1985-1986 Academic Catalog

following areas designed to prepare students for employment or graduate study: (1) Interpretive Naturalist, (2) Water Resource Analyst, (3) Land Resource Analyst, and (4) Environmental Analyst. 71-400 Independent Study in 1-4 hours Independent experimental study involving a particular biological phenomenon. Submission and approval of a research proposal must pre– cede registration. Prerequisite: Major in biology and permission of ad– visor. 71-436 Radiation Biology hours The effects of ionizing radiation on biological systems and methods of using radioisotopes. Introductory material on radiation phys– ics and dosimetry is included. The laboratory exercises introduce the stu– dent to basic instrumentation and techniques in the safe handling of radioisotopes. The course may be applied to either a biology or a chemis– try major. Three lectures and one 3- hour laboratory per week. Pre– requisite: One year of chemistry, one course in biology, one course in mathematics. (Alternate, odd years) 71-151, 71-152, 71-153 General Chemistry 4 hours each quarter Fundamental facts and principles of chemisty. Quantitative techniques are stressed in the laboratory during the first two quarters. Laboratory emphasis is on qualitative analysis during the third quarter. Three lec– tures and one 3-hour laboratory per week. 71-154 ·Principles of Chemistry -A 5 hours For non-science majors, an introduction to atomic structure, ionic and covalent bonding, stoichiometry, kinetic theory, solutions and equili– bria, and nuclear chemistry. Four lectures and one 3-hour lab per week. 71-155 Principles of Organic - W 5 hours A beginning study of organic chemistry non-science majors. The content includes a study of the nature, properties, and bonding of organic compounds. Four lectures an.done 3-hour lab per week. Prerequisite: 71-154 Principles of° Chemistry. 71-254 Quantitative Analysis -A hours A study of the theory, techniques, and calculations involved in gravimetric and volumetric analysis of inorganic substances. Three lec– tures and one 3-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 71-152 General– Chemistry. 71-255 Analytic Chemistry- W 4 hours A continuation of Quantitative Analysis, with emphasis on instrumen– tal analysis. Two lectures and two 3-hour laboratories per week. Pre– requisite: 71-254 Quantitative Analysis. 71-351, 71-352, 71-353 Organic Chemistn·y hours winter quarter 5 hours autumn and quarters A detailed study of the general principles, aliphatics, aromatics, natu– ral products, etc. Emphasis is placed on mechanism. Three lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 71-152 General Chemis- Biochemistry - Sp 5 hours A study of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleoproteins and their relationship to life and metabolic processes. Four lectures and one 3-hour laboratory week. Prerequisite: 71-351 Organic Chemistry. 71-450 Study Chemistry 1-4 hours Independent experimental of some chemical phenomenon. 71-451, 71-452, 71-453 Chemistry 4 hours autumn winter quarters 3 hours spring quarter A study of the properties of chemical systems, including the funda– mentals of thermodynamics, chemical dynamics, and quantum mechanics. Three lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week. Pre– requisite: 71-254 Quantitative Analysis or 71-273 General Physics. (Alternate, odd years) Advanced Chemistry 5 hours Modern concepts of structure of matter, nature of the chemical bond, complex ions, and the periodic properties of the elements. Pre- requisite: 71-254 Analysis. (Alternate, even years) 71-455 Topics 2-5 hours Topics of special interest are selected by the chemistry faculty from the areas of modern chemistry. May be repeated once for credit. Prerequi– site: 71-153 General Chemistry or equivalent and consent of instructor. 71-271, 71-272, 71-273 General Physics 5 hours each quarter Basic concepts of mechanics, heat, sound, light, electricity, magnet– ism, and modern physics. Four lectures and one 2-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 71-281 Analytic Geometry and Calculus. 71-274 Mechanics I-Statics 5 hours A study of the principles of mechanics including force systems, free body diagrams, resultants and equilibrium, centroids and centers of grav– ity, friction, moments of inertia with applications. Five lectures per week. Prerequisite: 71-271 General Physics, 71-283 Analytic Ge– ometry and Calculus. 71-275 Mechanics II-Dynamics 5 hours A study of kinematics including translation, rotation, plane motion