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Undergraduate level.
Introduction to principles of chemistry and fundamentals of inorganic and biochemistry. Structure and chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, biochemistry of enzymes, metabolism, body fluids and radiation effects. On-line materials includes the course syllabus, copies of the lecture slides and animations, interactive Periodic Table, chapter summaries and practice exams. This course is targeted towards Health Science Majors.

Undergraduate level.
Introduction to principles of chemistry. This course is targeted towards Chemistry Majors.

Undergraduate level.
Laboratory experiments to develop techniques in organic chemistry and illustrate principles. On-line materials include step-by-step prelabs for many of the experiments that students will be conducting.

Undergraduate level.
Theoretical principles of quantitative and instrumental analysis. Emphasis is placed on newer analytical tools and equipment.

Undergraduate level.
Intermediate level course. Includes a discussion of the structure, function and metabolism of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. In addition, there is a review of enzymes, DNA and RNA.

Graduate level.
This course stresses theory and application of modern chromatographic methods. On-line materials include the course syllabus, copies of course lecture slides and animations.

Graduate level.
A 'short course' covering the use of a mass spectrometer as a GC detector. Basic instrumentation, data treatment and spectral interpretation methods will be discussed. On-line materials include copies of course lecture slides and tables to assist in the interpretation of mass spectra.

Graduate level.
Coverage of statistical methods in Analytical Chemistry. Course includes basic statistics, experimental design, modeling, exploratory data analysis and other multivariate techniques. On-line materials include the course syllabus, homework problems and copies of the lecture slides.

Graduate level.
A survey of the basic equipment, data and methodology of Analytical methods that rely on radioisotopic materials. On-line materials include the course syllabus, homework problems. copies of the lecture slides and animations.

 

Ancillary Materials

• Periodic Table. Contains a range of useful information about each of the elements.
• Calculator. Basic scientific calculator, implemented in JavaScript. It is designed as an aid when working on-line problems.
• Pathways. The major metabolic pathways covered in General, Organic and Biochemistry and Concepts of Biochemistry.
• Hazardous Chemical Database. Information on over 25,000 chemicals.

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