The request to revise CHEM 4121/5121

Date: March 23, 2015
To: College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
From: Office of Academic Affairs
Approved On: March 10, 2015
Approved by: Undergraduate Course and Curriculum Committee
, Approved by: Graduate Council
Implementation Date: Fall 2015

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CHEM 4121. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. (4) (Cross-listed with CHEM 5121) Prerequisites: CHEM 3142 and CHEM 3142L CHEM 2132 and 2132L (or 2136L), each with grades of C or above; pre- or co-requisite: CHEM 3141. Theoretical inorganic chemistry including the application of physicochemical principles to the study of inorganic systems. A review of atomic structure and bonding, a survey of the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of the elements and their most important compounds, a discussion of key industrial processes dealing with the preparation of inorganic compounds, and an overview of coordination and organometallic chemistry. Laboratory work involves inorganic preparations and characterization techniques. Three lecture hours and one laboratory period of three hours a week. (Fall)

CHEM 5121. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. (3-4) (Cross-listed with CHEM 4121) Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Theoretical inorganic chemistry including the application of physicochemical principles to the study of inorganic systems. A review of atomic structure and bonding, a survey of the synthesis, structure, and reactivity of the elements and their most important compounds, a discussion of key industrial processes dealing with the preparation of inorganic compounds, and an overview of coordination and organometallic chemistry. Laboratory work involves inorganic preparations and characterization techniques. Three lecture hours and one laboratory period of three hours a week. (Fall)