and CHEM 1111L - Chemistry in Today’s Society Lab (1)
- Subject
- CHEM
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027
- Source
- catalog.charlotte.edu
75 courses with the subject CHEM, 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.
and CHEM 1111L - Chemistry in Today’s Society Lab (1)
or CHEM 1251 - General Chemistry I (3)
or CHEM 1251L - General Chemistry I Lab (1)
(3) Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1203 with grade of C or above; and Pre- Nursing major. Selected topics from organic and biochemistry. Does not qualify as a prerequisite of any other chemistry course. Three lecture hours and one Problem Session hour per week.
Laboratory (1)
College of Engineering | 257
or CHEM 1203L - Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry I Laboratory (1) Plus one of the following:
Unrestricted Elective Courses, Double Major and/or Minor to Complete Requirements for Graduation Students must earn a minimum of 120 credit hours to graduate. This requirement can be fulfilled through a combination of elective courses a minor, or a double major. The 120-credit minimum must be satisfied regardless of the specific academic path chosen (e.g., a minor combined with electives). Degree Total = 120 Credit Hours 2026-2027 UNC CHARLOTTE UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG BSET in Civil Engineering Technology with Concentration in Applied Energy and Sustainable
Capstone Course (3 credit hours) Select one of the following:
1251 and CHEM 1252 with grades of C or above. A survey of organic chemistry, including aldehydes, ketones, amines, amides and carboxylic acids, designed to meet the needs of B.A. in Biology majors. CHEM 2131. Organic Chemistry I. (3) Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1251 and CHEM 1252 with grades of C or above. Descriptive principles and techniques of organic chemistry and their applications to reactions of aliphatic and aromatic compounds and natural products. Students may attempt CHEM 2131 a total of three times. Withdrawing from the course after the Add/Drop deadline constitutes an attempt as does receiving any letter grade.
Related Courses (14 credit hours)
Klein College of Science | 555
or CHEM 2136L - Organic Chemistry Lab (1) 2026-2027 UNC CHARLOTTE UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG
Corequisite(s): CHEM 2132. Laboratory investigation involving a research-type project in lieu of CHEM 2132L. Available only upon departmental invitation. Three contact hours.
Permission of department. Topics chosen from analytical, biochemistry, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. Lecture and/or laboratory hours will vary with the nature of the course taught. May be repeated for credit. CHEM 3111. Quantitative Analysis. (4) Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1252 and CHEM 1252L with grades of C or above. Introduction to quantitative and analytical chemistry. Principles of equilibrium, classical, and simple instrumental approaches are considered. Three lecture hours, one Problem Session hour, and one laboratory period of three hours each week. Students may attempt CHEM 3111 a total of three times. Withdrawing from the course after the Add/Drop deadline constitutes an attempt, as does receiving any letter grade. CHEM 3121. Inorganic Chemistry. (3) Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2131 with grade of C or above. Exploration of trends and bonding models for main group and metal elements and compounds. Additional topics include: the qualitative and quantitative aspects of periodicity, symmetry, acid-base chemistry, and redox chemistry, with application of these concepts to explain structure, bonding, and reactivity of inorganic and organometallic species. CHEM 3141. Physical Chemistry I. (3) Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1252 and CHEM 1252L, each with grade of C or above; MATH 1241 and MATH 1242; PHYS 2102 and PHYS 2102L. Pre- or Corequisite(s): At least one of the following: MATH 2241, MATH 2242, MATH 2164, MATH 2171, STAT 3128, or a department-approved mathematics course. Quantum chemistry, atomic and molecular structure, spectroscopy.
Prerequisite(s): Junior or Senior standing, chemistry through CHEM 2132, and acceptance into the Experiential Learning Program by the University Career Center. Enrollment in this course is required for Chemistry majors during each semester or summer when they are working on a co-op assignment. Participating students pay a course registration fee for transcript notation. Assignments must be arranged and approved in advance. The Cooperative Education Program is only open to undergraduate students; graduate level students are encouraged to contact their academic departments to inquire about academic or industrial internship options for credit. For more information, contact the University Career Center. Course may be repeated. Graded on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory basis.
Permission of instructor. Selected topics in chemistry. Lecture and/or laboratory hours vary with the nature of the course taught. May be repeated for credit.
of instructor. Selected topics in chemical education. Lecture and/or laboratory hours vary with the nature of the course taught. May be repeated for credit. CHEM 4111. Instrumental Analysis. (4) Prerequisite(s): CHEM 3111, CHEM 3141, and CHEM 3141L with grades of C or above. Selected modern instrumental methods of analysis, including theory and practice, with considerable attention given to the instrument and elementary electronics involved in the techniques. Two lecture hours and six hours of lab per week.
or CHEM 4171 - Biochemical Instrumentation (4)
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2132; and CHEM 2132L or CHEM 2136L with grades of C or above. Study and application of modern techniques, primarily spectroscopy, to determine the structure of organic molecules. One hour of lecture and one laboratory period of three hours each week.
Chemistry Courses
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 2132L or CHEM 2136L with grade of C or above. Pre- or Corequisite(s): CHEM 4165. Physical properties of biological molecules and an introduction to experimental techniques of biochemical research. Eleven four-hour lab periods. Three contact hours.
Minor Requirements (for all other majors) The Minor in Biotechnology requires the completion of a minimum of 18 credit hours.
Related Courses (22 credit hours) Biology Courses
Restricted Elective Courses (3 credit hours) Select one of the following:
Major Courses (32 credit hours)
required, culminating in a comprehensive written report) *Students wishing to pursue the non-ACS-certified B.S. degree (with a minimum of 45 credit hours in chemistry) should replace CHEM 4165 with two credit hours of 4000-level chemistry courses that must be approved by the Department of Chemistry. Related Courses (20 credit hours) Mathematics Courses
(NanoBiochemistry) Seminar Course
Permission of instructor. Selected modern instrumental methods of analysis, including theory and practice, with considerable attention given to the instrument and elementary electronics involved in the techniques. Two lecture hours and six hours of lab per week. te Catalog 2026-2027
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. A review of atomic structure and bonding, a survey of the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of the elements and their most important compounds, a discussion of key industrial processes dealing with the preparation of inorganic compounds, and an overview of coordination and organometallic chemistry. Laboratory work involves inorganic preparations and characterization techniques. Three lecture hours and one laboratory period of three hours a week.
(2) Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Study and application of modern techniques, primarily spectroscopy, to determine the structure of organic molecules. One hour of lecture and one laboratory period of three hours each week.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Mechanistic and theoretical topics which are beyond the scope of CHEM 2131 and CHEM 2132, including orbital symmetry control of organic reactions, the Hammett equation and other linear free energy relationships, heterocyclic compounds, polycyclic aromatic compounds, organic photochemistry, carbenes, nitrenes, arynes and other short lived, reactive intermediates.
satisfactory score on an organic chemistry proficiency exam, or permission of instructor. A study of the structures, properties, and functions of biological molecules, bioenergetics of biological reactions, and enzyme catalysis, with particular emphasis on the underlying chemical principles, including thermodynamics and kinetics.
Pre- or Corequisite(s): CHEM 5165. Physical properties of biological molecules and an introduction to experimental techniques in biochemical research. Eleven four-hour lab periods.
CHEM 5165 with a grade of B or above. A study of various metabolic pathways and information transfer including molecular aspects of cell biology and genetics, with particular emphasis on the underlying chemical reactions, including thermodynamics and kinetics.
Corequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Electronic and molecular mechanics-based computational methods, including properties, optimized equilibrium and transition state structures and potential energy surfaces of reactions.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor. Directed study of topics of current chemical interest. May be repeated for credit.
Course(s): NANO 8102, OPTI 6302, and OPTI 8302. Topics include: scaling phenomena; nano-optics (near-field optics, limits of lithography masks, nano-dots and nanoscale optical interactions); nanoscale mechanics; nanotribology; biological and biologically-inspired machines.
Nanomaterials. (3) Cross-listed Course(s): NANO 8103. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 6102 or permission of instructor. Topics include: quantum dots, metallic nanoparticles, carbon nanostructured materials and nanotubes, zeolites, organic-inorganic polymers, composite materials, solution- phase colloids, sol-gel process, silica spheres porous silicon, photonic crystals.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 5111 with a grade of B or above, or permission of instructor. The application of modern analytical methods to chemical problems. Emphasis is upon chemical information, particularly structural, obtainable from these techniques. May be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 5133 and CHEM 5134 with grade of B or above, or permission of instructor. A qualitative discussion of modern mechanistic interpretation of the relations between structure and reactivity. Special emphasis is placed on the role of reactive intermediates such as carbocations, carbanions, carbenes, and radicals.
(3) Prerequisite(s): Admission to graduate program or permission of instructor. An investigation of the excited states of organic molecules and the photophysics governing radiative and nonradiative transitions. Topics include: electronic orbitals, absorption, emission, potential energy surfaces, energy transfer, photophysical radiationless transitions, singlet oxygen and chemiluminescent organic reactions. Three lecture hours per week.
Permission of instructor. Required for all teaching assistants. Supervised experience in the teaching of college chemistry. May be repeated for credit.
Permission of instructor overseeing thesis research. Laboratory research for the thesis. Graded on a Satisfactory Progress/Unsatisfactory Progress or Standard Letter Grade basis each term.
CHEM 6165 or permission of instructor. Discussion of current topics in biochemistry emphasizing their biomedical/biotechnological aspects from a bioinorganic
Admission to Ph.D. program. Molecular biophysics of biological molecules. Bioenergetics of biological reactions and enzyme structure, mechanisms, and regulation. Metabolic pathways and the role of cellular organelles. Biochemical analysis methodology. Thirty-one two-hour lectures.
(3) Prerequisite(s): Admission to graduate program or permission of instructor. An investigation of the excited states of organic molecules and the photophysics governing the transitions between these states both radiative and nonradiative. Topics include: electronic orbitals, absorption, emission, potential energy surfaces, energy transfer, photophysical radiationless transitions, singlet oxygen and chemiluminescent organic reactions. In this course each student will develop and demonstrate a photochemistry laboratory experiment that illustrates a principle or problem, or new direction of photochemistry. Three lecture hours per week.
Admission to Ph.D. program or permission of instructor. Polymer structure, classification of polymerization reactions, theory and practice of step growth polymerization, radical, ionic and ring opening polymerizations, polymerization by transition metal catalysts. Recent advances in polymer synthesis. Requires a "Research Proposal" which includes a presentation in class as well as a ten page prospectus style manuscript. Three lecture hours per week.
CHEM 8101, BIOL 8102, BIOL 8103, and BIOL 8104. Advanced course on protein structure, enzyme and mechanistic biochemistry, metabolic biochemistry, biophysical chemistry. Three lecture hours per week. Child and Family Development (CHFD)
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