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CD (Community Development)
  

  • CD 638 - Com/Reg Economic Analysis II

    Credits: 3
    Substantive grounding in the theories and practice of measuring community economic dynamics; build solid foundation skills for applied community economic analysis.


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  • CD 641 - Leadership for Change

    Credits: 3
    Course focus is on the role of leadership in community development and change, including situation leadership in the community development process, reviewing the effectiveness of different leadership styles, and relating leadership to community. Skills and processes that facilitate effective shared leadership, including facilitation, conflict resolution, use of participatory techniques, etc, are explained. This course is available only to graduate students registered in the Community Development specialization. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • CD 642 - Grant Writing

    Credits: 3
    The intricacies of grantsmanship provide the focus of this course. Topics covered will include identification of fund sources, procedures for proposal preparation, composition of grants, and the effects of organizational and personal linkages. Students will prepare a grant application based upon an RFP or to a continuous funding source (e.g. Kellogg Foundation, NW Foundation, or IDED). This course is available only to graduate students registered in the Community Development specialization. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • CD 643 - Nonprofit Management

    Credits: 3
    Managing nonprofits including the role of nonprofit organizations in addressing various social problems. Focus will be on the growth of the nonprofit sector and its impact on the community as a source of citizen empowerment. Topics include individual giving and volunteering, board and executive leadership, government and nonprofit relationship, ethics and accountability, and issues and challenges in nonprofit management. This course is available only to graduate students registered in the Community Development specialization. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • CD 644 - Participatory Action Research Methods

    Credits: 3
    A graduate level course to develop participatory action research knowledge and skills through real-world applications. PAR is a method of collecting information by community members in collaboration with a researcher that respects, places community central to, and reflects the experiences and culture of the people most directly impacted by the issue under consideration. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • CD 645 - Community Developer as Community Education

    Credits: 3
     A graduate level course on education strategies and tools for use in community development. This course will develop students? identities as community educators and provide knowledge on appropriate methodologies for working with adults in community settings, as well as develop their creativity and critical thinking skills. Students will engage in peer-to-peer teaching and critical analysis of community education activities. Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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  • CD 792 - Topics

    Credits: 3
    Notes: Sections of this course are provided online through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance.


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CEE (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
  

  • CEE 511 - Bituminous Materials

    Credits: 3
    Properties of bituminous materials including their compatibility with various types of aggregates. Asphalt mixes are designed and tested. Standards tests are performed on bituminous materials with emphasis on test results. Asphalt surface evaluation techniques. Corequisites: CEE 511L . Prerequisites: CEE 216.


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  • CEE 511L - Bituminous Materials Laboratory

    Credits: 0
    Performance of standard tests on asphalt products and mixtures to determine various characteristics. Emphasis will be placed on the interpretation of test results.


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  • CEE 522 - Environmental Engineering Instrumentation

    Credits: 3
    Development of an understanding of standard analytical methods for parameters commonly measured in liquid environmental systems. Corequisites: CEE 522L . Prerequisites: CEE 225 or instructor consent.


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  • CEE 522L - Environmental Engineering Instrumentation Laboratory

    Credits: 0
    Analysis of water and wastewater samples using environmental laboratory instrumentation. Development of laboratory skills in water and wastewater analysis.


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  • CEE 523 - Municipal Water Distribution and Collection System Design

    Credits: 3
    Design of municipal water distribution and collection systems utilizing modern design tools including the utilization of software to simulate system behavior in response to environmental changes.


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  • CEE 524 - Industrial Waste Treatment

    Credits: 3
    Characteristics and composition of industrial wastes, sampling and methods of analysis of these wastes and remedial measures for treatment and disposal.


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  • CEE 535 - Water Resources Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Topics related to water resources engineering including: multiple purpose river development, economic analysis of flood control measures, aspects of water law, advanced topics related to surface and ground water hydrology and administrative aspects of water resources planning. Prerequisites: CEE 225.


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  • CEE 543 - Matrix Analysis of Structures

    Credits: 3
    Theory and application of matrix methods in structural analysis. Prerequisites: CEE 353.


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  • CEE 544 - Precast Concrete Structures

    Credits: 3
    Advantages of precast concrete. Structural and architectural precast elements. Building systems. Design concepts and structural design. Connections, specifications, and detailing. Prerequisites: CEE 456.


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  • CEE 546 - Advanced Geotechnical Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Development of a fundamental understanding of engineering properties of soils and the factors controlling their magnitude and changes with time and environment. Development of why this knowledge is important and how it can be used in the solution of geotechnical and geoenvironmental problems. Prerequisites: CEE 346.


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  • CEE 547 - Foundation Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Application of the fundamental concepts of soil behavior to evaluation, selection, and design of shallow and deep foundation systems. Related topics such as temporary support systems for excavations and pile driving are also included.  Students enrolling in CEE 547 will be held to a higher standard than those enrolling in CEE 447. Prerequisites: CEE 346.


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  • CEE 552 - Prestressed Concrete

    Credits: 3
    Theory and design of prestressed concrete including pre-tensioning and post-tensioning. Prerequisites: CEE 456.


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  • CEE 558 - Design of Timber Structures

    Credits: 3
    Gravity and lateral loads, physical and mechanical properties of wood, properties of dimension lumber and glued laminated timber, design of beams and columns, properties of structural wood panels. Design of sheathing, diaphragms and shearwalls. Design of connections.


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  • CEE 567 - Transportation Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Engineering principles in various common modes of transportation. Prerequisites: CEE 363.


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  • CEE 633 - Open Channel Hydraulics

    Credits: 3
    Energy and momentum principles in open channel flow, flow resistance, flow in uniform and nonuniform channels, flood routing. Prerequisites: CEE 432.


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  • CEE 702 - Advanced Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Credits: 1
    Introduction to graduate study and professional communication skills required for further study in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Course may be repeated as needed to meet plan of study requirements.


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  • CEE 720 - Water Treatment Plant Design

    Credits: 3
    Water supply sources, design of treatment plants, cost estimates of water supply systerms. Corequisites: CEE 720L . Prerequisites: CEE 323 or instructors consent.


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  • CEE 720L - Water Treatment Plant Design Laboratory

    Credits: 0
    Practical design problems in water treatment plant design.


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  • CEE 722 - Hazardous and Toxic Waste Disposal

    Credits: 3
    Legislation, regulation, business aspects and technology related to the management and disposal of hazardous and toxic wastes.


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  • CEE 725 - Biological Principles of Environmental Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Ecology, energetics and kinetics of biochemical systems. Analysis and modeling of suspended growth and fixed film biological processes used in environmental engineering. Laboratory procedures for developing biokinetic data. Prerequisites: CEE 323 or instructors consent.


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  • CEE 726 - Physical and Chemical Principles of Environmental Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Fundamental concepts of fluid/particle interactions, process kinetics, and equilibrium chemistry applied to natural and engineered aquatic environmental systems.  Coagulation, fluid/particle separation, oxidation/reduction, precipitation/dissolution, carbonate systems, absorption, ion exchange, and gas/liquid interfaces.  Corequisites: CEE 726L .  Prerequisites: CEE 323 or instructors consent.


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  • CEE 729 - Wastewater Treatment Plant Design

    Credits: 3
    Design of waste collection and disposal facilities, waste treatment plants, cost estimates of waste disposal and treatment systems.  Prerequisites: CEE 323. Graduate standing.


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  • CEE 729L - Wastewater Treatment Plant Laboratory

    Credits: 0
    Practical design problems in wastewater treatment plant design.


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  • CEE 732 - Advanced Foundation Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Advanced treatment of foundations and earth retaining structures.  Bearing capacity, lateral resistance and settlement of deep foundations; earth pressures on sheet pile walls, braced excavations and buried pipes; numerical methods and computer use in design and analysis applications. Prerequisites: CEE 346.


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  • CEE 733 - Topics in Water Resources Engineering

    Credits: 3
    Topics related to water resources engineering including: Multiple purpose river development, economic andalysis of flood control measures, aspects of water law, advanced topics related to surface and ground water hydrology and administrative of water resources planning. Notes: Course may be repeated.


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  • CEE 734 - Surface Water Quality Model

    Credits: 3
    Modeling advective and dispersive mass transport in surface and engineered water systems. Analysis of reactions affecting the fate of dissolved oxygen, nutrients, toxic compounds and pathogens. Analytical and numerical solutions to derministic modeling equations. Application and use of the QUALI-IIE and EPANET models. Prerequisites: CEE 423, MATH 321.


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  • CEE 738 - Advanced Hydraulics

    Credits: 3
    Introduction to topics related to water resources engineering including: dimensional analysis, similitude, mechanics of sediment transport, river engineering, coastal hydraulics and stream channel mechanics.  Corequisites: CEE 738L . Prerequisites: CEE 432; graduate standing.


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  • CEE 749 - Geotechnical Testing

    Credits: 3
    Determination of engineering properties of soils. Measurement of stress-strain behavior, compressibility, permeability. Use of direct shear test, triaxial compression test, consolidation test, permeameter tests. Interpretation of test data for engineering applications. Use of computerized data acquisition methods. Corequisites: CEE 749L . Prerequisites: CEE 346.


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  • CEE 754 - Advanced Design of Steel Structures

    Credits: 3
    Review of LRFD concepts and basic member design, fundamentals of ASD, column buckling, plate buckling, fundamentals of structural stability, frame stability and frame design.  Design of plate girders, composite girders, bracing members and the basics of PR and FR connections. Prerequisites: CEE 455.


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  • CEE 755 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design

    Credits: 3
    Design of rigid frames, effect of plastic behavior, details for complex structures, analysis of flat plate and other two-way floor systems. Design comparisons. Prerequisites: CEE 456.


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  • CEE 756 - Reinforced Masonry Design

    Credits: 3
    Development of masonry construction. Material properties. Structural design of loadbearing walls, columns, beams and shear walls. Design of masonry buildings due to gravity loads, lateral forces and earthquakes. Prerequisites: CEE 456.


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  • CEE 759 - Structural Dynamics

    Credits: 3

    Dynamic analysis of structural system with one and several degrees of freedom. Determination of natural frequencies. Analysis of free and forced vibration systems including damping. Introduction to earthquake engineering.  Prerequisites: CEE 353, CEE 456.


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  • CEE 765 - Pavement Design

    Credits: 3
    Introduction to pavement types, wheel loads, stresses and strains in pavement components, material characterization, basic principles of design and pavement evaluation. Prerequisites: CEE 363.


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  • CEE 769 - Bridge Design

    Credits: 3
    Determination of bridge loadings and bearings. Design of concrete and steel bridge systems. Specifications and detailing related to bridge. Prerequisites: CEE 455, CEE 456.


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CHEM (Chemistry)
  

  • CHEM 584 - Chemical Toxicology

    Credits: 3
    Understanding of the principles of toxicity, including the molecular basis for toxicity and the environmental fate and transport of chemicals in the environment. Prerequisites: CHEM 360 or CHEM 464.


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  • CHEM 701 - Advanced Organic Chemistry I

    Credits: 3
    Review and discussion of nomenclature, stereochemistry, resonance theory, equilibria, elementary kinetics, intermediate and mechanisms.  Chemistry of polymers, heterocyclics, and natural products.  Prerequisites: CHEM 229, CHEM 328.


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  • CHEM 703 - Advanced Physical Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    A review of the principles and applications of physical chemistry.  Topics such as thermochemistry, quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, kinetics, and electrochemistry considered. Prerequisites: CHEM 242 and MATH 123.


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  • CHEM 704 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Inorganic systems including theoretical, representative group and transition metal topics. Prerequisites: CHEM 242 and CHEM 452.


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  • CHEM 705 - Principles of Biochemistry

    Credits: 2-5
    Chemistry of biological processes occurring in plants and animals.  Prerequisites: CHEM 464.


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  • CHEM 706 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Theoretical treatment of principles involved in non-instrumental analytical chemistry including sampling and statistics. Prerequisites: CHEM 242 and CHEM 332.


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  • CHEM 707 - Chemical Communication Skills

    Credits: 2
    Searching chemical literature by traditional and computer assisted methods; techniques of written and oral communication of chemical information.


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  • CHEM 711 - Chemical Education Research

    Credits: 2
    Course will provide an introduction to the primary literature on research in chemical education. Students will survey the fundamental areas of focus such as learning theories, pedagogical methodology, assessment, and current topics of interest.  Prerequisites: Instructor consent.  


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  • CHEM 713 - Qualitative Research Methods

    Credits: 2
    A survey of theoretical traditions in qualitative methods for chemical education.  Research will include methods of data collection, analysis, and reporting for each tradition. Emphasis will be placed on differences between qualitative and quantitative research methods in chemical education research. Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 714 - Quantitative Research Methods

    Credits: 2
    The course will include fundamental issues regarding the use of statistical analysis in chemical education research. Topics will include different quantitative strategies such as descriptive statistics, nonexperimental designs, single-subject designs, inferential statistics, and an introduction to current statistical program packages. Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 715 - Chemistry Instruction in Higher Education

    Credits: 2
    Instructional processes, learning theories, and issues specific to chemistry instruction in higher education. Topics including learning theory in the context of chemistry, lecture and laboratory settings, assessment strategies, demonstrations, and group work.  Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 722 - Synthesis of Natural Products

    Credits: 3
    Synthetic strategies and pathways for the formation of natural products. Prerequisites: CHEM 328.


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  • CHEM 724 - Structural Determination of Organic Compounds

    Credits: 3
    Determination of the structure of organic compounds primarily by spectroscopic techniques.  Corequisites: CHEM 724L . Prerequisites: CHEM 328.


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  • CHEM 728 - Bioorganic Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Interpretation and categorization of biochemical reactions in terms of principles of organic chemistry. Synthesis of biologically active macromolecules and models for enzyme catalysis. Prerequisites: CHEM 328 and CHEM 705 .


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  • CHEM 731 - Advanced Environmental Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    In-depth treatment of the principles of the environmental chemistry and geochemistry of the atmospheric, aquatic and lithospheric environments. Prerequisites: CHEM 342, instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 733 - Atmospheric Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Structure and functions of the atmosphere; principles of atmospheric chemical processes; chemical reactions and fate of pollutants in the atmospheric environment. Prerequisites: CHEM 342.


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  • CHEM 734 - Environmental Surface Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Chemical and physical processes at environmental interfaces. Prerequisites: CHEM 342, instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 738 - Electroanalytical Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    The principles of electrochemistry as applied to analytical methods will be presented in this course. Topics covered will include polarography, potentiometry, conductance, coulometry, and related topics. Prerequisites: CHEM 434.


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  • CHEM 739 - Chromatography and Separation

    Credits: 3
    Theory and practice of solvent extraction and paper, thin layer, gas and liquid chromatographic techniques. Prerequisites: CHEM 232.


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  • CHEM 740 - Analytical Spectroscopy

    Credits: 3
    In-depth treatment of the quantitative applications and theory of modern spectroscopy techniques including atomic absorption, emission, and fluorescence; molecular absorption and fluorescence; and X-ray spectroscopy. Prerequisites: CHEM 434.


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  • CHEM 741 - Quantum Chemistry I

    Credits: 3
    The application of wave mechanics to simple atomic and molecular systems, properties of wave functions, and approximate methods. Prerequisites: CHEM 703  and MATH 321.


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  • CHEM 744 - Chemical Thermodynamics

    Credits: 3
    Discussion of the laws and theories of classical and statistical thermodynamics as related to macroscopic chemical systems. Prerequisites: CHEM 344.


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  • CHEM 748 - Chemical Kinetics

    Credits: 3
    Experimental methods and theoretical approaches to the study of reaction rates. Prerequisites: CHEM 328 and CHEM 344.


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  • CHEM 753 - Organometallic Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    The study of metal compounds containing organic moieties and related inorganic compounds. Major emphasis will be focused on transition metal-carbon compounds such as the carbonyls, aromatic hydrocarbons and nonaromatic olefin and acetylene complexes. Homogenous catalysts will be discussed. Prerequisites: CHEM 352.


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  • CHEM 760 - Laboratory Rotations in Biochemistry

    Credits: 1-2
    Investigative laboratory experiences for doctoral students in biochemistry, as supervised by faculty members participating in the Biochemistry PhD.


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  • CHEM 762 - Molecular Mechanisms of Disease

    Credits: 3
    Advanced course covering current topics in human disease mechanisms. Course topics include disorders associated with defects in lipid metabolism, nucleotide metabolism, metal metabolism, and organelle function, as well as signaling mechanisms underlying rare and complex diseases. The course applies fundamental biochemical and cell biological concepts to human disease. Corequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 764 - Biochemistry I

    Credits: 3
    Study of metabolism of carbohydrates and lipids. Includes aspects on enzyme kinetics and regulation as well as principles and characteristics of ATP-synthesizing complexes. Prerequisites: CHEM 701 .


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  • CHEM 766 - Biochemistry II

    Credits: 3
    Study of the metabolism of amino acids, proteins, nucleotides and nucleic acids. Includes some aspects of enzymology and the mechanism of intra and intercellular communication. Prerequisites: CHEM 705 .


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  • CHEM 767 - Biophysical Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    Discussion of the theoretical and practical aspects of biophysical methods. These will include an examination of electrophoresis, centrifugation, light scattering, optical rotary dispersion, X-ray diffraction, viscosity/diffusion, and spectroscopy. Prerequisites: CHEM 340 and CHEM 705 .


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  • CHEM 770 - Atomic Theory & Bonding

    Credits: 3
    This course will examine topics in atomic theory including wave-particle duality, wavefunctions, atomic spectra, quantum numbers, and the relationship between electronic structure and the periodic table. These topics will provide a foundation to explain molecular bonding. Topics of molecular bonding will include ionic and covalent bonding, electronegativity, polarizability, valence-shell-electron-pair-repulsion (VSEPR), valence-bond theory, and molecular orbitals. Student participation in discussions will lead to enhanced pedagogical skills for the secondary science teacher. Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 771 - Intermolecular Interactions & Phases of Matter

    Credits: 3
    This course will examine the impact on a variety of physical properties made by attractive forces between molecules, atoms, and ions. Topics will include explaining the existence and predicting the strengths of intermolecular interactions, predicting physical properties such as viscosity, boiling points, and melting points based on the presence of intermolecular forces, and the impact of intermolecular interactions on phases of matter.   Student participation in discussions will lead to enhanced pedagogical skills for the secondary science teacher. Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 772 - Thermodynamics

    Credits: 3
    This course will focus on the relationship between energy, entropy, and the progress of chemical reactions. Major topics will include the relationship between heat and chemical reactions, calorimetry, reaction enthalpy, standard enthalpy, entropy, and free energy. An emphasis will be made on the mathematical techniques used to calculate these relationships and on how these concepts explain chemical behavior. Student participation in discussions will lead to enhanced pedagogical skills for the secondary science teacher. Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 773 - Equilibria & Acid-Base Chemistry

    Credits: 3
    This course will examine the reversibility of chemical reactions. The concept of dynamic equilibria will be studied and the law of mass action used to quantify the condition of equilibrium. Students will be able to predict the extent and direction of a chemical reaction and quantify species at equilibrium. Le Chatelier’s principle will used to study the impact different factors on the equilibrium status of a chemical reaction. Topics in acid/base chemistry will be used to further explain equilibria processes.  Additionally, Bronsted-Lowry and Lewis theories, molecular structure relationships to acid/base behavior, weak acid/ base behavior, the acidic/basic behavior of salts, titration, and buffer solutions will be discussed. Student participation in discussions will lead to enhanced pedagogical skills for the secondary science teacher.  Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 774 - Kinetics, Nuclear, & Electrochemistry

    Credits: 3
    This course will focus on three important topics in chemistry: kinetics, nuclear, and electrochemistry. Students will utilize mathematical methods to study the speed of chemical reactions including average and instantaneous rates of reaction, rate laws, the law of initial methods, and integrated rate laws. Additionally, discussion of changes within the nucleus of an atom resulting in the alteration of that atom will occur by identifying fundamental processes of nuclear chemistry. Biological effects related to nuclear reactions will also be discussed both qualitatively and quantitatively.  Finally, this course will focus on oxidation/reduction reactions as students manipulate redox reactions by balancing chemical reactions, predicting spontaneity of redox reactions, and explaining the function of voltaic cells. Student participation in discussions will lead to enhanced pedagogical skills for the secondary science teacher. Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 775 - Organic & Biochemistry

    Credits: 3
    This course will focus on topics in organic and biochemistry that provide a basis for future instruction in these content areas. Topics in organic chemistry will include nomenclature, functional groups, and basic organic reactions and mechanisms. Biochemistry topics will include nomenclature and structures of simple molecules including carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids. Student participation in discussions will lead to enhanced pedagogical skills for the secondary science teacher. Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 776 - Laboratory Development

    Credits: 3
    This course will focus on the development of laboratory strategies for the secondary chemistry classroom. Students will receive guided instruction in laboratory development techniques from content experts. The outcome of the course will be the development of several new laboratory exercises which will be shared among participants.  Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 777 - Action Research in the Secondary Classroom

    Credits: 2
    This course will engage science instructors in processes used to assess the efficacy of using specific strategies for teaching in the classroom. The methodology for conducting educational research in the classroom will be the initial focus. One outcome of the course will be the inception of a project that could be implemented by the science instructor to investigate the use of a new teaching strategy in the classroom.   Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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  • CHEM 778 - Chemistry Teaching Strategies

    Credits: 3
    This course will focus on pedagogical and curricular strategies and the educational research which supports using these methods. The incorporation of pedagogical methods into science classrooms as modifications for or enhancement of traditional instruction will be the goal for participants.  Additionally the development of integrated curricula which use multiple content areas will be discussed. Pedagogical and curricular strategies developed during the course will be peer-evaluated and tested in individual classrooms.  Prerequisites: Instructor consent.


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