32 courses with the subject CHM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Designed to provide a better understanding of energy and our environment, including man's interaction with his environment and the consequences facing society today.
General Chemistry I for science majors. Inorganic nomenclature, stoichiometry, solutions, basic chemical reactions, thermochemistry, atomic and molecular structure, periodic properties, gas laws, and states of matter. Three lectures and one recitation per week.
Covers techniques of measurements, decantation, and filtration; use of a data acquisition system with temperature probe, pressure sensor, and spectrophotometer; analysis of data and developing a conclusion based on data trends. One three-hour lab per week.
General Chemistry II for science majors. Properties of solutions (including colligative properties), kinetics, chemical equilibrium concepts, calculations involving acid/base and precipitation equilibria, thermodynamics (second and third law), electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, and chemistry of the environment. A minimum grade of C in CHM 112 is required for all chemistry and biochemistry majors. Three lectures and one recitation per week.
Builds on techniques developed in CHM 111L and covers solution dilution, titration, pipetting, and use of a pH electrode and current probe. One three-hour lab per week.
Fundamental treatment of organic chemistry. Bonding, structure, nomenclature, and stereochemistry of organic functional groups. Mechanisms and reactivity in substitution and elimination reactions. Three lectures and one recitation per week.
Techniques for synthesis, separation, purification, and analysis of organic compounds. One four-hour lab per week.
Continuation of organic chemistry. Chemistry and reaction mechanisms of unsaturated compounds, and oxygen and nitrogen-containing functional groups. Introduction to the organic chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids and peptides. Three lectures and one recitation per week.
Expands on techniques for synthesis, separation, purification, and analysis of organic compounds. One four hour lab per week.
Principles and methodology of modern analytical chemistry presented with particular emphasis on statistical error analysis, titrations, solution equilibrium, and potentiometry. Three lectures and one recitation per week.
Fundamental techniques of quantitative analysis including titrations in multiple reaction paradigms, potentiometry, absorption spectrometry, and separation technologies. One four-hour lab per week.
Environmental applications of analytical chemistry. Sampling techniques and statistical analysis of data. Aquatic chemistry and atmospheric chemistry. Analysis with traditional methods, electroanalytical, liquid and gas chromatography, elemental spectroscopy and ion selective electrodes. Three lectures per week.
Introduction and demonstration of fundamental techniques of quantitative analysis including titrations, potentiometry, spectrometry, chromatography, and separation technologies. One 75-minute lab per week.
Electronic configuration of atoms, periodic classification of the elements, nature of chemical bonding, symmetry and application of group theory to molecular orbitals, structures and thermodynamics of solids, bonding in metals and semiconductors, acid/base concepts, electrochemistry, isomerism, bonding, reactions and spectroscopy of coordination compounds, and other aspects of modern inorganic chemistry. Three lectures and one recitation per week.
Fundamental topics in thermodynamics, kinetics, and quantum chemistry. Three lectures and one recitation per week.
Selected experiments demonstrating principles of thermodynamics, including bomb calorimetry, and chemical kinetics. One four-hour lab per week.
Introduction to quantum chemistry with applications to the structure of atoms and molecules. Molecular spectroscopy. Three lectures and one recitation per week.
Selected spectroscopy and computational chemistry experiments with applications to molecular structure. One four-hour lab per week.
Spectrometric methods for the elucidation of chemical structures. Includes nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, ultraviolet and mass spectrometry. Emphasis on organic compounds. Three lectures per week.
Nuclear magnetic resonance, infrared, ultraviolet and mass spectrometry of organic compounds. One four-hour lab per week.
Introduction to statistical thermodynamics. Applications of group theory to chemical bonding and molecular spectroscopy. Angular momentum coupling in atomic and molecular spectroscopy. Three lectures per week.
A survey of topics and applications in modern materials chemistry including solid state materials, semiconductors, polymers, nanomaterials, and introductions to mechanical properties, device fabrication, and structure-activity relationships.
Advanced instrumental methods of analysis including spectroscopy, chromatography and various electrochemical techniques. Three lectures per week.
Atomic absorption spectroscopy, chromatography and various electrochemical techniques. One four-hour lab per week.
This course provides students with an opportunity to engage in research activities in the laboratories of Canisius chemistry or biochemistry faculty. Students will be introduced to the research process by becoming active participants carrying out experiments designed by their faculty mentor. Through hands-on use of research-quality equipment, students will develop skills and techniques important to carry out research.
Independent research under the direction of the chemistry faculty. Students are required to spend 9 hours per week conducting research. CHM 450 may be taken in place of a chemistry elective without lab. Research and consultation times to be arranged after approval of department chair.
Independent research under the direction of the chemistry faculty. Students are required to spend 12 hours per week conducting research. CHM 451 may be taken in place of a chemistry elective with lab. Research and consultation times to be arranged after approval of department chair.
Chemical principles are used to explain the interaction of drugs with biological targets. Strategies used in the design and development of medicines are discussed.
Chemistry and biochemistry majors attend seminars given by senior chemistry and biochemistry majors, and external speakers.
Seminar for chemistry and biochemistry majors. Introduces scientific literature and oral communication in chemistry and biochemistry. Students learn how to prepare and then deliver a polished scientific presentation. Students also attend seminars given by external speakers on chemistry and biochemistry topics.
Internships in chemical or biochemical industry under the direction of company and faculty supervisors.
Independent study under the direction of the chemistry faculty. Independent studies require an application and approval by the associate dean.
Source: Canisius University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
