Choosing Advanced Electives

Chemistry students have a variety of advanced electives that they can take. Below is a quarterly list of lecture and lab electives organized by chemistry division. For course details, visit the upcoming courses page.

Inorganic Chemistry

Course Number Course Name Quarter Offered Credits Lab Component
CHEM 416 Transition Metals Autumn 3 No
CHEM 417 Organometallic Chemistry Winter 3 No
CHEM 418 Nuclear Chemistry Winter 3 No

Analytical Chemistry

Course Number Course Name Quarter Offered Credits Lab Component
CHEM 425 Meso & Microfluidics in Chemical Analysis Spring 3 No
CHEM 426 Instrumental Analysis Winter 3 Yes
CHEM 428 Bioinstrumental Analysis Spring 3 Yes
CHEM 429 Chemical Separation Techniques Winter 3 No

Organic Chemistry

Course Number Course Name Quarter Offered Credits Lab Component
CHEM 430 Advanced Physical Organic Chemistry Autumn 3 No
CHEM 431 Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry Winter 3 No
CHEM 432 Advanced Bio-Organic Chemistry Spring 3 No
CHEM 434 Polymer Chemistry Autumn 3 No
CHEM 436 Chemical Biology Winter 3 No
CHEM 460 Spectroscopic Molecular Identification Autumn 3 No
CHEM 462 Techniques of Synthetic Organic Chemistry Autumn 2-3 Yes
CHEM 463 Spectroscopic Techniques for Structural Identification Winter 3 Yes

Physical Chemistry

Course Number Course Name Quarter Offered Credits Lab Component
CHEM 458 Air Pollution Chemistry Autumn 4 No
CHEM 461 Physical Chemistry Lab Autumn/Spring 3 Yes
CHEM 464 Computers in Data Acquisition & Analysis Spring 3 Yes
CHEM 465 Computational Chemistry Winter 3 No
CHEM 466 Energy Materials, Devices, & Systems Autumn 3 Yes
CHEM 484 Electronic & Optoelectronic Polymers Autumn 3 No
CHEM 485 Electronic Structure & Application of Materials Winter 3 No
CHEM 486 Electronic Dynamics in Organic & Inorganic Materials Spring 3 No

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