Experimental Chemistry

Undergraduate catalogue

This course addresses the principles of experimental design, data acquisition, analysis and interpretation, and presentation of experimental results. Students are exposed to a broad range of quantitative laboratory methods in preparation for thesis work in chemical sciences. Typical laboratory exercises include inorganic synthesis, physical characterization, spectroscopy, kinetics, thermodynamics, instrument design and computational chemistry. Prerequisites: CHM 202, 204 or 215 or equivalent. CHM 373 prerequisite or concomitant enrollment in CHM 373 required. One lecture and two three-hour laboratories per week.