4000 LEVEL

4001 Exit Examination
Pre-requisite(s): Senior standing.
The only requirement for this course is completion of a comprehensive chemistry exit examination designated by the department. This examination may be written by the department’s faculty or may be chosen from the GRE, ETS, or another similar examination.

4141 Modern Biochemistry Laboratory
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 2416, 3238 and credit or concurrent enrollment in CHE 4341.
Experiments illustrating isolation and identification of biomolecules with emphasis on chromatographic separations, centrifugation, electrophoresis, spectroscopic methods, kinetics, and analysis of experimental data. Fee: $95

4142 Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 4141 and credit or concurrent enrollment in CHE 4342.
Experiments illustrating characterization of biomolecules with emphasis on advanced techniques in liquid chromatography, electrophoretic methods, ultracentrifugation, spectroscopic analysis, and molecular graphics and modeling. Fee: $95

4151 Undergraduate Seminar I
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 3332 and senior standing.
Presentation of a seminar derived from the recent literature in an area of chemistry designated by the instructor.

4199 Senior Thesis
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 4V98 and consent of instructor.
A final report in the form of a B.S. thesis and a public presentation on a research project conducted under the supervision of a Baylor Chemistry/Biochemistry Department faculty member. A copy of the thesis must be submitted to the advisor for B.S. chemistry majors before a grade can be assigned.

4207 Preparative Inorganic Chemistry
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 3238, 4302, and either 4225 or 4227; or consent of instructor.
A wide range of experimental techniques currently used in preparative inorganic chemistry research. Such techniques include dry bag, inert atmosphere, ion-exchange, and vacuum line manipulations; electrolytic, non-aqueous solvent, and tube furnace preparations. Emphasis will be given to both the preparation and characterization of compounds prepared in the laboratory. Fee: $92

4217 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 4225 or 4227, and either credit or concurrent registration in CHE 4316.
Laboratory work in instrumental analysis with an emphasis on spectroscopy, separations, and electrochemical methods. Fee: $98

4225 Biophysical Chemistry Laboratory
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 2416 and credit or concurrent enrollment in CHE 4327.
Introduction to basic biophysical laboratory techniques. Emphasis is placed on the spectroscopy and calorimetry of macromolecules/ligand interactions. Instruction in effective report writing. Fee: $95

4227 Physical Chemistry Laboratory I
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 2416 and credit or concurrent enrollment in CHE 4321.
Techniques of physical property measurement, data analysis, and interpretation, with emphasis on thermodynamics, electrochemistry, surface chemistry, solutions, and kinetics. Instruction in effective report writing. Fee: $98

4228 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 4125 or 4127, and credit or concurrent enrollment in CHE 4322.
Advanced work in measurement and data analysis techniques, with emphasis on lasers, molecular spectroscopy, and photochemistry. Instruction in effective report writing. Fee: $92

4237 Advanced Organic Laboratory
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 3238 and 3332.
Advanced organic synthesis, purification and analysis techniques, including the use of instrumental methods, such as inert atmosphere techniques and modern analytical and preparative chromatography. Fee: $92

4302 Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 1301 and CHE 1302.
Modern inorganic chemistry, including principles of structure, bonding, and chemical reactivity with application to compounds of the main group and transition elements, with organometallic chemistry.

4307 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 4321 and CHE 4302.
Advanced topics in inorganic chemistry; molecular symmetry with applications to electronic structure and spectroscopy; reaction kinetics and mechanisms; inorganic synthesis and catalysis; bioinorganic chemistry.

4316 Instrumental Analysis
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 4321 or 4327.
Introduction to instrumental methods of analysis including spectroscopy, separations, and electrochemical methods.

4321 Physical Chemistry I
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 2416, MTH 2321, and PHY 1430; and CHE 3332 or consent of instructor.
Gases, liquids and solids, phase changes, electrochemistry, and the principles of kinetics and thermodynamics. 
(Not applicable to a major in biochemistry.)

4322 Physical Chemistry II
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 2416, MTH 2321, and PHY 1430; and CHE 3332 or consent of instructor.
Postulates of quantum mechanics. Application of quantum theory to simple models: particle in a box, rigid rotor, and harmonic oscillator. Electronic, rotational, and vibrational motion in molecules. Molecular energy levels and spectra. Electronic structure of atoms and molecules. Basic concepts of statistical thermodynamics.

4327 Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 2416, MTH 1322, PHY 1409 or 1430; and credit or concurrent enrollment in CHE 4341.
Chemical thermodynamics, kinetics, and the basic principles of spectroscopy with applications to systems of biochemical interest. 
(Not applicable to a major in chemistry.)

4332 Organic Chemistry III
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 3238 and 3332 with grades of B or above; or consent of instructor.
Advanced aspects of organic chemistry, including synthetic strategies and techniques, reaction mechanisms, and an introduction to bio-organic chemistry.

4334 Organic Spectroscopy
Pre-requisite(s): Either CHE 3238 and 3332 with grades of B or above; or CHE 3332 with a grade of B or above and credit or concurrent enrollment in CHE 4237. 
The most common spectroscopic methods including infrared, ultraviolet-visible, nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectroscopies, with emphasis on the practical use of NMR and MS in structure determination problems.

4341 General Biochemistry
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 3332 with a grade of C or better.
Structure and dynamics of compounds of biological interest. (Students may not receive credit for both BIO 4307 and CHE 4341.)

4342 Topics in Human Biochemistry
Pre-requisite(s): A grade of C or better in CHE 3332; and either a grade of C or better in CHE 4341 or a grade of B or better in BIO 4307.
Topics in selected areas of human biochemistry such as hormone action, neurotransmission, vision, digestion, transport.

4V60 Special Topics in Chemistry (Variable for 1 to 4 sem. hrs.)
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 3332 and consent of instructor.
Topics in chemistry not covered in other chemistry courses. May be repeated once for credit if topic is different. 

4V98 Senior Research Problems (Variable for 0 to 3 sem. hrs.)
Pre-requisite(s): CHE 2V98, 3238, and 3332 and consent of instructor.
A research project conducted under the supervision of a Baylor Chemistry/Biochemistry Department faculty member. A minimum of three clock hours of work per week in the laboratory will be required for each semester hour of credit. A written progress report will be submitted to the instructor at the end of each semester.
Note: This course may be repeated for a maximum of 6 total hours if research continues. Departmental clearance is required before a grade can be assigned.

4V9R Research (Variable for 0 to 3 sem. hrs.)
Pre-requisite(s): Consent of instructor.
Undergraduate research undertaken under the supervision of a faculty member. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours.