QUIM 3001. GENERAL CHEMISTRY I. Four credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory per week.

Basic principles of chemistry: composition, properties, and changes of matter. Topics include: atomic structure, chemical reactions, periodic properties of the elements, stoichiometry chemical bonding, and thermochemistry.

QUIM 3002. GENERAL CHEMISTRY II. Four credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture and one three- hour laboratory per week.

Basic principles of chemistry: composition, properties, and changes of matter. Topics include: the states of matter, solutions, acid and bases, kinetics, chemical equilibrium, and electrochemistry.

QUIM 3025. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY I. Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3002 or QUIM 3042.

General concepts of quantitative chemical analysis with emphasis on classical methods including volumetric and gravimetric analysis and chemical equilibria.

QUIM 3041-3042. GENERAL CHEMISTRY. Four credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture and one three- hour laboratory per week. For chemistry majors.

The fundamental principles of the chemical science, the descriptive chemistry of the more common elements and their important compounds.

QUIM 3055. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY. Four credit hours. Three lectures and one four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3002 or QUIM 3042.

A study of fundamental topics in analytical chemistry. Emphasis will be given to both theory and practice of current instrumental methods of analysis.

QUIM 3061. FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY I. Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3002 or QUIM 3042.

Principles of organic chemistry; the chemistry of organic functional groups and reaction mechanisms, emphasizing their importance in biochemistry.

QUIM 3062. FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY II. Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3061.

Fundamental concepts of biochemistry; the nature and properties of compounds of biochemical interest.

QUIM 3065. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY II. Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3025.

Theory and practice of optical spectroscopy, electroanalytical methods, and modern separation techniques.

QUIM 3071-3072. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one four-hour laboratory per week each semester. Prerequisite: QUIM 3042 or QUIM 3002. For chemistry majors.

A study of the reactions, methods of preparation and theories on structure of organic compounds, with emphasis on the mechanisms of organic reactions.

QUIM 3085. ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3002 or QUIM 3042.

Effect of man's activities upon the biosphere, with particular emphasis on the chemistry of the processes involved.

QUIM 3141. PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY I. Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory per week.

Principles of general and organic chemistry with emphasis on biological applications in such topics as: atoms, molecules, states of matter, solutions, and organic functional groups.

QUIM 3142. PRINCIPLES OF GENERAL, ORGANIC AND BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY II. Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3141.

Principles of general and organic chemistry with emphasis on biological applications in such topics as: isomerism, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, nucleic acids, metabolism.

QUIM 3335. INTRODUCTION TO FOOD CHEMISTRY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: QUIM 3002 or QUIM 3042.

Basic aspects of the relationships of food chemistry to health, nutrition, and industry.

QUIM 3450. FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Five credit hours. Four hours of lecture and one four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3002 or QUIM 3042.

Properties, reactions, synthesis, and reaction mechanisms of organic compounds.

QUIM 3461. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Pre-requisite: QUIM 3002 or QUIM 3042.

Nomenclature, structure, preparation, and reactions of non-aromatic hydrocarbons and alkyl halides.

QUIM 3462. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I. One credit hour. One four-hour laboratory period per week. Correquisite: QUIM 3461.

Experimental techniques in organic chemistry: separation; purification; reactions of non-aromatic hydrocarbous and alkyl halides; polarimetry.

QUIM 3463. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Pre-requisite: QUIM 3461.

Nomenclature, structure, preparation, and reactions of aromatic hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids, amines, and related compounds; biological compounds.

QUIM 3464. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II. Four hours credit. One four-hour laboratory period per week. Pre-requisite: QUIM 3462. Correquisite: QUIM 3463.

Experimental techniques in organic chemistry: identification and preparation of organic compounds; spectroscopy.

QUIM 4000. INTERMEDIATE INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 4041.

A study of the elements and their inorganic compounds based on modern concepts of atomic and molecular structure.

QUIM 4007. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY. One credit hour. Four hours of laboratory per week. Corequisite: QUIM 4000.

Laboratory work involving the synthesis and characterization of compounds of representative elements and transition metals, including organometallic compounds.

QUIM 4015. INSTRUMENTAL METHODS OF ANALYSIS. Four credit hours. Three hours of lecture and one four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: QUIM 3065.

The theory and practice of atomic and molecular spectroscopic methods, mass spectrometry, ion and surface science techniques, and current topics in instrumental analytical chemistry.

QUIM 4026. HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3002 or QUIM 3042.

The development of Chemistry from antiquity to the present, emphasizing the critical analysis of its concepts.

QUIM 4041. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: QUIM 3042 and (FISI 3151 or FISI 3171). Corequisite: MATE 3063 or MATE 3048.

Fundamentals and laws of classical themodynamics applied to ideal and real gases, phase equilibrium, chemical equilibrium, heterogeneous equilibrium of binary systems, and solutions.

QUIM4042. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II. Three credit hours per semester. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: QUIM 4041 and (MATE 3063 or MATE 3048).

Chemical kinetics, molecular kinetic theory of gases, introduction to quantum mechanics and its application to vibrational, rotational, and electronic spectroscopy.

QUIM 4101. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I. One credit hour. One four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 4041 and QUIM 3055 or QUIM 3025.

Experimental determination of thermodynamic properties such as vapor pressure, partial molar volume, enthalpy of reaction, heat capacity, eutectic composition, and equilibrium constants.

QUIM 4102. PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II. One credit hour. One four-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 4101. Corequisite: QUIM 4042.

Use of spectroscopic, kinetic, electrochemical, surface, polarimetric, and computational methods to determine physical and chemical properties.

QUIM 4115. PRACTICE TEACHING IN THE CHEMISTRY LABORATORY. One credit hour. Four hours of workshop per week. Prerequisites: Consent of the Department Director for those students who have approved the following courses: QUIM 3072 or QUIM 3463 or QUIM 3450, and either QUIM 3025 or QUIM 3055.

Training in the teaching of chemistry, organization of a laboratory, handling of chemicals, care of equipment, safety rules and supervision of experimental and written work.

QUIM 4125. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SEMINAR IN CHEMISTRY. Two credit hours. Two ninety-minute periods per week. Prerequisite: twenty credit hours of chemistry.

Techniques of searching the chemical literature. The student will give a short oral presentation on a recently published paper, and prepare and discuss a review paper on a topic selected by him and approved by the instructor.

QUIM 4137. INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY. Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: QUIM 3463 or QUIM 3072 or QUIM 3450 or QUIM 3062.

Chemical principles related to industrial processes, especially those being carried out in Puerto Rico. Field trips required.

QUIM 4145. PRACTICE IN INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY. One credit hour. One laboratory of four to six hours per week. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Practical experience in Industrial Chemistry in cooperation with private industry or government.

QUIM 4399. SELECTED TOPICS IN CHEMISTRY. One to three credit hours. One to three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: Third of fourth year student in Chemistry, or consent of the Director of the Department.

Selected topics in Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, and related areas.

QUIM 4997. CO-OP PRACTICE. Three to six credit hours. Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of the Department.

Practical experience in chemistry in cooperation with industry or government agencies, jointly supervised by the Department, the COOP Program Coordinator, and an official from the cooperating organization.

QUIM 4998. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH I. One to three credit hours. Four to twelve hours of research per week. Prerequisite: consent of the Director of the Department.

Introduction to chemical research under the supervision of professors of the department.

QUIM 4999. UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH II. One to three credit hours. Four to twelve hours of research per week. Prerequisite: three credits of QUIM 4998.

A research project under the supervision of professors of the department.