Department: Chemistry

Code Name Description
CHEM 110 Pollutants in the Environment Sources, behavior, and effects of chemical pollutants in the air, water, and soil. Topics include global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, pesticides, and radioactive waste. Three lecture and three laboratory hours per week. Does not count toward...
CHEM 111 Chemistry Detectives: Solving Real World Puzzles A laboratory-based course in which students learn the language and techniques used in industrial and forensic laboratories to conduct organic chemical analysis. Students become chemistry detectives, able to solve the types of chemistry puzzles that a...
CHEM 112 Biochemistry in the Real World The genomics revolution of the last 10 years has given birth to the `proteome,` emphasizing the central role that proteins play in virtually all life and death processes. This course will explore central features of what proteins look like and how th...
CHEM 113 Catching Criminals with Chemistry Investigation of how chemistry can be applied to solving crimes. The nature of physical evidence will be discussed, along with the chemical techniques used to gather and analyze that evidence. The course will also introduce students to the legal aspe...
CHEM 114 The Chemistry of Cooking and Modernist Cuisine Improves understanding of the scientific principlesof food and cooking. Investigates how scientific principles and techniques have revolutionized the culinary industry. Focuses on the molecular bases of food and their reactivity under various conditi...
CHEM 115 Chemistry in Art A rigorous, math- and science-based approach to the chemical processes employed in various arts. The nature of color, creating color, and fastening color will be explained chemically and quantified mathematically, along with the chemical techniques u...
CHEM 141 Chemistry: Structure, Thermodynamics, and Kinetics Fundamental principles of chemistry, including atomic and molecular structure, bonding, periodicity; chemical reactions, including stoichiometry, acid base chemistry, oxidation-reduction; and an introduction to kinetics and thermodynamics, chemical r...
CHEM 192 Science, Math, and Research Training II This year-long course provides an, interdisciplinary, integrated introduction to biology and chemistry, with an accompanying integrated lab. Based on the material in the first course of the major in each of these disciplines, this course will focus o...
CHEM 204 Organic Chemistry I SA Chemistry of compounds of carbon, which is fundamental to understanding of both chemistry and biology. Nomenclature, structure-physical property relationships, reactions, reaction mechanisms, spectroscopy and introduction to macromolecules, including...
CHEM 205 Organic Chemistry I Chemistry of compounds of carbon, which is fundamental to understanding of both chemistry and biology. Nomenclature, structure-physical property relationships, reactions, reaction mechanisms, spectroscopy and introduction to macromolecules, including...
CHEM 206 Organic Chemistry II Chemistry of compounds of carbon, which is fundamental to understanding of both chemistry and biology. Nomenclature, structure-physical property relationships, reactions, reaction mechanisms, spectroscopy and introduction to macromolecules, including...
CHEM 220 Projects Laboratory, literature, or community-based learning experience with a faculty member.
CHEM 230 Special Topics in Chemistry Considers subject matter not covered in other chemistry courses. See the chemistry department home page for special topics currently scheduled.
CHEM 300 Measurement Statistics Overview of statistics of measurements on chemical systems. Includes characteristics of data which contain random error. Statistics used to describe and summarize trends of measured data will be introduced, as well as a number of statistical tools ne...
CHEM 301 Quantitative Methods of Chemical Analysis Principles and techniques of chemical and instrumental methods used for quantitative analysis. Includes lecture coverage and extensive laboratory use of gravimetric, titrimetric, electrochemical, and spectroscopic methods. Three lecture and four labo...
CHEM 302 Spectroscopy and Instrumentation Principles and techniques of chemical and instrumental methods used for compound identification. Focus on modern instrumental methods for compound structure elucidation and the principles underlying both the spectroscopic methods and the instrumentat...
CHEM 308 See Physics 308 (See Physics 308.)
CHEM 309 Physical Chemistry Study of the principal laws and theories of chemistry: gas laws and kinetic molecular theory, classical and statistical thermodynamics, wave mechanics and molecular structure, and chemical kinetics. Principles and properties of liquids, solids and so...
CHEM 310 Physical Chemistry Study of the principal laws and theories of chemistry: gas laws and kinetic molecular theory, classical and statistical thermodynamics, wave mechanics and molecular structure, and chemical kinetics. Principles and properties of liquids, solids and so...
CHEM 313 The Natures of the Chemical Bond Builds on the bonding ideas introduced in the general and introductory chemistry curriculum. Enables meaningful access to the chemical literature on experimental and computational studies of bonding in molecules and solids for systems spanning the en...
CHEM 314 Physical Chemistry Laboratory I Experimental course corresponding to Chemistry 309. Covers critical experiments related to the theoretical treatments of gas laws, thermodynamics, and chemical kinetics. Introduction to scientific writing and basic error propagation.
CHEM 315 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II Experimental course corresponding to Chemistry 310. Covers critical experiments related to the theoretical treatments of quantum mechanics, spectroscopy and to a lesser extent, statistical mechanics.
CHEM 316 Environmental Chemistry Study of the fate, transport, and distribution of chemicals in the environment. The chemistry of the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere will be covered, highlighting effects of inorganic and organic pollutants. Topics such as global warming, stra...
CHEM 317 Inorganic Chemistry Inorganic chemistry embraces the chemistry of all of the elements. This course will focus on the synthesis and behavior of inorganic materials. As such, it will include certain aspects of thermodynamics, atomic and molecular bonding theories, kinetic...
CHEM 320 Introduction to Research Laboratory research experience with a faculty member.
CHEM 321 Advanced Independent Research Advanced laboratory research experience with a faculty member. Students are limited to two units of CHEM 321. Please note that students are not allowed to take both CHEM 320 and CHEM 321 in the same term.
CHEM 322 Junior Seminar Regular attendance in departmental seminar program. Normally taken in the junior year. One class hour per week.
CHEM 324 Experimental Biochemistry Experimental course will cover critical techniques in biochemistry, including protein purification, enzyme kinetics, and protein structural analysis.
CHEM 325 Experimental Biophysical Chemistry Experimental course that will cover critical techniques in biophysical chemistry, including thermodynamics, bioinformatics, and macromolecular function.
CHEM 326 Biochemistry I Structure and chemistry of biologically important macromolecules and chemical processes involved in cellular synthesis degradation, and assembly of these macromolecules. Three lecture hours and an extra experience per week. (Same as Biology 326.)
CHEM 329 Protein Structure, Function and Biophysics Advanced topics in protein structure, function, and biophysics. Commences with brief treatment of essential elements of kinetics, thermodynamics, and quantum mechanics necessary for a thorough understanding of topics to be presented later and continu...
CHEM 330 Special Topics in Biochemistry Special course areas in biochemistry will be covered when sufficient interest exists. Considers subject matter not covered in other chemistry courses. See the chemistry or biochemistry and molecular biology department home pages for special topics cu...
CHEM 333 Chemical Biology Application of chemistry methods and techniques to the study of biological phenomena. Current topics in chemical biology, including how chemical methods help us probe disease development, how organic synthesis enables us to optimize drugs, and how we...
CHEM 342 Medicinal Chemistry Provides basic principles of the drug discovery process. Topics include general considerations, mode of action, quantitative structure activity relationships, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and inactivation of medicinal agents. Three lecture h...
CHEM 343 Organic Reactions and Mechanisms Topics may include reaction mechanisms, physical organic chemistry concepts, the development of catalysts for organic reactions, stereochemically controlled reactions, and/or the application of inorganic chemistry to organic reactions. Three lecture...
CHEM 344 Organic Synthesis Topics may include modern synthetic methods, organic reaction mechanisms, examples of syntheses from recent literature, and the design of synthetic approaches to target molecules of interest. Three lecture hours per week.
CHEM 401 Quantum Mechanics (See Physics 309-310.)
CHEM 406 Summer Undergraduate Research Documentation of the work of students who receive summer fellowships to conduct research [or produce a creative arts project] in the summer. The work must take place over a minimum of 6 weeks, the student must engage in the project full-time (at leas...
CHEM 417 Organometallic Chemistry Overview of the structure, reactivity, and applications of organometallic compounds. Topics include main group and transition metal complexes, catalysis, applications to organic synthesis, and bioorganometallic chemistry. Three lecture hours per week...
CHEM 421 Senior Seminar Participation in departmental seminar program, to include regular attendance and one presentation during one of the two semesters. Presentation will be prepared on a specific topic in chemistry. One class hour per week.
CHEM 422 Seminar Participation in departmental seminar program, to include regular attendance and one presentation during one of the two semesters. Presentation will be prepared on a specific topic in chemistry. One class hour per week.
CHEM 427 Independent Study In-depth exploration of subjects not included in other courses, done independently but under faculty member's supervision.
CHEM 433 Special Topics Special course areas covered when sufficient interest exists. Considers subject matter not covered in other chemistry courses. See chemistry department home page (chemistry.richmond.edu) for special topics currently scheduled.