1987-1988 Academic Catalog

148 related projects of community concern. Prerequisite: BI0-200 Environ– mental Biology, CHEM-357 Organic Chemistry. BI0-436 Radiation Biology 4 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 student to basic instrumentation and techniques in the .\afe 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. Prerequis– ite: One year of chemistry, one course in biology, one course in mathematics. (odd years) CHEMISTRY CHEM-151, CHEM-152, CHEM-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. Prerequisite: CHEM 154 Prin– ciples of Chemistry or high school chemistry. CHEM-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, nuclear chemistry; and nomenclature, structure, and reactions of or– ganic compounds. Four lectures and one 3-hour lab per week. CHEM-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: CHEM-152 General Chemistry. CHEM-255 Analytic Chemistry - Sp 5 hom·s A continuation of Quantitative Analysis, with emphasis on instrumen– tal analysis. Three lectures and two 3-hour laboratories per week. Pre– requisite: CHEM-254 Quantitative Analysis. CHEM-357, CHEM-358, CHEM-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. Fall and Winter Quarters: Four lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week. Spring Quarter: Three lectures and two 3-hour laboratories per week. Prerequis– ite: CHEM-152 General Chemistry. CHEM-356 Biochemistry - Sp 5 hom·s 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: CHEM-351 Organic Chemis– try. CHEM-450 Independent Study in Chemistry 1-4 hours Independent experimental study of some chemical phenomenon. CHEM-451, CHEM-452, CHEM-453 Physical Chemistry 4 hourn autumn and winter qum·ters 3 hours spring quarte1· 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: CHEM-254 Quantitative Analysis or CHEM-273 General Physics. (odd years) CHEM-454 Advanced Inm·ganic 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: CHEM-254 Quantitative Analysis. (even years) CHEM-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: CHEM-153 General Chemistry or equivalent and consent of instruc– tor. PHYSICS PHYS-271, PHYS-272, PHYS-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: MATH-281 Analytic Geometry and Calculus. PHYS-274 Mechanics l- 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: PHYS-271 General Physics, MATH-283 Analytic Geometry and Calculus. PHYS-275 Mechanics H - Dynamics 5 hours 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: PHYS-274 Mechanics I-Statics.