Course Rotation
Course Rotation Schedule
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry offers a number of courses on various concepts and specializations. The master’s program differs from the PhD program in credits and amount of classes needed. The chart below discusses required, core, and thesis or dissertation classes.
Direct any questions about coursework to the Graduate Coordinator or Graduate Program Administrator.
| Course | Topic | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 |
| 514 | Inorganic Chemistry | F | F |
| 518 | Instrumental Analysis (Lecture) | F, W | F |
| 523 | Instrumental Analysis/Laboratory | W | W |
| 552 | Advanced Organic Chemistry | F | F |
| 553 | Advanced Organic Chemistry | W | W |
| 555 | Organic Spectroscopic Identification | F | F |
| 561 | Chemical Thermodynamics | ||
| 563 | Reaction Kinetics - on demand | ||
| 565 | Intro to Quantum Chemistry | F | |
| 567 | Statistical Mechanics | W | W |
| 569 | Fundamentals of Spectroscopy -every other year | ||
| 571 | Polymer and Materials Chemistry | ||
| 575 | X-Ray Diffraction | F | W |
| 581 | Advanced Biochemical Methodology 1 | F | F |
| 583 | Advanced Biochemical Methodology 2 | F | F |
| 584 | Biochemistry Laboratory/Proteins | W | W |
| 586 | Biochemistry Laboratory/Nucleic Acids | W | W |
| 596R | Electronic Structure and Molecular Modeling | F | |
| 594R | General Seminar | F, W | F, W |
| 601 | Chemical Handling and Safe Lab Practices | W | W |
| 619R | Chemistry of the Transition Elements | ||
| 629R | Mass Spectrometric Methods of Analysis | W | |
| 629R | Separation Methods of Analysis | ||
| 629R | Spectroscopic Methods of Analysis | ||
| 655 | Advanced Techniques in Nuclear Resonance | ||
| 659R | Organometallic Chemistry | W | |
| 659R | Bioorganic Chemistry | W | |
| 659R | Natural Products Synthesis | F | |
| 659R | Advanced Topics Org & Biomolecular Chemistry | W | |
| 669R | Quantum Chemistry | ||
| 689R* | Biochemistry of Cell Function | ||
| 689R* | Cellular Signal Transduction | F | |
| 689R* | Structural Biochemistry (489R OK by petition) | ||
| 689R* | Molecular Biology of Cancer | F | |
| 689R* | Proteomics | ||
| 689R* | Bioinorganic Chemistry | ||
| 692R | Current Topics | F, W | F, W |
| 694 | Scientific Writing & Professional Ethics | W | W |
| 697R | Graduate Research | F, W, Sp, Su | F, W, Sp, Su |
| 699R | Graduate Thesis/Dissertation | F, W, Sp, Su | F, W, Sp, Su |
| 729R | Selected Topics in Analytical Chemistry | ||
| 729R | Experimental Design | ||
| 729R | Atmospheric Chemistry | ||
| 729R | Microfabrication/Nanofabrication | F | |
| 729R | Microfluidics | ||
| 729R | Surface Chemistry and Analysis | ||
| 769R | Selected Topics in Physical Chemistry |