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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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(CBE) Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (223)

  
  • CBE 494 - Special Problems in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in water resources engineering with an emphasis on system analysis, modeling, and design. Topics include: water supply and distribution, sanitary sewers, pump stations, hydrologic reservoir/stream flow routing, probability and risk/uncertainty analysis for flood control, and hydropower generation.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CBE 498 - Honors Thesis

    3 Credit Hours
    Research on problems related to recent developments in chemical and biomolecular engineering.

    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(CCI) Communication and Information (248)

  
  • CCI 150 - Communication in an Information Age

    3 Credit Hours
    Overview of human, mass, and mediated communication. Introduction to finding, organizing, and evaluating information.


(CE) Civil Engineering (254)

  
  • CE 205 - Professional Development I

    2 Credit Hours
    Introduction to civil engineering specialties, history, and achievements. Professional responsibility, communication, and organizations.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC) (WC)
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 151 or 157.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level – sophomore.
  
  • CE 210 - Geomatics

    4 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the measurement, representation, analysis, management, retrieval, and display of spatial data concerning both the earth’s physical features and the built environment. Covers land and construction surveying, controls, error analysis, use of CADD, and an introduction to global positioning systems (GPS) and geographical information systems (GIS) used in civil engineering.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level – sophomore.
  
  • CE 262 - Structural Mechanics

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of structural mechanics including reactions, shear and moment diagrams, trusses, axially loaded members, centroids and area moments of inertia, normal and shear stresses in beams, influence lines, Mohr’s Circle, and torsion.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mechanical Engineering 202.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors.
  
  • CE 300 - CADD Applications in Civil Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Essentials of Computer-Aided Drafting and Design (CADD) software to create construction drawings of roads, foundations, buildings, piping, and earthwork plans, as well as flow charts, and project scheduling diagrams. Applications in civil engineering and construction mostly 2-D applications with limited exposure to 3-D applications. Computer intensive course.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Two hours and 1 lab.
    Recommended Background: Computer proficiency.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil engineering majors; minimum student level – sophomore.
  
  • CE 305 - Professional Development II

    2 Credit Hours
    Legal and ethical responsibilities, continuous improvement, career planning, business and public policy concepts, and leadership.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 205.
  
  • CE 309 - Applied Professional Responsibility

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the primary civil engineering professional society, and interaction with the local branch and state section of the ASCE. This class provides a framework for the participation in professional practice activities, service to the community, and educational outreach. These activities may be coordinated through the Student Chapter of ASCE, through the department, through the college, or through other approved groups. May include participation in the annual ASCE Regional Student Chapter Conference.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used as credit toward graduation.
    Registration Restriction(s): Tickle College of Engineering majors; minimum student level – sophomore.
  
  • CE 310 - Civil and Environmental Engineering Lab

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to laboratory report writing, design of experimental/testing programs, and fundamental lab and field testing for civil and environmental engineers.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 205 and 262.
  
  • CE 311 - Smart Infrastructure and Sustainability Engineering

    3 Credit Hours
    Investigation of engineering concepts that impact the sustainable design of civil and environmental infrastructure critical for smart communities in an on-site study abroad course. Topics of the course include sustainability metrics, life cycle assessment, urban sustainability, smart transportation, environmental sustainability, low-impact development, resource recovery, influence of local culture, and sustainable energy systems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 152 or 158 or consent of instructor.
  
  • CE 321 - Materials of Construction

    3 Credit Hours
    A study of the physical and mechanical properties of materials used in construction including aggregates, cements, concretes, masonry, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, and wood; the behavior of materials and structures under load; and material testing standards.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
  
  • CE 331 - Geotechnical Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to soil properties and mechanics including phase relationship and soil classification, moisture compaction relationships, two dimensional seepage analysis, and effective stress in layered strata, consolidation theory, time rate and settlement, shear strength, stress increase with depth due to surface loads, bearing capacity of strip foundations, lateral earth pressures and analysis of homogeneous slopes with linear failure surface.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
    (DE) Corequisite(s): 310.
  
  • CE 340 - Construction Engineering and Management I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to construction management concepts including developing an understanding of the goals and objectives of various construction stakeholders, delivery and procurement methods, types of construction contracts, planning, quality assurance and control, health and safety, estimating and scheduling.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 300 or permission of instructor.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and nuclear engineering majors; minimum student level – junior.
  
  • CE 355 - Transportation Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to traffic demand, transportation planning, traffic flow relationships, geometric design, transportation safety, traffic control devices, queuing analysis, and multimodal transportation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 152 or 158.
    Recommended Background: 210.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level – sophomore.
  
  • CE 371 - Structural Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Selection of rolled structural beams. Design of structural steel members for axial tension and compression loads, reinforced concrete beams. Use of standard specifications.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
  
  • CE 381 - Environmental Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to drinking water treatment and distribution systems, wastewater treatment and collection systems, air pollution, solid/hazardous waste, and environmental regulations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 391 and Chemistry 130.
  
  • CE 391 - Water Resources Engineering I

    3 Credit Hours
    Introductory coverage of water resources engineering including fluid properties; conservation of mass, energy, and momentum; hydraulics (flow measurement, pressure pipe, and open channels); and hydrology (hydrologic cycle, groundwater flow, and rainfall-runoff estimation).

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Engineering Fundamentals 152 or Engineering Fundamentals 158.
    (DE) Corequisite(s): 262 or Mechanical Engineering 202; and Mathematics 231 or Mathematics 237.
  
  • CE 400 - Senior Design Project

    3 Credit Hours
    Open-ended, comprehensive project emphasizing team approach to design process. Includes problem formulation, site planning, project management, drawings and specifications, cost estimating, and various project components typical of those faced by practicing civil engineers. Must be taken during the term of graduation. Summer graduates must take the course during their last preceding term.

  
  • CE 401 - Review of Engineering Fundamentals

    2 Credit Hours
    Review of selected topics covered on the Fundamentals of Engineering exam. Emphasis is on those topics relating to civil and environmental engineering. Must be taken during either of the final two terms prior to graduation.

    Grading Restriction: Letter grade only.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering majors; minimum student level – senior.
  
  • CE 405 - Professional Practice

    1 Credit Hours
    Academic credit for engineering experience conducted through the Tickle College of Engineering’s Office of Professional Practice.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 3 hours.
  
  • CE 407 - Honors Undergraduate Research

    3 Credit Hours
    Research in problems related to recent developments in civil and environmental engineering.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Civil and environmental engineering major; 3.25 GPA.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CE 409 - Special Topics

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Recent developments and current practice in civil and environmental engineering through field internship and/or self-study.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor and department head.
  
  • CE 430 - Geotechnical Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Topics include site exploration and characterization, review of consolidation and shear strength, advanced concepts in consolidation and shear strength, bearing capacity of rectangular foundations and mats subjected to concentric and eccentric loading, stress influence factors and principle of super position, shallow foundation settlements in clays and sands, advanced concepts in lateral earth pressures and earth retaining structures, slope stability, shallow and deep foundation design, reinforced concrete design of shallow foundations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 331.
  
  • CE 432 - Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Series of laboratories designed to teach practical and theoretical aspects of moisture-compaction relationship, permeability, consolidation, and shear strength. Virtual experiments prior to physical laboratory will also be incorporated for relevant material.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310 and 430.
  
  • CE 437 - Honors: Geotechnical Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as 430 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 331.
  
  • CE 441 - Construction Engineering and Management II

    3 Credit Hours
    Fundamental calculations and case studies associated with construction methods and equipment including selection, productivity, and operations.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 340.
  
  • CE 448 - Honors: Construction Engineering and Management II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as 441 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 340.
  
  • CE 455 - Transportation Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Integrating transportation engineering principles into design of multimodal transportation systems, including overview of transportation design tools often utilized in the industry. Analysis of geometric design and operations management strategies to improve safety and performance; including design for non-motorized and public transport, intelligent transportation systems, signal systems, and simulation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 355.
  
  • CE 456 - Transportation Engineering Lab

    1 Credit Hours
    Applying transportation principles to transportation operations and planning problems. Includes data collection techniques and analysis and application of transportation analysis software to model transportation systems.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310 and 455.
  
  • CE 458 - Honors: Transportation Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as 455 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 355.
  
  • CE 461 - Structural Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Analysis of structural elements including loads, shears and moments, composite beams, column buckling, deflections of beams, frames, and trusses, vertical and lateral load-resisting systems, analysis of indeterminate structures by moment distribution, stiffness, and approximate methods.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
  
  • CE 462 - Analysis of Framed Structures

    3 Credit Hours
    Vertical and lateral force resisting systems. Gravity loads due to dead, live, and snow loads. Lateral loads due to earthquake and wind. Use of computer in structural analysis. Building modeling and analysis.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 461.
  
  • CE 463 - Structural Behavior Measurement

    1 Credit Hours
    Investigation of structural behavior through laboratory experiments of structural elements, systems, and materials.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310.
  
  • CE 467 - Honors: Structural Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as 461 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 262.
  
  • CE 472 - Steel Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Design of plate girders and composite beams. Consideration of members subjected to combined stresses. Design of a typical framed building including connections.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 371.
  
  • CE 474 - Reinforced Concrete Design

    3 Credit Hours
    Design of continuous beams, floor slabs, columns with combined axial loads and bending, and footings. Design for torsion.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 371.
  
  • CE 481 - Environmental Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and design of drinking water treatment and distribution systems, and wastewater treatment and collection systems.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 381.
  
  • CE 482 - Environmental Engineering Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Laboratory methods and interpretation of results for physical, chemical and biological analysis of water and wastewater.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 381.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310.
  
  • CE 485 - Principles of Hydrogeology

    3 Credit Hours
    (See Geology 485.)
  
  • CE 487 - Honors: Environmental Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as 481 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300 and 381.
  
  • CE 494 - Water Resources Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced topics in water resources engineering with an emphasis on system analysis, modeling, and design. Topics include: water supply and distribution, sanitary sewers, pump stations, hydrologic reservoir/stream flow routing, probability and risk/uncertainty analysis for flood control, and hydropower generation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 391.
  
  • CE 495 - Hydrology

    3 Credit Hours
    The hydrologic cycle and key physical processes defined, i.e., precipitation, evaporation and transpiration, runoff, infiltration and groundwater. Concepts introduced include unit hydrograph, statistics, design storms, and flow routing fundamentals. Tools for hydrological measurement, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation; and applications for water resources management are discussed.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 391.
  
  • CE 496 - Water Resources Engineering Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Design and analysis of hydraulic and hydrologic experiments including laboratory exercises on basic fluid properties, hydrostatic pressure, flow behavior in porous media, pipe flow headlosses, open channel flow, fluid flow measurement in pressurized pipe and open channels, and pump analysis.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 310 and 494.
  
  • CE 497 - Honors: Water Resources Engineering II

    3 Credit Hours
    Same as 494 with additional honors project.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 391.
  
  • CE 498 - Honors: Hydrology

    3 Credit Hours
    The hydrologic cycle and key physical processes defined, i.e., precipitation, evaporation and transpiration, runoff, infiltration and groundwater. Concepts introduced include unit hydrograph, statistics, design storms, and flow routing fundamentals. Tools for hydrological measurement, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation; and applications for water resources management are discussed. Honors will include computational modeling assignments.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 391.

(CEM) Comparative and Experimental Medicine

  
  • CEM 411 - Undergraduate Research Participation

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Experience in active biomedical research projects under supervision of faculty. Students in pre-medicine, biology, and related majors may conduct research projects within designated areas.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated with consent. Maximum 9 hours.
    Comment(s): Contact coordinator prior to registering for class.

(CFS) Child and Family Studies (245)

  
  • CFS 106 - Introduction to ECE

    3 Credit Hours
    History of early childhood education programs, practices, and policies. Overview of children’s development and behavior. Introduction of application of developmental theory to curriculum development and classroom methods. Summary of current early childhood education issues and research. Introduction of impact of family, schools, and community on children’s learning. Readings, observations, colloquy, and exposure to a broad spectrum of early childhood education professionals.

  
  • CFS 210 - Human Development

    3 Credit Hours
    Conception through adulthood in various social/ecological contexts. Interrelationships among various aspects of development – physical, cognitive, emotional, social. Normative and non-normative development.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
    Registration Restriction(s): Non-child and family studies majors only.
  
  • CFS 211 - Development in Infancy and Childhood

    3 Credit Hours
    Development from conception through middle childhood in various ecological contexts. Interrelationships among cognitive, emotional, social, and biological aspects of ontogeny. Normative and non-normative development. Includes observation.

  
  • CFS 213 - Development in Adolescence and Adulthood

    3 Credit Hours
    Development from adolescence through adulthood in various ecological contexts. Interrelationships among cognitive, emotional, social, and biological aspects of ontogeny. Normative and non-normative development. Includes observation.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 211.
  
  • CFS 220 - Marriage and Family: Roles and Relationships

    3 Credit Hours
    Emerging and declining roles. Changing relationships among family members across the life cycle from various theoretical approaches. Impact of gender roles on marital relationships. Marital quality, power, decision-making, communications, conflict management, and combining work-family roles.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (SS)
  
  • CFS 240 - Human Sexuality

    3 Credit Hours
    Sexuality through cultural, social, familial, and psychological factors.

  
  • CFS 320 - Family Interaction

    3 Credit Hours
    Dynamics of family interactions and influences of diversity, including parent-child relations, development of parenting skills, and intrafamily verbal and nonverbal communication processes, patterns, and problems.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • CFS 345 - Family Resource Management

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and application of managerial functioning in family settings. Analysis of goals, resource use, information systems, and constraints within families. Observation and analysis of diverse family practices.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • CFS 350 - Early Childhood Education I: Environments for Children

    4 Credit Hours
    Classroom management, behavior guidance, organization of day care environments, communication, interpersonal skills, interaction with children, and child stress reduction.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Includes laboratory participation.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 106 and 211.
  
  • CFS 351 - Early Childhood Education II: Curricula and Program Development for Young Children

    4 Credit Hours
    Planning effective early-learning programs for young children. Relating knowledge of children’s growth and development to appropriate experiences in art, music, number, logic, media, and physical knowledge. Planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum activities.

    Contact Hour Distribution: Includes laboratory participation.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 350.
  
  • CFS 353 - Reading, Language, and Literacy

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and methods for creating learning environments for the development of language, emergent literacy, and reading and writing skills from infancy through eight years.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 350.
  
  • CFS 360 - Family Stress

    3 Credit Hours
    Family’s response to stressful circumstances. Skills for intervention into family systems. Violence, abuse, divorce, illness, and death.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • CFS 385 - Diversity Among Children and Families

    3 Credit Hours
    Social class, race, ethnicity, culture, and religion are studied singly and in combination with gender and disabilities as shapers of the life chances and opportunities of individuals, children, and families.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • CFS 395 - Introduction to Research Methods and Statistics

    3 Credit Hours
    Basic research methods and statistics for child/human development, family studies, early childhood education, and related fields. Sampling, measurement, design, and data analysis. Quantitative and qualitative methods; natural and contrived settings; and principles for understanding research that impact children and families.

    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
  
  • CFS 405 - Development of Professional Skills

    3 Credit Hours
    Development of interpersonal and other professional skills, along with ethical guidelines, needed for working with children, families, and other professionals from diverse backgrounds.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC) (WC)
    Registration Restriction(s): Child and family studies major; minimum student level – junior.
  
  • CFS 422 - Early Childhood Teaching Methods

    6 Credit Hours
    Fundamentals of teaching language arts, math, science, and social studies through a holistic, integrative approach to early childhood education. Focus on grades K-3. Includes field experience.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to teacher education.
  
  • CFS 423 - PreK-K Teaching Methods

    6 Credit Hours
    The knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to become an inquiry-based, reflective practitioner who is a teacher of young children (birth through six years of age), in pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classrooms. Involves lecture and field placement components.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 350.
    Registration Restriction(s): Admission to teacher education.
  
  • CFS 440 - Family Life and Parent Education

    3 Credit Hours
    Emphasis on skills required to develop family life education programs implemented in community settings. Overview of current approaches to the process of parenting and parent education programs.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 320.
    Registration Permission: Child and family studies majors only.
  
  • CFS 460 - Directed Study in Child and Family Studies

    1-3 Credit Hours
    Individual learning experience arranged for students under supervision of faculty.

    Repeatability: May be repeated if topic is different. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: 9 hours in child and family studies.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CFS 470 - Practicum: Pre-K Teaching

    6-12 Credit Hours
    Responsibility for planning and guiding groups of infants, toddlers, or preschoolers under supervision of a classroom teacher and coordinator. Includes weekly seminar.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: Not repeatable for credit. May be taken once for 6-12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 351 and 405.
    Comment(s): Fall and spring practicum placements begin on first day of registration and end on the last day of the final examination period. The practicum follows the ELC calendar and does not include fall or spring breaks. Summer practicum begins the day following spring commencement and ends on the last day of summer term. Priority for summer practicum is given to students who have completed all other program requirements, except practicum, prior to the summer session.
  
  • CFS 471 - Practicum: Child Development

    3-12 Credit Hours
    Supervised experiences working with children and families in early childhood settings.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 405.
  
  • CFS 472 - Practicum: Student Teaching PreK-K

    12 Credit Hours
    Field placement in PreK-K classroom settings with responsibility for curriculum planning and the supervision, assessment, and teaching of young children. Includes weekly seminar. This course is only for students in the PreK-K Teacher Licensure program and is designed to meet PreK-K licensure requirements.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 405 and 423.
    Comment(s): Fall placements are based on public school calendars and the beginning date will vary. Spring placements begin on the first day of registration. All placements end on the last day of the final examination period (Placements follow the school calendar, not the UT calendar and they do not include UT fall or spring breaks.).
  
  • CFS 480 - Practicum: Community Outreach

    12 Credit Hours
    Supervised experiences with an area agency serving the needs of children and families.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: Not repeatable for credit. May be taken once for 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 405.
    Comment(s): Summer practicum placement begins the Monday after spring commencement and concludes the last day of the summer session. Minimum grade of C in all child and family studies courses prior to enrolling.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – senior, cumulative GPA of 2.5.
  
  • CFS 481 - Research in Child and Family Studies

    3-6 Credit Hours
    Supervised research experiences.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 395.
    Recommended Background: 9 hours in child and family studies.
    Registration Restriction(s): 3.0 GPA.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CFS 485 - Special Topics in Child and Family Studies

    1-9 Credit Hours
    Personal or professional interest in human development or family studies.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 9 hours.
    Recommended Background: 9 hours in child and family studies.
    Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.
  
  • CFS 490 - Practicum: Research

    3-12 Credit Hours
    A supervised research experience with emphasis on the identification and examination of key aspects of research methods – constructs, research questions and hypotheses, research design, measurement, and analysis.

    Grading Restriction: Satisfactory/No Credit grading only.
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 12 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 395.
    Comment(s): Consent of instructor.
  
  • CFS 497 - Honors: Child and Family Studies

    3-6 Credit Hours
    Issues or topics affecting children and/or families. Designed to meet particular interests of the student.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    Recommended Background: 15 hours in child and family studies.
    Registration Restriction(s): 3.25 GPA; minimum student level – junior.
    Registration Permission: Consent of instructor.

(CHEM) Chemistry (235)

  
  • CHEM 100 - Principles of Chemistry

    4 Credit Hours
    Bonding and molecular structure, gas laws, liquid and solid state, solutions, colloids, acids and bases, oxidation and reduction, kinetics, and equilibria.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Credit may be received for only one of the following courses – 100, 120, or 128.
  
  • CHEM 110 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry

    4 Credit Hours
    Organic chemistry – alkanes, unsaturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, structures and reactions of various organic functional groups. Biochemistry – amino acids and proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 100 or 130 or 138 or consent of department head.
  
  • CHEM 120 - General Chemistry I

    4 Credit Hours
    A general course in theoretical and descriptive chemistry. Modern atomic theory, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, quantitative treatment of gas laws, quantitative aspects of solution chemistry, kinetics.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Credit may be received for only one of the following courses – 100, 120, or 128.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): Mathematics 119 or Math ACT score of 25 or higher, or SAT Math score of 620 or higher.
  
  • CHEM 128 - Honors: General Chemistry I

    4 Credit Hours
    A sophisticated treatment of the principles of chemistry designed for students who are well prepared for a thorough and systematic study of chemistry. Topics include atomic structure and bonding, molecular structure, spectroscopy, chemical reactions and stoichiometry, introduction to organic compounds and reactions, intermolecular forces and phase transitions, behavior of gases.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    Credit Restriction: Credit may be received for only one of the following courses – 100, 120, or 128.
    (DE) Prerequisite(s): ACT Composite score of 30 or higher or permission of instructor.
  
  • CHEM 130 - General Chemistry II

    4 Credit Hours
    A general course in theoretical and descriptive chemistry. Chemical equilibria, thermochemistry, descriptive chemistry of non-metallic and metallic elements, electrochemistry, introduction to organic and biochemistry.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 128.
  
  • CHEM 138 - Honors: General Chemistry II

    4 Credit Hours
    A sophisticated treatment of the principles of chemistry designed for students who are well prepared for a thorough and systematic study of chemistry. Topics include chemical equilibrium, thermodynamics, kinetics, transition metal complexes and nuclear chemistry.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (NS)
    Contact Hour Distribution: 3 hours and 1 lab.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 128.
  
  • CHEM 200 - Introduction to Chemical Research

    1 Credit Hours
    Participation in an active research program in analytical, inorganic, organic, physical, or polymer chemistry. Students work with researchers to acquire expertise in planning experiments, interpreting results, and formulating hypotheses.

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 4 hours.
    Credit Restriction: May not be used toward a major or minor in chemistry.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 120 or 128.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.
  
  • CHEM 210 - Foundations of Analytical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Principles and practices of wet chemical and instrumental methods of chemical analysis with statistical treatment of acquired date.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    Recommended Background: Physics 135 or 137.
  
  • CHEM 219 - Foundations of Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments on the principles and practices of wet chemical and instrumental methods of chemical analysis with statistical treatment of acquired data.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 210.
    Recommended Background: Physics 135 or 137.
  
  • CHEM 260 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Compounds of carbon and their reactions. Reaction mechanisms, synthesis, spectroscopic, and other physical properties.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 260 and 268.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
  
  • CHEM 268 - Honors: Foundations of Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Enhanced version of 260 with added emphasis on reactive species, important structural variations, synthesis, and biological implications.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 268 and 260.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    Comment(s): Students using 130 as a prerequisite must have a grade of B or better and permission of instructor. Intended and recommended for chemistry, biochemistry, and other physical science majors preparing for careers in science or health-related fields.
  
  • CHEM 269 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments involving synthesis, purification, and characterization of organic compounds discussed in 260 and 268.

    Comment(s): Recommended for all chemistry majors. Chemistry majors needing minimum 2 credit hours of organic chemistry for professional school should take 269 and 449.
    Registration Restriction(s): Permission of instructor.
  
  • CHEM 300 - Introductory Research in Chemistry

    1 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles and practice of research in chemistry for chemistry majors. Written report required

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    Registration Restriction(s): Chemistry major.
  
  • CHEM 311 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Theory and practical applications of advanced instrumentation in analytical chemistry.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 210 and 219 and Physics 136 and Mathematics 142.
  
  • CHEM 330 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles and practice of inorganic chemistry; atomic and molecular structure, periodicity, bonding, symmetry, main group and transition metal chemistry.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 260.
    Recommended Background: General chemistry plus one semester organic chemistry.
  
  • CHEM 339 - Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments demonstrating the principles and practice of inorganic chemistry; synthesis, characterization and properties of inorganic complexes.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 260.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 330.
    Recommended Background: General chemistry plus one semester organic chemistry including a laboratory.
  
  • CHEM 360 - In-depth Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Compounds of carbon and their reactions. Reaction mechanisms, multistep synthesis, spectroscopic, and other physical properties.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 360 and 368.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 260 or 268.
  
  • CHEM 368 - Honors: In-depth Organic Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Compounds of carbon and their reactions. Reaction mechanisms, multistep synthesis, spectroscopic, and other physical properties.

    Credit Restriction: Students may not receive credit for both 368 and 360.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 260 or 268.
    Comment(s): Students using 260 as a prerequisite must have a grade of B+ or better and permission of instructor. Intended and recommended for chemistry, biochemistry, and other physical science majors preparing for careers in science or health-related fields.
  
  • CHEM 369 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory – Preprofessional, Non-chemistry Majors

    2 Credit Hours
    Experiments on topics discussed in 260-360 and 268-368.

    Contact Hour Distribution: 1-hour lecture and 4-hour lab.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 360 or 368.
    Comment(s): Primarily for non-chemistry degree track, preprofessional students. Students majoring in either chemistry degree track may not take this course for credit toward the degree. They should take 269.
  
  • CHEM 370 - Foundations of Physical Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Quantum Mechanics, Chemical Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Statistical Mechanics.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138 and Physics 136 or 138.
    Recommended Background: Mathematics 241.
  
  • CHEM 379 - Foundations of Physical Chemistry Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experimental investigations at the microscopic level of chemical phenomena and molecular properties with examples relevant to Chemical Thermodynamics/Kinetics, Spectroscopy and Statistical Mechanics. Written lab reports required.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 370.
  
  • CHEM 380 - Foundations of Chemical Biology

    3 Credit Hours
    Introduction to the principles of chemical biology including the structure, properties and functions of biological molecules.

    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 130 or 138.
    (RE) Corequisite(s): 260.
    Recommended Background: One semester organic chemistry.
  
  • CHEM 389 - Foundations of Chemical Biology Laboratory

    1 Credit Hours
    Experiments illustrating the principles and practices of chemical biology focusing on the analysis, characterization and detection of biological molecules.

    (RE) Corequisite(s): 380.
    Recommended Background: One semester organic chemistry.
  
  • CHEM 400 - Research in Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Advanced students work with faculty on projects requiring knowledge and skills acquired in chemistry curriculum. Written reports are required. May be followed by either 400 or 408 (but not both).

    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 6 hours.
    (RE) Prerequisite(s): 300.
    Registration Restriction(s): Chemistry major with senior standing.
    Registration Permission: Consent of department head.
  
  • CHEM 405 - Topics in the Development of Chemistry

    3 Credit Hours
    Historical development of topics such as the atomic theory; chemical industry; interrelationship of population, energy, and food. Subject matter may vary from one offering to another. Assignments include readings from older original literature (Dalton, Faraday, Kekule) and from current journals and monographs. Includes the use and misuse of evidence, the impact of chemistry on society, how scientists reach conclusions, and the nature of scientific controversy. Written reports are required. Writing-emphasis course.

    Registration Restriction(s): Chemistry major; minimum student level – senior.
  
  • CHEM 406 - Senior Seminar

    1 Credit Hours
    Discussions by faculty and students of current research and topics from recent literature. Oral and written reports are required. All chemistry majors are encouraged to enroll.

    Satisfies General Education Requirement: (OC)
    Repeatability: May be repeated. Maximum 2 hours.
    Registration Restriction(s): Chemistry major; minimum student level – senior.
 

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