1986-1987 Academic Catalog

136 student 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) CHEMISTRY 71-151, 71-152, 71-153 Genel'al Chemish·y 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 Chemistry-W 5 hours A beginning study of organic chemistry for non-science majors. The content includes a study of the nature, properties, and bonding of organic compounds. Four lectures and one 3-hour lab per week. Prerequisite: 71-154 Principles of Chemistry. 71-254 Quantitative Analysis - W 4 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-Sp 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. 71-357, 71-358, 71-359 Organic Chemistry 4 hours winter quarter 5 hours autumn and spring 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– try. 71-356 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 per week. Prerequisite: 71-351 Organic Chemistry. 71-450 Independent Study in Chemistry 1-4 hours Independent experimental study of some chemical phenomenon. 71-451, 71-452, 71-453 Physical Chemistry 4 hours autumn and 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) 71-454 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 5 hours Modern concepts of the structure of matter, nature of the chemical bond, complex ions, and the periodic properties of the elements. Pre- requisite: 71-254 Quantitative Analysis. (Alternate, even years) 71-455 Topics in Chemistry 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. PHYSICS 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 honrs A study of kinematics including translation, rotation, plane motion and relative motion. Also includes the kinetics of particles and bodies by the methods of Newton's laws, work-energy, and impulse-momentum. Five lectures per week. Prerequisite: 71-274 Mechanics I-Statics. 71-277 Strength of Materials 5 honrs The study of stresses, strains, and deflections under forces of tension, compression, shear and torsion; shear and moment diagrams, buckling, and properties of materials. Three lectures per week. Prerequisite: 71-274 Mechanics I-Statics. 71-376 Electricity and Magnetism 5 hours Basic concepts of electricity and magnetism. AC and DC circuits, electromagnetism, basic electronic circuits. Prerequisites: 71-272 Gen– eral Physics, 71-388 Advanced Calculus. 71-378, 71-379 Modern Physics 5 homs each quarter An extension of basic concepts of modern physics learned in General