Below is a list of graduate courses typically offered by the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Master’s students take four or six of these courses, depending on degree option. PhD students take a total of six — four in their major area and two outside this area. An asterisk indicates required courses for each major area. Some courses count in more than one area; students may petition the graduate committee to count courses that are not listed below.
Analytical Chemistry
- CH 524 Spectroscopic Methods of Analysis
- CH 525 Chromatography
- CH 526 Chemometrics
- CH 626 Surface Analytical Techniques
- CH 627 Mass Spectrometry
Biochemistry
- CH 561 Biochemistry I*
- CH 562 Biochemistry II*
- CH 563 Biochemistry Lab
- CH 564 Advanced Biophysical Chemistry
- CH 565 Advanced Bioinorganic Chemistry
- CH 566 Advanced Bioorganic Chemistry
- BSC 535 Immunology
- BSC 539 Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
- BSC 660 Protein Structure and Function
Inorganic Chemistry
- CH 501 Introduction to Graduate Inorganic Chemistry (does not count for inorganic majors)
- CH 601 Structural Methods in Inorganic Chemistry*
- CH 602 Coordination Chemistry
- CH 604 Main Group Element Chemistry
- CH 605 Special Topics: Bioinorganic Chemistry
- CH 605 Special Topics: Radiochemistry
- CH 606 X-ray Crystallography
- CH 609 Organometallic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
- CH 505 Medicinal Chemistry
- CH 531 Physical Organic Chemistry*
- CH 532 Synthetic Organic Chemistry*
- CH 609 Organometallic Chemistry
- CH 635 Special Topics: Bioorganic Chemistry
- CH 635 Special Topics in Organic Chemistry
- CH 637 Organic Spectroscopy*
Physical Chemistry
- CH 541 Kinetics and Statistical Thermodynamics*
- CH 549 Atoms and Molecular Structure*
- CH 643 Quantum Mechanics
- CH 626 Surface Analytical Techniques
- CH 645 Special Topics in Physical Chemistry
- PH 534 Digital electronic and Computer Interfacing
- PH 591 Advanced Laboratory
- ChE 651 Statistical Mechanics and Multi-Scale Simulation Methods