communication Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an in-depth study of physical appearance, gesture and movement, facial expressions, eye contact, touch, use of time, and voice to communicate nonverbally in a variety of interpersonal relationships across personal, professional, public, and cultural contexts. Prerequisite: COMM 205 and COMM 210 or with permission of instructor Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 295 - Digital Editing for Audio and Video Production Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course serves as an introduction to the art of video post-production editing. We explore the theory and practice of various editing styles in order to gain a better understanding of how stories are constructed in the editing room. Through demonstrations and hands-on experience, students learn advanced editing techniques with an in-depth examination of industry software. Strong emphasis is placed on post-production techniques that improve the sound and image quality of the videos. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 300 - Magazine and Feature Writing Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course works within journalistic standards to focus on the skills needed to write topical, in-depth, human interest stories. Students learn to gather materials through interviews, research, and observation while cultivating their own writer’s “voice” for the creation of comprehensive articles for publication in newspapers, magazines, Internet sites, and other media. Students will examine the discursive implications of magazine and feature writing, newspaper, radio, computer, polling, and advertising technologies. Students will assume a concrete understanding of editorial, sidebars, graphs, charts, and other supporting elements that enrich a story. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 310 - News Reporting and Writing II Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course further develops research, organization, and composition skills for the production of professional-quality articles for publication in newspapers, magazines, Internet sites, and other media. The course will introduce students to the field of investigative journalism, including career prospects, ethical concerns, basic interviewing techniques, finding and following documented sources, and writing stories for maximum interest and impact. Students will practice organizing materials and writing with clarity and precision. Prerequisite: COMM 230 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 311 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A study of the principles of effective public communication, focusing on speech preparation and design, audience analysis, and speech presentation in a variety of public situations. Prerequisite: SPEE 200 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 315 - Computer Mediated Communication Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A class designed to initiate students to the field of study known as computer-mediated communication (CMC). Computers, their networks, and the content on them have significantly influenced our political, religious, commercial, personal, and professional lives. Students will explore both qualitative and quantitative scholarship that focuses upon the implications of online media in these settings. Prerequisite: COMM 205 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 321 - Group Discussion Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 Training and practice in the effective exchange of opinions on selected topics, with emphasis on studying group interactions during the process of discussion and observing the effects of parliamentary procedures on the conduct of groups in discussion. Prerequisite: COMM 205 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 330 - Writing For Mass Media Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A survey of the various forms of written expression in mass media. Prerequisite: COMM 205 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 332 - Problems in Media Communication Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will examine contemporary problems of mediated communication, including gatekeeping, propaganda, agenda setting, cultural transmission, regulation and censorship, regulation and censorship, and commercialization. Students will examine the discursive implications of newspaper, radio, television, film, computer, polling, and advertising technologies. Students will assume a rhetorical perspective to evaluate the role of these technologies in shaping public opinion and our perceptions of reality. Prerequisite: COMM 210 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 333 - History of Horror in Media Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will serve as an introduction to major films within the horror genre from the 1930s universal monster films to modern slasher films and psychological thrillers. Students will consider how the horror genre has served as a barometer for cultural anxiety and social tension at significant historic moments. Additionally, students will focus on the aesthetic choices and filmmaking techniques that reveal both continuity and growth within the genre. Students will apply theoretical knowledge derived in this class toward a mini-production focused within the horror genre. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 335 - Media, Religion, and Spirituality Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will examine the intersection between media and religion. The course will focus on two major areas: religion in media, including news coverage of religion and religious content in fictional media; and media in religion, how religious individuals and groups use media in their religious belief and practice. Through examination of this intersection, students will explore broader concepts, such as culture and identity. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 340 - Community Journalism Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course will examine community journalism as a defined niche within mainstream journalism. It is designed to give students greater insight into the tools and skills needed to work at the community level. Course explores different forms of community journalism from small-town newspapers to new ideas of community, including virtual communities. This course will help students use traditional and new media tools to find sources and to report, gather, and disseminate stories of interest to specific audiences. This course will also introduce students to citizen journalism and how to interact with and leverage citizen journalists. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 341 - Health Communication Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides an overview of the various areas of study within the health communication field. The class explores multiple communication issues relevant to health, including language, information processing, the social construction of health and illness, doctor-patient communication, and the relationship between professionals, patients, friends, families, and cultural institutions. In addition, the class has a strong practical aspect; emphasis is placed on assignments that require students to engage in projects involving the application of theoretical knowledge acquired during lectures and individual readings. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 342 - Health Communication Campaigns Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course provides a hands-on introduction to the theories and practices of mediated health communication campaigns. Students learn the fundamental aspects of designing, implementing, and evaluating health campaigns, defined as systematic efforts to promote healthy behaviors and prevent disease, and to influence public opinion and policymaking about health and healthcare issues. Essential considerations for designing and implementing effective health campaigns are presented, including health behavior change theories; audience, message, and channel factors; the health and medical portrayals in news and entertainment media; and the role of PR in health communication campaigns. Prerequisite: COMM 341 or instructor approval Corequisite: COMM 250 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 350 - Telecommunications Management Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A course exploring management functions in a telecommunications environment. Economic support patterns, programming, promotion, advertising, determination of community needs and facility operations will be covered. Prerequisite: COMM 210 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 355 - Multi Camera Studio Production Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course encompasses the processes, equipment, facilities, and skills employed in television studio and multicamera production. Emphasis is placed on the operation of cameras, switchers and related equipment; the responsibilities of the production crew; and the direction of live-switched, multicamera productions. Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 357 - Gender and Communication Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 This course is an intensive examination of topics and issues that come under the label of communication and gender. Topics range from wage inequality to gender symmetry, gender difference, sexual orientations, gendered patterns of communication, gender socialization, violence and gender, and social policies on gender. Prerequisite: COMM 205 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 365 - Speechwriting Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 A comprehensive look at the history of and current trends in speechwriting in America with an emphasis on persuasion and the strategic employment of language. Students will learn and practice the art of effective speechmaking by studying both effective and inadequate models of oratory. Students will learn how to prepare various types of speeches for a variety of audiences and rhetorical situations, including how to manage new technologies in those situations. Prerequisite: SPEE 200 and ENGL 120 Please click here for Book Information
	COMM 367 - Electronic Broadcast Media Programming Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0 An examination of the role of programming in electronic broadcast media in modern society and the analysis of the process, functions, responsibility, and effects of various forms of electronic broadcast media programming. Prerequisite: COMM 210 Please click here for Book Information

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CHEM 106 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Lecture

CHEM 106L - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry Laboratory

CHEM 120 - The Atom and Bonding

CHEM 130 - Stoichiometry

CHEM 141 - General Chemistry I Lecture

CHEM 141L - General Chemistry I Laboratory

CHEM 161 - General Chemistry II Lecture

CHEM 161L - General Chemistry II Laboratory

CHEM 200 - Chemical Literature: Search and Analysis

CHEM 205 - Chemical Process Principles

CHEM 211 - Analytical Chemistry Lecture

CHEM 211L - Analytical Chemistry Lab

CHEM 220 - Principle of Organic Chemistry

CHEM 223 - Organic Chemistry I Lecture

CHEM 223L - Organic Chemistry I Lab

CHEM 225 - Organic Chemistry II Lecture

CHEM 225L - Organic Chemistry II Lab

CHEM 227 - Chemical Process Systems

CHEM 301 - Introduction to Polymer Science

CHEM 310 - Instrumental Analysis

CHEM 311 - Instrumental Analysis Lecture

CHEM 311L - Instrumental Analysis Laboratory

CHEM 313 - Physical Chemistry I

CHEM 313L - Physical Chemistry I Laboratory

CHEM 314 - Physical Chemistry II

CHEM 314L - Physical Chemistry II Laboratory

CHEM 315 - Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences

CHEM 321 - Thermodynamics and Equilibrium

CHEM 322 - Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy

CHEM 324 - Kinetics

CHEM 325 - Physical Chemistry Laboratory

CHEM 330 - Principles of Inorganic Chemistry

CHEM 350 - Introduction to Undergraduate Research

CHEM 390 - Research I

CHEM 398 - Pre-Health Internship

CHEM 399 - Pre-Pharmacy Internship

CHEM 400 - Computational Chemistry

CHEM 421 - Inorganic Chemistry

CHEM 422 - Bioanalytical Chemistry

CHEM 423 - Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

CHEM 424 - Separation Science

CHEM 425 - Bioinorganic Chemistry

CHEM 426 - Medicinal Chemistry

CHEM 430 - Special Topics in Chemistry

CHEM 431 - Qualitative Organic Analysis

CHEM 450 - Undergraduate Research

CHEM 491 - Research II

CHEM 499 - Chemistry Capstone

CHIN 110 - Elementary Chinese I

CHIN 120 - Elementary Chinese II

CHIN 210 - Intermediate Chinese I

CHIN 220 - Intermediate Chinese II

CHIN 310 - Advanced Chinese I

CHIN 330 - Classical Chinese Literature

CHIN 331 - Modern Chinese Language

CHIN 332 - Cinema and Contemporary China

COHE 200 - Introduction to Community Health

COHE 270 - Consumer Health

COHE 330 - Health Behavior and Counseling

COHE 360 - Communication in Health

COHE 425 - Community Health Organizing

COHE 426 - Program Planning and Evaluation in Health

COHE 460 - Aging

COHE 470 - Seminar in Community Health

COHE 480 - Field Work in Community Health Education

COMM 201 - Communication Activities

COMM 205 - Introduction to Communication

COMM 210 - Introduction to Mass Communications

COMM 211 - Phonetics

COMM 212 - Voice and Diction

COMM 215 - Fundamentals of Journalism

COMM 220 - Film & Video Appreciation

COMM 230 - News Reporting and Writing I

COMM 235 - Public Relations/Advertising

COMM 240 - News Editing

COMM 245 - Introduction to Audio Production

COMM 250 - Presentation Technologies

COMM 255 - Introduction to Video Production