Basic concepts in general and introductory organic chemistry including matter, measurements, periodic table, compounds, chemical bonding, intermolecular interactions, mole-mass relations, stoichiometry and reaction balancing, chemical reaction rates, gasses, liquids, solids, solutions, acid-base theory, nuclear chemistry, functional groups in organic chemistry, amines, alcohols, carboxylic acids, amino acids-proteins, lipids and carbohydrates

Atomic structure, chemical bonds, compounds, solutions, stoichiometry. Electrochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and bases, basic organic chemistry.

Atomic structure, chemical bonds, compounds, solutions, stoichiometry. Electrochemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, acids and bases, basic organic chemistry.

Atomic and molecular structure, spectroscopy, stoichiometry, chemical thermodynamics, electrochemistry, structure and properties of materials.

Basic concepts and important topics in organic chemistry that are needed to establish a strong foundation in health sciences will be covered. Topics to be covered include: Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes and aromatic compounds; alcohols, phenols, thiols and ethers; aldehydes, ketones and chiral molecules; carboxylic acids and esters; amines and amides; amino acids and proteins; carbohydrates; polymers and polymeric biomaterials; analysis and identification of organic molecules (Spectroscopic techniques (Ultraviolet (UV), infrared (IR), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)), chromatographic techniques (Thin layer (TLC), gas (GC), liquid (HPLC), size exclusion (GPC)).

Basic principles and units of measurement, S.I. unit for chemical quantity, units of concentration, gravimetric methods of analysis, volumetric methods, titration of polyprotic acid and bases, complexation and pricipitation titrations, elements of electrochemistry, oxidation-reduction titration, electrolysis, potentiometry, conductomery, introduction to analytical separations: column chromatography. Thin layer chromatography, analysis of chromatograms, high performance ion-exchange chromatography.

Fundamental principles of a wide range of instrumental techniques in spectroscopy, chromatography, electrochemistry, thermal analysis and surface analysis. Lab component.

Bonding, molecular shapes and stereochemistry in organic compounds. Functional groups, reactivity and mechanisms of basic organic reactions, such as nucleophilic and electrophilic substitution, elimination and addition. Principles of organic synthesis, critical reaction parameters and their optimization. Carbonyl compounds, amines, phenols and their reactions. Synthetic polymers and their applications.

Spectroscopic methods for structure determination with emphasis on NMR and IR techniques, aromaticity and electrophilic aromatic substitution, nucleophilic addition and substitution reactions of carbonyl compounds, aldol reactions, amines, phenols, aryl halides and nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions, named reactions. Lab component.

Properties of perfect and real gases, the first and second laws of thermodynamics, entropy, free energy, physical transformations of pure materials and simple mixtures, the phase rule and phase diagrams, chemical equilibrium. Lab component.

Electrochemistry, theory of simple differential equations, rates of chemical reactions, rate laws, kinetics of complex reactions, molecular reaction dynamics, concepts and machinery of statistical thermodynamics, accurate descriptions of molecular structures. Lab component.

Quantum mechanics, solution of the particle-in-a-box, harmonic oscillator and hydrogen atom; orbital concepts, the structure of many-electron atoms, molecular orbital theory, molecular symmetry and group theory; rotational, vibrational and electronic spectroscopy.

Series expansions of chemical properties with applications in chemical thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, chemical kinetics and statistical thermodynamics. Curve fitting to experimental data with the least square fitting, optimization and Monte Carlo method. Interpolation/extrapolation of numerical data. Solutions of one-dimensional nonlinear equations. Numerical differentiation and integration methods. Ordinary differential equations: Linear, nonlinear with constant coefficients, power series solutions. Solutons of linear set of equations. Eigenvalue equations in quantum chemistry.

Structural principles in various inorganic and organo-metallic compounds, chemical bonding theories, ligand theory, synthetic and mechanistic aspects of inorganic chemistry.

Detailed examination of current topics in selected areas of Chemistry.

Detailed examination of current topics in selected areas of Chemistry.

Work on one or more topics of interest with the guidance of an instructor. Presentation of a research proposal at the end of the term.

Work on one or more topics of interest with the guidance of an instructor. Presentation of a research proposal at the end of the term.

Physicochemical concepts of the formation and properties of macromolecules; polymerization reactions and techniques, molecular weight distributions, chemical and physical characterization of macromolecules; structure-morphology-property relationships in multiphase polymeric systems; processing techniques and applications of commercial thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers.

Quantum mechanical description of the molecular structure; exact solution of simple systems, approximate solutions to molecular problems; variational solutions, molecular orbital theory, Hückel approximation, self-consistent-field theory, semiempirical and ab-initio methods, and electron correlation. Properties such as interaction potential functions, electrostatic potential maps and population analysis will be analyzed using MOPAC, GAUSSIAN 94 and MOLCAD.

Microscopy methods and application development for health sciences, optics for advanced image acquisition methods, live-cell imaging, fluorescence, confocal and two-photon microscopy, introduction to optogenetics and neuroimaging applications, optical spectroscopy, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) methods and biosensors, single molecule imaging, sub-diffraction limit high resolution imaging, Brownian motion, diffusion and transport mechanism, image and video analysis methods in biology, image processing algorithms, principal component analysis and statistics for systems biology.

Introduction to functional imaging, design principles of fluorescent biosensors, active vs. passive constructs, serial cloner, calcium imaging, signal tracking in living cells, tuning functions of sensors, data structures, numerical methods for functional imaging.

Molecular symmetry, group theory, reducible and irreducible representation, character tables, introduction to vibrational spectroscopy, Raman effect, infrared absorption, selection rules, pure rotational spectroscopy, normal modes, prediction and interpretation of the vibrational spectra of polyatomic species.

Group theory for chemistry; theory, instrumentation and bio/materials applications of rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectroscopy; electron spectroscopies for material science; supported by "hands-on" applications of computer programs to spectroscopy problems.