Teaching

3 credit course.

Examination of the principles involved in the preparation of synthetic polymers. Subjects include both mechanistic and practical aspects of polymerization.

3 credit course.

Lecture course analyzing the chemistry of the compounds of carbon. Topics will include bonding, reactivity, reaction mechanisms, reactions of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and alkyl halides, conformation, substitution and elimination reactions, stereochemistry, NMR and FTIR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry.

Prerequisite: CHEM 004.

Texbook: “Organic Chemistry”, 9th Edition, John McMurry, Brooks/Cole.

4 credit course.

Deals with the fundamental principles of chemistry, the chemical and physical properties of the elements and their most common compounds, and methods of qualitative inorganic analysis.

Prerequisite: CAR math

Text books and other materials: Chemistry: The Central Science (14th Ed), by Brown, LeMay, Bursten, Murphy, Woodward and Stoltzfus; Pearson, Prentice Hall. 

Non-programmable Calculator (TI-30x recommended)

Periodic Table of Elements (in any form)

3 credit course.

Experimental studies in the isolation, purification, and synthesis of organic compounds.

Prerequisite: CHEM 141 or CHEM 142

Textbook: Bakare, O. Ed. Experimental Organic Chemistry. 2014-2015 Howard University Edition; Academx Publishing Services: Sagamore Beach, MA. 2014.