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Chemical Technology Courses
Course Descriptions

CTEC 1441 Applied Instrumental Analysis I
4 Hours (3-4)

Principles of instrumental chemical analysis. Topics include chromatography, spectroscopy, and electroanalytical chemistry. Pre-requisite: CHEM 2423

CTEC 2371 Sample Preparation
3 Hours (2-2)

Preparatory techniques for the purification of crude materials and samples for the isolation of target analytes. Includes acid/base digestion of samples, filtration, liquid-liquid extraction, solid-phase extraction, column chromatography, thin-layer chromatography, and distillation. Pre-requisite: CHEM 1411

CTEC 2431 Applied Instrumental Analysis II
4 Hours (3-4)

Advanced topics in instrumental analysis. Topics include atomic absorption, inductively coupled plasma, nuclear magnetic resonance, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, liquid chromatography, and infrared spectroscopy. Pre-requisite: CTEC 1441


CHEM 1104 Chemical Calculations
1 Hour (1-0)

Study of the mathematical application used in chemistry. Designed for science and engineering students. Lab fee required.

CHEM 1405 Introductory Chemistry
4 Hours (3-4)

This survey course for non-science majors will enable these students to comprehend the fundamental concepts of chemistry and will fulfill four credit hours of the lab science requirement.

CHEM 1411 General Inorganic Chemistry I
4 Hours (3-4)

This course will enable students to become proficient in stoichiometry, chemical equations, atomic structure, chemical bonding, reactions, gas laws, liquids and solids, and solutions. A knowledge of algebra is needed.

CHEM 1412 General Inorganic Chemistry II
4 Hours (3-4)

This course will enable students to become proficient in acid-base theory, oxidation-reduction reactions, chemical kinetics, aqueous equilibria, electrochemistry, and organic chemistry. Prerequisite: “C” or greater in CHEM 1411.

CHEM 2389 Academic Cooperative
3 Hours (3-0)

An instructional program designed to integrate on campus Study with practical hands-on work experience in the physical sciences. In conjunction with class seminars, the individual students will set specific goals and objectives in the scientific study of inanimate objects, processes of matter and energy, and associated phenomena.

CHEM 2401 Analytical Chemistry I
4 Hours (3-4)

Principles and methods of quantitative chemical analysis dealing primarily with volumetric and gravimetric analysis and containing a brief introduction to physical methods. Pre-requisite: CHEM 1411; Co-requisite: CHEM 1412

CHEM 2423 Organic Chemistry I
4 Hours (3-4)

This course will enable students to become proficient in the reactions and mechanisms of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, and their derivatives. Prerequisite: CHEM 1412

CHEM 2425 Organic Chemistry II
4 Hours (3-4)

This course will enable students to become proficient in the reactions and mechanisms of alcohols, phenols, ethers, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and amines. Prerequisite: CHEM 2423



 

 

 

 

 

 

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