Chemistry

Course Code	CHEM 500  Credits 3
Title	Biochemistry I
Prerequisite	CHEM 350
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Description	A survey of the chemistry and metabolism of living systems. Topics include buffers and biological buffering, structure, function and chemistry of proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and enzymes, and introduction to metabolism and metabolic pathways.

Course Code	CHEM 510  Credits 3
Title	Biochemistry II
Prerequisite	CHEM 400
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Description	A survey of the chemistry and metabolism of living systems and nucleic acids biochemistry. Topics include study of catabolic and biosynthetic biochemical pathways and their regulation, chemical messengers and signal transduction, integration of metabolic pathways and nucleic acids biochemistry and other advanced biochemistry topics.

Course Code	CHEM 590  Credits 1-4
Title	Topics in Chemistry
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Description	This is a topical course and may be repeated when the topic varies.

Course Code	CHEM 600  Credits 3
Title	Chemistry of Food and Cooking
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Description	This class will expand and apply chemistry topics from physical, analytical, organic, and biochemistry to modern food chemistry applications. The main focus will be on understanding how chemistry principles and experimental techniques are used to understand and inform our interaction with food and cooking. Specifically, this course will address the molecular properties and changes that occur during processing, storage, and cooking of different types of foods. Emphasis will be on evidence derived from original research literature, interpretation of research findings, and problem solving based on the scientific principles of food chemistry.

Course Code	CHEM 604  Credits 3
Title	Modeling Environmental Geochemistry Systems
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Description	The chemistry of the Earth's air, soil and water and the impact on these systems by humanity will be explored using a modelling approach.

Course Code	CHEM 605  Credits 3
Title	Forensic Chemistry
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Description	The chemistry and biochemistry of forensic techniques will be explored.

Course Code	CHEM 650  Credits 3
Title	Biophysical Chemistry
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Description	This class will expand and apply chemistry topics (kinetics, thermodynamics, quantum mechanics) to modern biological and biotechnical applications. Biophysical chemistry represents the union of chemistry, physics, and biology and is a natural representation of the cross-cutting approaches and knowledge necessary to understand many current applications of chemistry such as pharmaceuticals and chemical engineering. This course will focus on the practice and applications of thermodynamics, kinetics, spectroscopy, spectrometry, and imaging as they relate to biochemical macromolecules to address current biochemical and biotechnological challenges, including drug design, protein structure/function, and disease.