Analytical instruments are essential for advancing many areas of science and industry as they enable the identification and quantification of chemical compounds in complex matrices. This course emphasizes the theory, fundamental principles, recent advances, performance characteristics, mathematical descriptions, and applications of modern chemical instrumentation. The lecture topics covered in this course are supplemented by canonical and recently published articles from peer-reviewed scientific publications. The selection of these readings is designed to provide solid classical grounding in the fundamental principles and mathematical concepts governing the design and operation of analytical instruments, while emphasizing the utility of these instruments in overcoming contemporary scientific challenges.

This is an applied chemistry course designed to emphasize the typical instrumentation methods used in chemistry. The course will focus on chemical analysis and chemical instrumentation. Classical methods such as gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, potentiometry, and electrochemistry will be supplemented with more modern and analytical instrumental methods such as UV-visible spectrophotometry, FT-IR, GC, fluorimetry, NMR, and atomic spectroscopy (absorption and emission). Prerequisite: CHEM 2410 or CHEM 2410H. 

This senior seminar course is designed for chemistry major students in their senior year. It prepares students to give a seminar on their undergraduate research or a literature investigation of a related area. Prerequisite: CHEM 3101. 

The quantitation of chemical substances in complex mixture is the focus of this lab intensive course. Methods of sample preparation and analysis will be examined. The mathematical treatment of data to produce quantitative information for chemical substances will also be emphasized. Prerequisite: CHEM 2400 OR CHEM 2400H. 

This course and the related lab is the second part of a two-semester sequence that studies atomic structure, molecular structure and bonding, states of matter/solutions, dynamics (kinetics and thermodynamics), equilibrium, electrochemistry, and laboratory chemistry including their applications. Prerequisite: CHEM 1300 OR CHEM 1300H. 

This course and the related lab is the first part of a two-semester sequence that studies the laws, principles and theories of atomic structure, molecular structure and bonding, stoichiometry, states of matter/solutions, energetics, oxidation reduction, and laboratory chemistry, including their applications. Prerequisite: MATH 1200 or higher except MATH 2020 and/or other statistics classes.