Chemistry (Department of)
College of Chemistry
Department Office: 419 Latimer Hall, (510) 642-5882
Chair: Daniel M. Neumark, PhD
Department Website: Chemistry
Chemistry Major in the College of Chemistry (BS Degree)
The requirements for a BS degree in the College of Chemistry, with a chemistry major, are: A total of 120 semester units; Mathematics 1A, 1B, 53, 54; Physics 7A, 7B; Chemistry 4A, 4B, 104A, 104B, 112A, 112B, 120A, 120B, 125, and a choice of 105, 108, 115, or 146. In addition to these specified courses, the BS chemistry major consists of 15 units of advanced study in chemistry and related fields, including at least one lecture course in chemistry. These courses permit the student to emphasize chemistry in areas of personal interest or to specialize in related fields, such as physics, biology, geology, mathematics, materials science, or nuclear science.
The Materials Chemistry concentration within the Chemistry major requires Chemistry C150, two chemistry laboratory courses (105 or 125, plus 108 or 115), and 10 units of upper division electives. These courses are taken in place of the following upper division Chemistry requirements: Chemistry 125; Chemistry 105, 108, 115, or 146; and 15 units of advanced study in chemistry and related fields.
The following requirements must also be satisfied: Entry-level Writing; American History and Institutions; American Cultures; a second-semester foreign language course or equivalent; and the 15 unit breadth requirement, which includes courses in reading and composition (English R1A and R1B or equivalent), humanities, and social sciences.
Chemical Biology Major
The requirements for a BS degree in Chemical Biology are as follows: A total of 120 semester units; Mathematics 1A, 1B, 53, 54; Physics 7A, 7B (8A, 8B may be taken in place of 7A, 7B, but 7A, 7B are recommended); Biology 1A and 1AL; Chemistry 4A, 4B, 103, C110L, 112A, 112B, 120A, 120B, 135, and one of 105, 125, C170L, or C182; Molecular and Cell Biology 110. In addition to these specified courses, the BS chemical biology major requires 7 units of advanced study in chemistry and related fields, including at least one lecture course in chemistry.
The following requirements must also be satisfied: Entry-Level Writing; American History and Institutions; American Cultures; a second-semester foreign language course or equivalent; and the 15 unit breadth requirement, which includes courses in reading and composition (English R1A and R1B or equivalent), humanities, and social sciences.
Undergraduate Research
Students are encouraged to participate in individual undergraduate research in collaboration with one of the faculty during their junior or senior year.
Intercollegiate Transfers
Transfer applicants are expected to complete, at a minimum, courses equivalent to Chemistry 1A-1B, Mathematics 1A-1B, Physics 7A (Physics 7A or 8A for chemical biology majors), English R1A-R1B, and two additional courses toward the major before transfer. In addition, completion of additional chemistry, mathematics, calculus-based physics, and some biology is encouraged. Chemistry and chemical biology majors who transfer without having covered quantitative analysis are required to take a quantitative analysis course after transfer. Coursework taken the summer before enrollment at UC Berkeley is not considered in the selection of applicants.
Chemistry Major in the College of Letters and Science (BA Degree)
The requirements are: Mathematics: 1A, 1B, 53, 54. Physics: 7A, 7B. Chemistry: 4A, 4B, 104A, 104B (103 and 135 may be taken in place of 104A, 104B), 112A, 112B, 120A, 120B, and a choice of one of the following: 105, 108, 115, 125, C170L, or C182.
Honors at Graduation for a BA Degree
To be eligible to receive honors in Chemistry at graduation, candidates for the BA degree must earn a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.5 in upper division courses in the major and at least 3.3 overall at Berkeley; and complete at least three units of Chemistry H194 or another advanced chemistry course as approved by the department.
Chemistry Minor in the College of Chemistry
Note: The Chemistry minor is not available to Chemical Biology majors.
A minor in Chemistry will be awarded to students who have successfully completed one year of organic chemistry (3A plus 3AL and 3B plus 3BL or 112A-112B or equivalent), one year of physical chemistry taken at Berkeley (120A-120B, or C130 and 130B), and two additional upper division chemistry courses taken at Berkeley (with the exception of courses numbered 190-199). All of the courses taken for the minor must be taken for a letter grade. Students must achieve at least a 2.0 GPA in the courses taken for the minor for each of the following: upper division courses, courses taken at Berkeley, and organic chemistry courses if taken at another institution and accepted by the College of Chemistry as equivalent to 3A plus 3AL, 3B plus 3BL, 112A, or 112B. For the minor to be awarded, students must submit a notification of completion of the minor to the College of Chemistry Undergraduate Advising Office.
Please consult with your college or school for information on rules regarding overlap of courses between majors and minors.
California Teaching Credential
For information concerning the California Teaching credential (Single or Multiple Subject), see the Graduate School of Education's Guide to Graduate Studies .
Graduate Programs
Students interested in graduate study are invited to visit the department's website for more information.
CHEM 1A General Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: High school chemistry recommended.
Stoichiometry of chemical reactions, quantum mechanical description of atoms, the elements and periodic table, chemical bonding, real and ideal gases, thermochemistry, introduction to thermodynamics and equilibrium, acid-base and solubility equilibria, introduction to oxidation-reduction reactions, introduction to chemical kinetics.
Students will receive no credit for 1A after taking 4A.
CHEM 1AL General Chemistry Laboratory 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 1 hour of Lecture and 6 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A (may be taken concurrently).
An experimental approach to chemical sciences with emphasis on developing fundamental, reproducible laboratory technique and a goal of understanding and achieving precision and accuracy in laboratory experiments. Proper use of laboratory equipment and standard wet chemical methods are practiced. Areas of investigations include chemical equilibria, spectroscopy, nanotechnology, green chemistry, and thermochemistry. Concurrent enrollment in 1A is recommended.
Students will receive no credit for 1AL after taking 4A.
CHEM 1B General Chemistry 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture and 8 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A and 1AL or equivalent, or a score of 3, 4, or 5 on the Chemistry AP test.
Introduction to chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, properties of the states of matter, binary mixtures, thermodynamic efficiency and the direction of chemical change, quantum mechanical description of bonding introduction to spectroscopy. Special topics: Research topics in modern chemistry and biochemistry, chemical engineering.
Students will receive no credit for 1B after taking 4B.
CHEM W1A General Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Web-based lecture and 1 hour of Web-based discussion per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Web-based lecture and 2 hours of Web-based discussion per week for 8 weeks. This is an online course.
Prerequisites: High school chemistry is recommended.
Stoichiometry of chemical reactions, quantum mechanical description of atoms, the elements and periodic table, chemical bonding, real and ideal gases, thermochemistry, introduction to thermodynamics and equilibrium, acid-base and solubility equilibria, introduction to oxidation-reduction reactions, introduction to chemical kinetics. This course is web-based.
Students will receive no credit for W1A after taking 1A or 4A. A deficiency in 1A may be removed by taking W1A.
CHEM 3A Chemical Structure and Reactivity 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A with a grade of C- or higher, or a score of 4 or 5 on the Chemistry AP test.
Introduction to organic chemical structures, bonding, and chemical reactivity. The organic chemistry of alkanes, alkyl halides, alcohols, alkenes, alkynes, and organometallics.
112A will restrict credit if completed before 3A.
CHEM 3AL Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 2 hours of Lecture and 8 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A and 1AL or equivalent with a grade of C- or higher, or a score of 4 or 5 on Chemistry AP test; 3A (may be taken concurrently).
Introduction to the theory and practice of methods used in the organic chemistry laboratory. An emphasis is placed on the separation and purification of organic compounds. Techniques covered will include extraction, distillation, sublimation, recrystalization, and chromatography. Detailed discussions and applications of infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy will be included.
Students will receive no credit for 3AL after taking 112A.
CHEM 3B Chemical Structure and Reactivity 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3A with a grade of C- or higher.
Conjugation, aromatic chemistry, carbonyl compounds, carbohydrates, amines, carboxylic acids, amino acids, peptides, proteins, and nucleic acid chemistry. Ultraviolet spectroscopy and mass spectrometry will be introduced.
Students will receive no credit for 3B after taking 112B.
CHEM 3BL Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 2 hours of Lecture and 8 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3AL; 3B (may be taken concurrently).
The synthesis and purification of organic compounds will be explored. Natural product chemistry will be introduced. Advanced spectroscopic methods including infrared, ultraviolet, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry will be used to analyze products prepared and/or isolated. Qualitative analysis of organic compounds will be covered.
Students will receive no credit for 3BL after taking 112B.
CHEM N3AL Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Web-based lecture and 8 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks. This is an online course.
Prerequisites: 3A may be taken concurrently, or after passing 3A with a grade of C- or better.
Introduction to the theory and practice of methods used in the organic chemistry laboratory. An emphasis is placed on the separation and purification of organic compounds. Techniques covered will include extraction, distillation, sublimation, recrystalization, and chromatography. Detailed discussions and applications of infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy will be included.
Students will receive no credit for N3AL after taking 112A. Instructor: Pedersen
CHEM 4A General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall. 4A: (F); 4B: (SP)
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: High school chemistry; calculus (may be taken concurrently); high school physics is recommended.
This series is intended for majors in physical and biological sciences and in engineering. It presents the foundation principles of chemistry, including stoichiometry, ideal and real gases, acid-base and solubility equilibria, oxidation-reduction reactions, thermochemistry, entropy, nuclear chemistry and radioactivity, the atoms and elements, the periodic table, quantum theory, chemical bonding, molecular structure, chemical kinetics, and descriptive chemistry. Examples and applications will be drawn from diverse areas of special interest such as atmospheric, environmental, materials, polymer and computational chemistry, and biochemistry. Laboratory emphasizes quantitative work. Equivalent to 1A-1B plus 15 as prerequisite for further courses in chemistry.
Students will receive one unit of credit for 4A after taking 1A. Students will receive three units of credit for 4A after taking 1AL.
CHEM 4B General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: High school chemistry; calculus (may be taken concurrently); high school physics is recommended.
This series is intended for majors in physical and biological sciences and in engineering. It presents the foundation principles of chemistry, including stoichiometry, ideal and real gases, acid-base and solubility equilibria, oxidation-reduction reactions, thermochemistry, entropy, nuclear chemistry and radioactivity, the atoms and elements, the periodic table, quantum theory, chemical bonding, molecular structure, chemical kinetics, and descriptive chemistry. Examples and applications will be drawn from diverse areas of special interest such as atmospheric, environmental, materials, polymer and computational chemistry, and biochemistry. Laboratory emphasizes quantitative work. Equivalent to 1A-1B plus 15 as prerequisite for further courses in chemistry.
Students will receive two units of credit for 4B after taking 1B; 1 unit after taking 15. Instructors: C. Harris, Mathies
CHEM 15 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1A and 1AL or equivalent.
An introduction to analytical and bioanalytical chemistry including background in statistical analysis of data, acid-base equilibria, electroanalytical potentiometry, spectrometric, and chromatographic methods of analysis and some advanced topics in bioanalytical chemistry such as micro-fluidics, bioassay techniques, and enzymatic biosensors.
Students will receive 2 units credit for 15 after taking 4B.
CHEM 24 Freshman Seminar 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
The Freshman Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small seminar setting. Freshman seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics may vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 freshmen.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 49 Supplementary Work in Lower Division Chemistry 1 - 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Meetings to be arranged. Meetings to be arranged.
Students with partial credit in lower division chemistry courses may, with consent of instructor, complete the credit under this heading.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 96 Introduction to Research and Study in the College of Chemistry 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Freshman standing in the College of Chemistry, or consent of instructor.
Introduces freshmen to research activities and programs of study in the College of Chemistry. Includes lectures by faculty, an introduction to college library and computer facilities, the opportunity to meet alumni and advanced undergraduates in an informal atmosphere, and discussion of college and campus resources.
Students will receive no credit for Chemistry 96 after taking Chemistry C96 or Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering C96.
CHEM 98 Supervised Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of work per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Group study of selected topics.
Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
CHEM 98W Directed Group Study 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks.
Topics vary with instructor. Enrollment restrictions apply.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
CHEM 100 Communicating Chemistry 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Fieldwork per week for 15 weeks.
For undergraduate and graduate students interested in improving their ability to communicate their scientific knowledge by teaching chemistry in elementary schools. The course will combine instruction in inquiry-based chemistry teaching methods and learning pedagogy with 10 weeks of supervised teaching experience in a local school classroom. Thus, students will practice communicating scientific knowledge and receive mentoring on how to improve their presentations. Approximately three hours per week, including time spent in school classrooms.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Formerly known as 20.
CHEM 103 Inorganic Chemistry in Living Systems 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1B or 4B.
The basic principles of metal ions and coordination chemistry applied to the study of biological systems.
CHEM 104A Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1B, 4B, or 3A; 104A is prerequisite to 104B.
The chemistry of metals and nonmetals including the application of physical chemical principles.
104A: No restrictions; 104B: Students will receive two units of credit after taking 103.
CHEM 104B Advanced Inorganic Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 104A or consent of instructor.
The chemistry of metals and nonmetals including the application of physical chemical principles.
Students will receive two units of credit for 104B taking 103.
CHEM 105 Instrumental Methods in Analytical Chemistry 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 8 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 4B; or 1B and 15; or 1B and a UC GPA of 3.3 or higher.
Principles, instrumentation and analytical applications of atomic spectroscopies, mass spectrometry, separations, electrochemistry and micro-characterization. Discussion of instrument design and capabilities as well as real-world problem solving with an emphasis on bioanalytical, environmental, and forensic applications. Hands-on laboratory work using modern instrumentation, emphasizing independent projects involving real-life samples and problem solving.
CHEM 108 Inorganic Synthesis and Reactions 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 8 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 4B or 15; 104B with grade of C- or higher, or 103.
The preparation of inorganic compounds using vacuum line, air-and moisture-exclusion, electrochemical, high-pressure, and other synthetic techniques. Kinetic and mechanistic studies of inorganic compounds.
CHEM C110L/MCELLBI C110L General Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory 4 Units
Department: Chemistry; Molecular and Cell Biology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 6 to 8 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 110 (may be taken concurrently).
Experimental techniques of biochemistry and molecular biology, designed to accompany the lectures in Molecular and Cell Biology 100B and 110.
CHEM 112A Organic Chemistry 5 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of laboratory discussion, and 5 hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 112A: 1B or 4B with grade of C- or higher; 112B: 112A with grade of C- or higher. For students majoring in chemistry or a closely related field such as chemical engineering or molecular and cell biology.
A study of all aspects of fundamental organic chemistry, including nomenclature, chemical and physical properties, reactions and syntheses of the major classes of organic compounds. The study includes theoretical aspects, reaction mechanisms, multistep syntheses, and the chemistry of polycyclic and heterocyclic compounds. This course is more extensive and intensive than 3A-3B and includes a greater emphasis on reaction mechanisms and multistep syntheses. 112A (F); 112B (SP)
Students will receive no credit for 112A after taking both 3A and 3AL; two units of credit after taking 3A (lecture only).
CHEM 112B Organic Chemistry 5 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture, 1 hour of laboratory discussion, and 5 hours of laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: 112A: 1B or 4B with grade of C- or higher. 112B: 112A with grade of C- or higher. For students majoring in chemistry or a closely related field such as chemical engineering or molecular and cell biology.
A study of all aspects of fundamental organic chemistry, including nomenclature, chemical and physical properties, reactions and syntheses of the major classes of organic compounds. The study includes theoretical aspects, reaction mechanisms, multistep syntheses, and the chemistry of polycyclic and heterocyclic compounds. This course is more extensive and intensive than 3A-3B and includes a greater emphasis on reaction mechanisms and multistep syntheses. 112A (F); 112B (SP)
Students will receive no credit for 112B after taking both 3B and 3BL; 2 units of credit for 112B after taking 3B (lecture only). Instructors: Hawkins, Schultz, Streitwieser
CHEM 113 Advanced Mechanistic Organic Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3B or 112B with a minimum grade of B- or consent of instructor.
Advanced topics in mechanistic and physical organic chemistry typically including kinetics, reactive intermediates, substitution reactions, linear free energy relationships, orbital interactions and orbital symmetry control of reactions, isotope effects, and photochemistry.
CHEM 114 Advanced Synthetic Organic Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3B or 112B with a minimum grade of B- or consent of instructor.
Advanced topics in synthetic organic chemistry with a focus on selectivity. Topics include reductions, oxidations, enolate chemistry and the aldol reaction, reactions of non-stablized anions, olefination reactions, pericyclic reactions and application to the synthesis of complex structures.
CHEM 115 Organic Chemistry--Advanced Laboratory Methods 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 11 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks. 2 hours of Lecture and 20 hours of Laboratory per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: 112B with a grade of C- or higher.
Advanced synthetic methods, chemical and spectroscopic structural methods, designed as a preparation for experimental research.
CHEM 120A Physical Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 4B or equivalent; Physics 7B or 8B; Mathematics 53; Mathematics 54 or consent of instructor.
Kinetic, potential, and total energy of particles and forces between them; principles of quantum theory, including one-electron and many-electron atoms and its applications to chemical bonding, intermolecular interactions, and elementary spectroscopy.
Students will receive two units of credit for 120A after taking 130B.
CHEM 120B Physical Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 4B or equivalent; Mathematics 53; Mathematics 54 (may be taken concurrently); Physics 7B or 8B.
Statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, equilibrium and applications to chemical systems: states of matter, solutions and solvation, chemical kinetics, molecular dynamics, and molecular transport.
CHEM 122 Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 120A.
Postulates and methods of quantum mechanics and group theory applied to molecular structure and spectra.
CHEM 125 Physical Chemistry Laboratory 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Two of the following: 120A, 120B, C130, or 130B with grades of C- or higher (one of which may be taken concurrently).
Experiments in thermodynamics, kinetics, molecular structure, and general physical chemistry.
Students will receive 1 unit of credit for 125 after taking C182 or Earth and Planetary Science C182. Consent of instructor is required to enroll in 125 after completing C182 or EPS C182.
CHEM 130B Biophysical Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: C130 or Molecular and Cell Biology C100A, or consent of instructor.
The weekly one-hour discussion is for problem solving and the application of calculus in physical chemistry. Molecular structure, intermolecular forces and interactions, biomolecular spectroscopy, high-resolution structure determinations.
Students will receive two units of credit for 130B after taking 120A.
CHEM C130/MCELLBI C100A Biophysical Chemistry: Physical Principles and the Molecules of Life 4 Units
Department: Chemistry; Molecular and Cell Biology
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks. 5.5 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Discussion per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 3A or 112A, Mathematics 1A, Biology 1A and 1AL; Chemistry 3B or 112B recommended.
Thermodynamic and kinetic concepts applied to understanding the chemistry and structure of biomolecules (proteins, DNA, and RNA). Molecular distributions, reaction kinetics, enzyme kinetics. Bioenergetics, energy transduction, and motor proteins. Electrochemical potential, membranes, and ion channels.
CHEM 135 Chemical Biology 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 3B or 112B; Biology 1A; or consent of instructor.
One-semester introduction to biochemistry, aimed toward chemistry and chemical biology majors.
Students will receive no credit for 135 after taking Molecular and Cell Biology 100B or 102.
CHEM C138/BIO ENG C181/CHM ENG C195A/PLANTBI C124 The Berkeley Lectures on Energy: Energy from Biomass 3 Units
Department: Chemistry; Bioengineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Plant and Microbial Biology
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 1B or Chemistry 4B, Mathematics 1B, Biology 1A.
After an introduction to the different aspects of our global energy consumption, the course will focus on the role of biomass. The course will illustrate how the global scale of energy guides the biomass research. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of the biological aspects (crop selection, harvesting, storage and distribution, and chemical composition of biomass) with the chemical aspects to convert biomass to energy. The course aims to engage students in state-of-the-art research.
Repeatable when topic changes with consent of instructor. Instructors: Bell, Blanch, Clark, Smit, C. Somerville
CHEM 143 Nuclear Chemistry 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Physics 7B or equivalent.
Radioactivity, fission, nuclear models and reactions, nuclear processes in nature. Computer methods will be introduced.
CHEM 146 Chemical Methods in Nuclear Technology 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1.5 hours of Lecture and 4.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 4B or 15; 143 is recommended.
Experimental illustrations of the interrelation between chemical and nuclear science and technology; fission process, chemistry of fission fragments, chemical effects of nuclear transformation; application of radioactivity to study of chemical problems; neutron activation analysis.
CHEM 149 Supplementary Work in Upper Division Chemistry 1 - 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Meetings to be arranged. Meetings to be arranged.
Students with partial credit in upper division chemistry courses may, with consent of instructor, complete the credit under this heading.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM C150/MAT SCI C150 Introduction to Materials Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry; Materials Science and Engineering
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 104A; 104B is recommended.
The application of basic chemical principles to problems in materials discovery, design, and characterization will be discussed. Topics covered will include inorganic solids, nanoscale materials, polymers, and biological materials, with specific focus on the ways in which atomic-level interactions dictate the bulk properties of matter.
CHEM C170L/CHM ENG C170L Biochemical Engineering Laboratory 3 Units
Department: Chemistry; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of Laboratory and 1 hour of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Chemical Engineering 170A (may be taken concurrently) or consent of instructor.
Laboratory techniques for the cultivation of microorganisms in batch and continuous reactions. Enzymatic conversion processes. Recovery of biological products.
CHEM C178/CHM ENG C178 Polymer Science and Technology 3 Units
Department: Chemistry; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/laboratory per week.
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
An interdisciplinary course on the synthesis, characterization, and properties of polymer materials. Emphasis on the molecular origin of properties of polymeric materials and technological applications. Topics include single molecule properties, polymer mixtures and solutions, melts, glasses, elastomers, and crystals. Experiments in polymer synthesis, characterization, and physical properties.
Instructor: Segalman
CHEM C182/EPS C182 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Laboratory 3 Units
Department: Chemistry; Earth and Planetary Science
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: College-level calculus, chemistry, and physics, or consent of instructor.
Fluid dynamics, radiative transfer, and the kinetics, spectroscopy, and measurement of atmospherically relevant species are explored through laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and field observations.
Students will receive 1 unit of credit for C182 after taking 125.
CHEM C191/COMPSCI C191/PHYSICS C191 Quantum Information Science and Technology 3 Units
Department: Chemistry; Computer Science; Physics
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/discussion per week.
This multidisciplinary course provides an introduction to fundamental conceptual aspects of quantum mechanics from a computational and informational theoretic perspective, as well as physical implementations and technological applications of quantum information science. Basic sections of quantum algorithms, complexity, and cryptography, will be touched upon, as well as pertinent physical realizations from nanoscale science and engineering.
Instructors: Crommie, Vazirani, Whaley
CHEM 192 Individual Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Individual conferences.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and adviser.
All properly qualified students who wish to pursue a problem of their own choice, through reading or nonlaboratory study, may do so if their proposed project is acceptable to the member of the staff with whom they wish to work.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM H194 Research for Advanced Undergraduates 2 - 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Minimum of 3 hours of work per week per unit of credit.
Prerequisites: Minimum GPA of 3.4 overall at Berkeley and consent of instructor and adviser.
Students may pursue original research under the direction of one of the members of the staff.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 195 Special Topics 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4.5 hours of lecture per week for 10 weeks. During summer, lectures may consist of workshops, fieldtrips, discussion, and/or student presentations.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Special topics will be offered from time to time. Examples are: photochemical air pollution, computers in chemistry.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 196 Special Laboratory Study 2 - 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Laboratory.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and adviser.
Special laboratory work for advanced undergraduates.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 197 Field Study in Chemistry 1 - 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 6 hours of fieldwork per week per unit for 8 weeks. 3 hours of fieldwork per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing and consent of instructor.
Supervised experience in off-campus organizations relevant to specific aspects and applications of chemistry. Written report required at the end of the term. Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for the bachelor's degree.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
CHEM 198 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of lecture per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Completion of 60 units of undergraduate study and in good standing.
Group study of selected topics.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
CHEM 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Nonlaboratory study only.
Enrollment is restricted by regulations listed in the .
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 200 Chemistry Fundamentals 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Review of bonding, structure, stereochemistry, conformation, thermodynamics and kinetics, and arrow-pushing formalisms.
CHEM 201 Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Review of bonding, structure, MO theory, thermodynamics, and kinetics.
CHEM 208 Structure Analysis by X-Ray Diffraction 4 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 8 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
The theory and practice of modern, single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Groups of four students determine the crystal and molecular structure of newly synthesized materials from the College of Chemistry. The laboratory work involves the mounting of crystals and initial evaluation by X-ray diffraction film techniques, the collection of intensity data by automated diffractometer procedures, and structure analysis and refinement.
CHEM 214 Heterocyclic Chemistry 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Graduate student standing or consent of instructor. A year of organic chemistry with a grade of B- or better is required for undergraduate enrollment.
Advanced topics in organic chemistry with a focus on the reactivity and synthesis of aromatic heterocycles. Classic and modern methods for the synthesis of indoles, pyridines, furans, pyrroles, and quinolines will be covered, as well as complex, multi-heteroatom ring systems. Applications to medicinal and bioorganic chemistry will be included where appropriate.
Instructor: Maimone
CHEM 220A Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 120B.
A rigorous presentation of classical thermodynamics followed by an introduction to statistical mechanics with the application to real systems.
CHEM 220B Statistical Mechanics 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 220A.
Principles of statistical mechanics and applications to complex systems.
CHEM 221A Advanced Quantum Mechanics 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 120B and 122 or equivalent.
Introduction, one dimensional problems, matrix mechanics, approximation methods.
CHEM 221B Advanced Quantum Mechanics 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 221A.
Time dependence, interaction of matter with radiation, scattering theory. Molecular and many-body quantum mechanics.
CHEM 222 Spectroscopy 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
This course presents a survey of experimental and theoretical methods of spectroscopy, and group theory as used in modern chemical research. The course topics include experimental methods, classical and quantum descriptions of the interaction of radiation and matter. Qualitative and quantitative aspects of the subject are illustrated with examples including application of linear and nonlinear spectroscopies to the study of molecular structure and dynamics and to quantitative analysis. This course is offered jointly with 122.
CHEM 223A Chemical Kinetics 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 220A (may be taken concurrently).
Deduction of mechanisms of complex reactions. Collision and transition state theory. Potential energy surfaces. Unimolecular reaction rate theory. Molecular beam scattering studies.
CHEM C230/MCELLBI C214 Protein Chemistry, Enzymology, and Bio-organic Chemistry 2 Units
Department: Chemistry; Molecular and Cell Biology
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: At the instructor's discretion, this course may be taught over a 10 week period with 3 hours of lecture per week or over a 15 week period with 2 hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
The topics covered will be chosen from the following: protein structure; protein-protein interactions; enzyme kinetics and mechanism; enzyme design. Intended for graduate students in chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular and cell biology.
CHEM C234/ESPM C234/PB HLTH C234 Green Chemistry: An Interdisciplonary Approach to Sustainability 3 Units
Department: Chemistry; Environ Sci, Policy, and Management; Public Health
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 20 hours of Lecture per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: One year of chemistry, including a semester of organic chemistry, or consent of instructors based on previous experience.
Meeting the challenge of global sustainability will require interdisciplinary approaches to research and education, as well as the integration of this new knowledge into society, policymaking, and business. Green Chemistry is an intellectual framework created to meet these challenges and guide technological development. It encourages the design and production of safer and more sustainable chemicals and products.
Instructors: Arnold, Bergman, Guth, Iles, Kokai, Mulvihill, Schwarzman, Wilson
CHEM C236/CHM ENG C295Z/EPS C295Z Energy Solutions: Carbon Capture and Sequestration 3 Units
Department: Chemistry; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Earth and Planetary Science
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 4B or 1B, Mathematics 1B, and Physics 7B, or equivalents.
After a brief overview of the chemistry of carbon dioxide in the land, ocean, and atmosphere, the course will survey the capture and sequestration of CO2 from anthropogenic sources. Emphasis will be placed on the integration of materials synthesis and unit operation design, including the chemistry and engineering aspects of sequestration. The course primarily addresses scientific and engineering challenges and aims to engage students in state-of-the-art research in global energy challenges.
Instructors: Bourg, DePaolo, Long, Reimer, Smit
CHEM C238/BIO ENG C281/CHM ENG C295A/PLANTBI C224 The Berkeley Lectures on Energy: Energy from Biomass 3 Units
Department: Chemistry; Bioengineering; Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Plant and Microbial Biology
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Biology 1A; Chemistry 1B or 4B, Mathematics 1B.
After an introduction to the different aspects of our global energy consumption, the course will focus on the role of biomass. The course will illustrate how the global scale of energy guides the biomass research. Emphasis will be places on the integration of the biological aspects (crop selection, harvesting, storage, and distribution, and chemical composition of biomass) with the chemical aspects to convert biomass to energy. The course aims to engage students in state-of-art research.
Repeatable when topic changes with consent of instructor. Instructors: Bell, Blanch, Clark, Smit, C. Somerville
CHEM 243 Advanced Nuclear Structure and Reactions 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 143 or equivalent and introductory quantum mechanics.
Selected topics on nuclear structure and nuclear reactions.
CHEM 250A Introduction to Bonding Theory 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 200 or 201 or consent of instructor and background in the use of matrices and linear algebra.
An introduction to group theory, symmetry, and representations as applied to chemical bonding.
CHEM 250B Inorganic Spectroscopy 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 250A or consent of instructor.
The theory of vibrational analysis and spectroscopy as applied to inorganic compounds.
CHEM 251A Coordination Chemistry I 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 250A or consent of instructor.
Structure and bonding, synthesis, and reactions of the d-transition metals and their compounds.
CHEM 251B Coordination Chemistry II 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 251A or consent of instructor.
Synthesis, structure analysis, and reactivity patterns in terms of symmetry orbitals.
CHEM 252A Organometallic Chemistry I 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 200 or 201 or consent of instructor.
An introduction to organometallics, focusing on structure, bonding, and reactivity.
CHEM 252B Organometallic Chemistry II 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 252A or consent of instructor.
Applications of organometallic compounds in synthesis with an emphasis on catalysis.
CHEM 253A Materials Chemistry I 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 200 or 201, and 250A, or consent of instructor.
Introduction to the descriptive crystal chemistry and electronic band structures of extended solids.
CHEM 253B Materials Chemistry II 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 253A or consent of instructor.
General solid state synthesis and characterization techniques as well as a survey of important physical phenomena including optical, electrical, and magnetic properties.
CHEM 253C Materials Chemistry III 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 253A or consent of instructor.
Introduction to surface catalysis, organic solids, and nanoscience. Thermodynamics and kinetics of solid state diffusion and reaction will be covered.
Instructors: Somorjai, Yang
CHEM 254 Bioinorganic Chemistry 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
A survey of the roles of metals in biology, taught as a tutorial involving class presentations.
CHEM 260 Reaction Mechanisms 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and in-class discussion and problem solving for 10 weeks, and 1 week of computer laboratory.
Prerequisites: 200 or consent of instructor.
Advanced methods for studying organic reaction mechanisms. Topics include kinetic isotope effects, behavior of reactive intermediates, chain reactions, concerted reactions, molecular orbital theory and aromaticity, solvent and substituent effects, linear free energy relationships, photochemistry.
Formerly known as 260A-260B.
CHEM 261A Organic Reactions I 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 200 or 201 or consent of instructor.
Features of the reactions that comprise the vocabulary of synthetic organic chemistry.
CHEM 261B Organic Reaction II 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 261A or consent of instructor.
More reactions that are useful to the practice of synthetic organic chemistry.
CHEM 261C Organic Reactions III 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 261B or consent of instructor.
This course will consider further reactions with an emphasis on pericyclic reactions such as cycloadditions, electrocyclizations, and sigmatropic rearrangements.
CHEM 262 Metals in Organic Synthesis 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 261B or consent of instructor.
Transition metal-mediated reactions occupy a central role in asymmetric catalysis and the synthesis of complex molecules. This course will describe the general principles of transition metal reactivity, coordination chemistry, and stereoselection. This module will also emphasize useful methods for the analysis of these reactions.
CHEM 263A Synthetic Design I 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 262 or consent of instructor.
This course will describe the application of modern reactions to the total synthesis of complex target molecules. Natural products, such as alkaloids, terpenes, or polypropionates, as well as theoretically interesting "non-natural" molecules will be covered.
CHEM 263B Synthetic Design II 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 263A or consent of instructor.
The principles of retrosynthetic analysis will be laid down and the chemistry of protecting groups will be discussed. Special attention will be given to the automated synthesis of biopolymers such as carbohydrates, peptides, and proteins, as well as nucleic acids.
CHEM 265 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Theory and Application 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 200 or 201 or consent of instructor.
The theory behind practical nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and a survey of its applications to chemical research.
CHEM 268 Mass Spectrometry 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 10 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Principles, instrumentation, and application in mass spectrometry, including ionization methods, mass analyzers, spectral interpretation, multidimensional methods (GC/MS, HPLC/MS, MS/MS), with emphasis on small organic molcules and bioanalytical applications (proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, noncovalent complexes); this will include the opportunity to be trained and checked out on several open-access mass spectrometers.
Students will receive 1 unit of credit for 268 after taking 266.
CHEM 270A Advanced Biophysical Chemistry I 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 200 or consent of instructor.
Underlying principles and applications of methods for biophysical analysis of biological macromolecules.
CHEM 270B Advanced Biophysical Chemistry II 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture per week for 7.5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 270A or consent of instructor.
More applications of methods for biophysical analysis of biological macromolecules.
CHEM C271A/MCELLBI C212A Chemical Biology I - Structure, Synthesis and Function of Biomolecules 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry; Molecular and Cell Biology
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 5 weeks.
This course will present the structure of proteins, nucleic acids, and oligosaccharides from the perspective of organic chemistry. Modern methods for the synthesis and purification of these molecules will also be presented.
CHEM C271B/MCELLBI C212B Chemical Biology II - Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry; Molecular and Cell Biology
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 5 weeks.
This course will focus on the principles of enzyme catalysis. The course will begin with an introduction of the general concepts of enzyme catalysis which will be followed by detailed examples that will examine the chemistry behind the reactions and the three-dimensional structures that carry out the transformations.
CHEM C271C/MCELLBI C212C Chemical Biology III - Contemporary Topics in Chemical Biology 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry; Molecular and Cell Biology
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 5 weeks.
This course will build on the principles discussed in Chemical Biology I and II. The focus will consist of case studies where rigorous chemical approaches have been brought to bear on biological questions. Potential subject areas will include signal transduction, photosynthesis, immunology, virology, and cancer. For each topic, the appropriate bioanalytical techniques will be emphasized.
CHEM 272A Bio X-Ray I 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 270A-270B or consent of instructor.
Theory and application of X-ray crystallography to biomacromolecules.
CHEM 273A Bio NMR I 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture per week for 7.5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 270A-270B or consent of instructor.
Fundamentals of multidimensional NMR spectroscopy (including use of the density matrix for analysis of spin response to pulse sequences) and applications of multidimensional NMR in probing structure, interactions, and dynamics of biological molecules will be described.
CHEM 273B Bio NMR II 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture per week for 7.5 weeks.
Prerequisites: 273A.
Triple resonance methods for determination of protein and nucleic acid resonance assignments, and for generation of structural restraints (distances, angles, H-bonds, etc.). Methods for calculating biomolecular structures from NMR data and the quality of such structures will be discussed.
CHEM 295 Special Topics 1 - 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 3 hour of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Lecture series on topics of current interest. Recently offered topics: Natural products synthesis, molecular dynamics, statistical mechanics, molecular spectroscopy, structural biophysics, organic polymers, electronic structure of molecules and bio-organic chemistry.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 298 Seminars for Graduate Students 1 - 3 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Seminars.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
In addition to the weekly Graduate Research Conference and weekly seminars on topics of interest in biophysical, organic, physical, nuclear, and inorganic chemistry, there are group seminars on specific fields of research. Seminars will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 299 Research for Graduate Students 1 - 9 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Laboratory.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
The facilities of the laboratory are available at all times to graduate students pursuing original investigations toward an advanced degree at this University. Such work is ordinarily in collaboration with a member of the staff.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 300 Professional Preparation: Supervised Teaching of Chemistry 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and appointment as a graduate student instructor.
Discussion, curriculum development, class observation, and practice teaching in chemistry.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 301 Pre-High School Chemistry Classroom Immersion 1 Unit
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of lecture per week (average).
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
Provides training and opportunity for graduate students to make presentations in local public schools. Training ensures that presenters are aware of scientific information mandated by the State of California for particular grade levels, and that presentations are intellectually stimulating, relevant to the classroom students' interests, and age-appropriate. Time commitment an average of two to three hours/week, but actual time spent is concentrated during preparation and classroom delivery of presentations, which are coordinated between teachers' needs and volunteers' availability.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Bergman
CHEM 301A Undergraduate Lab Instruction 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Lecture and 4 hours of Tutorial per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor; 1A, 1AL, and 1B with grades of B- or higher.
Tutoring of students in 1AL and 1B laboratory. Students attend one hour of the regular GSI preparatory meeting and hold one office hour per week to answer questions about laboratory assignments.
Course may be repeated once for credit.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 units.
CHEM 301B Undergraduate Chemistry Instruction 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of lecture and 5 hours of tutoring per week.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing; 1A, 1AL, and 1B with grades of B- or higher.
Tutoring of students in 1A-1B. Students attend a weekly meeting on tutoring methods at the Student Learning Center and attend 1A-1B lectures.
Course may be repeated once for credit.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 units. Formerly known as 301.
CHEM 301C Chemistry 3 Lab Assistant 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of preparation meeting, 4 hours of instruction in the laboratory, and 1 hour of laboratory experiment preparation.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and consent of instructor; 3B and 3BL with grades of B or higher.
Undergraduate organic lab assistants help in the teaching of the 3AL and 3BL. Each week students attend a laboratory preparation meeting for one hour, assist in the laboratory section for four hours, and help in the development of experiments for one hour.
Course may be repeated once for credit.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 units.
CHEM 301D Undergraduate Chemistry Course Instruction 1 - 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Weekly meeting with instructor of tutored course and 2 to 4 hours of tutoring.
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor; completion of tutored course with a grade of B- or better.
Tutoring of students enrolled in an undergraduate chemistry course.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 301T Undergraduate Preparation for Teaching or Instruction in Teaching 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 or 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of teacher training per week.
Prerequisites: Junior standing, overall GPA 3.1, and consent of instructor.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units.
CHEM 301W Supervised Instruction of Chemistry Scholars 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of lecture and 3 or 4 hours of tutoring per week.
Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and consent of instructor.
Tutoring of students in the College of Chemistry Scholars Program who are enrolled in general or organic chemistry. Students attend a weekly meeting with instructors.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 375 Professional Preparation: Supervised Teaching of Chemistry 2 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and appointment as a graduate student instructor.
Discussion, curriculum development, class observation, and practice teaching in chemistry.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CHEM 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units
Department: Chemistry
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 8 hour of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 to 15 hours of Independent study per week for 8 weeks.
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. degree. May not be used for unit or residence requirements for the doctoral degree.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
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