Environmental Physical Organic Chemistry

3 credits

Basic physiochemical processes governing the fate, transport, distribution, properties, and reactions of anthropogenic organic compounds in the environment including pesticides and herbicides. Includes aspects of the photochemistry, structure-activity relationships, detection, toxicology, remediation, and social impact of such compounds. [3-3*-0] Prerequisite: One of MATH_O 101, MATH_O 103 and one of CHEM_O 204, CHEM_O 214 and one of PHYS_O 121, PHYS_O 122.