Bioinorganic Chemistry @UVa-Wise

Classes taught

CHM 1010/1011                 General Chemistry I and lab

CHM 1020/1021                 General Chemistry II and lab

CHM 3220                         Organic Chemistry I

CHM 3260                         Environmental Chemistry

CHM 4210                         Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry

 

Course descriptions

  1. CHM 1010:  College Chemistry I (3)

    Pre- or co-requisite:  MTH 1010 or higher placement

    Basic facts and principles of chemistry, including nomenclature, stoichiometry, solutions, electronic structure, bonding and geometry, periodic trends, and elementary thermochemistry.  Three lecture hours.

    CHM 1011:  College Chemistry Laboratory I (1)

    Pre- or co-requisite:  Chm 1010

    Laboratory component of CHM 1010.  Emphasis on experimentation from topics in CHM 1010.  One lecture and two laboratory hours.  Meets alternate weeks.

    CHM 1020:  College Chemistry II (3)

    Prerequisite:  CHM 1010

    Introduction to intermolecular forces, properties of solutions, kinetics, equilibrium systems, electrochemistry, gaseous systems, and advanced thermodynamics. Three lecture hours.

    CHM 1021:  College Chemistry Laboratory II (1)

    Pre- or co-requisite:  CHM 1020;  Prerequisite:  CHM 1011

    Laboratory component of CHM 1020.  Emphasis on experimentation from topics in CHM 1020.  One lecture and two laboratory hours.  Meets alternate weeks.

    CHM 3110:  Inorganic Chemistry (3)

    Prerequisite:  CHM 1020, 1021

    An introduction to topics in inorganic chemistry, including symmetry and group theory, theories of bonding and geometry, atomic and electronic structure, coordination chemistry, and crystallography.  Three lecture hours.

    CHM 3260:  Environmental Chemistry (4)

    Prerequisites:   CHM 1020/1021

    Fundamental aspects of inorganic and organic chemistry relating to air, water, and soil/land/pollution, its prevention and amelioration. Three class hours, three laboratory hours. Offered alternate years.

    CHM 4920: Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry

    Prerequisites: CHM 3010 Organic Chemistry I or permission of instructor

    An introduction to the chemical and biochemical principles underlying modern medicinal chemistry. The course covers basic biochemistry, rational design of organic and inorganic drugs and the mechanistic aspects of drug action.

     

Fall 2014

CHM 1010 (01)

CHM 1011 (03 and 05)