Program Overview

Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry offers various programs for undergraduate and graduate students.

Undergraduate Programs

• BS, Chemistry Major
• BS, Chemistry, Biochemistry concentration
• BS in Chemistry (ACS Approved)
• BS in Chemistry, Biochemistry concentration
• Chemistry Minor

Graduate Programs

• Ph.D. in Chemistry
• MS in Chemistry

Course Information

Chemistry 1010

No detailed information is provided for this course.

Foundations of Inorganic Chemistry--CHEM 3111

This course is required for Chemistry and Biochemistry majors.

Prerequisite

• CHEM 1120 with a grade of at least a C-
• Repeat no more than two times

Course Description

Theoretical and applied inorganic chemistry; Group Theory; chemical nomenclature; periodic trends; acid/base and redox reactions and electrochemistry; coordination chemistry; bonding theories; fundamental concepts of crystal field theory and modern inorganic chemistry; inorganic energetics, kinetics, thermodynamics.

• Three lecture hours per week; 3 credit hours

Textbook and Other Materials

Required

• Inorganic Chemistry , Miessler and Tarr, 3rd Edition, 2003
• General chemistry textbook, such as:
  • General Chemistry by Pauling
  • General Chemistry by Hill, Petrucci, McCreary, and Perry

Optional External Materials

• Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry by Rayner-Canham and Overton
• Basic Inorganic Chemistry by Cotton, Wilkinson, and Gaus
• Inorganic Chemistry by Shriver and Atkins
• Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of Structure and Reactivity by Huheey, Keiter, and Keiter
• Chemistry of the Elements by Greenwood and Earnshaw
• Advanced Inorganic Chemistry by Cotton, Wilkinson, Murillo, and Bochmann

General Information

Inorganic Chemistry is a very broad subject, encompassing many disciplines. Inorganic courses at the undergraduate level are varied, some give a very lengthy discussion to descriptive chemistry (traditional), some provide a rigorous introduction to physical methods, while others are a mixture of these two approaches.

Course Objectives

• To provide students with an in-depth conceptual and practical understanding of various topics in inorganic chemistry
• To provide students with appropriate background for further study in undergraduate level inorganic chemistry

Course Outline

• Chemical nomenclature
• Atomic Structure and Atomic Orbitals
• Periodic Trends
• Group Theory
• Acid/Base Chemistry
• Oxidation and Reduction Chemistry
• Fundamentals of Electrochemistry
• Structure and Bonding in Molecules
• Lewis structures and VSEPR method
• Molecular Orbital approach
• Valence Bond approach
• Inorganic energetics, kinetics, and thermodynamics
• Fundamentals of Structure and Bonding in Solids
• Fundamentals of Coordination Chemistry
• Fundamentals of Crystal Field Theory
• Fundamentals of reaction mechanisms
• Fundamentals of Organometallic Chemistry
• Fundamentals of Bioinorganic Chemistry

Grades

• A comprehensive final examination will be administered in class at the assigned time
• At least one test will be administered in class and graded before the last day to drop
• Other tests, quizzes, and graded assignments, weighting, and grade ranges are at the discretion of the instructor

Policies

• Tardiness and unexcused absence from class are unprofessional behaviors which should be avoided, but attendance will not be graded
• Electronic devices such as cell phones and pagers should be turned off in the classroom
• Reasonable and appropriate accommodations will be made for students who present a memo from Student Disability Services