To complete three out of the four Chemistry majors at the University of Scranton, an upper-level chemistry course must be taken. For the Chemistry major, a course numbered 300 or higher will fulfill this requirement. For the Chemistry-Business major, a course numbered 210 or higher will fulfill the requirement. For a Chemistry-Computer major, a course numbered 300 or higher in Chemistry may fulfill this requirement, but a course in Computer Science with the same numbering range can be substituted. Biochemistry majors are required to take two courses numbered 210 or higher, but they may taken them from disciplines other than Chemistry, such as Biology, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, Physics, and certain courses in Psychology.
There are more courses that each major can take beside the ones
mentioned below. Included are Biochemistry courses, Physical/Biophysical
courses, Organic Chemistry III,
and Inorganic Chemistry.
All these courses are opened for those who want to take them but are
not required because of their major.
A review of chemical operations and unit or batch processes common to industry. Econometric analysis involving supply-demand, productivity, commodity prices and costing is an important area covered, as are measures of productivity and patent activities.
A study of chemicals in the environment including their origin, transport, reactions, and toxicity in the soil, water, air, and living systems.
This course will encompass several realms of environmental toxicology, including general toxicological theory, effects of contaminants on various biological systems, and discussions of environmental toxicological issues (i.e., specific case studies as well as the types of analyses used in these types of study).
A consideration of the natural cycles (carbon, sulfur, oxygen, water, etc.) that govern the chemistry of our planet. Also considered will be the origins of the elements and the origin, paleohistory, and composition of the planet itself. The effect of man's activities in natural-resource use, ozone depletion, greenhouse-gas production, and fossil-fuel production and use will be examined in detail, with particular attention to their effects on the state of the oceans and the atmosphere.
The nature, mode of action and methods of counteracting substances which had an adverse effect on biological systems, especially human. Medical, industrial and environmental forensic aspects will be discussed.
Theoretical concepts and their application to the reactions and structure of inorganic compounds. Coordination chemistry and related topics, physical methods and reaction mechanisms. Laboratory methods involving synthesis and characterization of inorganic compounds are developed.
A course in the chemical nature of enzymes with relation to mechanism of enzyme action and kinetics, purification and identification of enzymes and isoenzymes, biochemical and physiological aspects of enzymes in living systems.
Survey of preparative methods for polymers; characterization of
polymers using physico-chemical methods, spectroscopy, and thermal
analysis; structure-property relationships; and applications of polymers.
Laboratory experiments investigate synthesis and characterization
methods for polymers, structure-property effects, and thermal
analysis of polymers.