NOTE: 500 level courses require graduate standing

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Chemistry

Location: 4500 SES; Phone: (312) 996-3161. Some chemistry courses will have combined-section final exams. See course information below for specific dates and times.

CHEM            100
         Chemistry and Life
       5 hours.    To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Laboratory-Discussion and one Lecture.

CHEM            101
         Preparatory Chemistry
       4 hours.  For students without entrance credit in high school chemistry or inadequately prepared. Prerequisite(s): Adequate performance on the UIC chemistry placement examination.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture-Discussion, one Lecture and one Quiz.

CHEM            112
         General College Chemistry I
       5 hours.  Credit is not given for CHEM 112 if the student has credit for CHEM 116. Prerequisite(s): Grade of C or better in CHEM 101 or adequate performance on the UIC chemistry placement examination. Students with credit in a course equivalent to CHEM 101 from another institution must take the UIC chemistry placement examination.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Laboratory-Discussion and one Lecture.

CHEM            114
         General College Chemistry II
       5 hours.  Credit is not given for CHEM 114 if the student has credit for CHEM 118. Prerequisite(s): CHEM 112 or the equivalent. Students with an equivalent course from another institution must take the chemistry placement examination.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Laboratory-Discussion and one Lecture.

CHEM            130
         Survey of Organic and Biochemistry
       5 hours.  Prerequisite(s): CHEM 112 or the equivalent.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Laboratory, one Lecture and one Quiz.

CHEM            222
         Analytical Chemistry
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): CHEM 114 or CHEM 118 or the equivalent.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Laboratory and one Lecture.

CHEM            232
         Organic Chemistry I
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): CHEM 114 or CHEM 118. Recommended background: Concurrent registration in CHEM 233.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Quiz.

CHEM            233
         Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
       1 hours.  Prerequisite(s): Credit or concurrent registration in CHEM 232.  During the fall and spring terms, combined section final exam will be held on Monday of finals week from 6 to 8 p.m.

CHEM            234
         Organic Chemistry II
       4 hours.  Prerequisite(s): CHEM 232.  To be properly registered, students must enroll in one Lecture and one Quiz.

CHEM            235
         Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
       2 hours.  Prerequisite(s): CHEM 233 and credit or concurrent registration in CHEM 234.  

CHEM            488
         Cooperative Chemistry Practice
       1 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. A maximum of 6 hours of CHEM 488, CHEM 492 and CHEM 499 combined may be credited toward departmental undergraduate degree course requirements. Prerequisite(s): Concurrent registration in LAS 289 or consent of the instructor. Departmental Approval Required 

CHEM            492
         Independent Study
       1 TO 2 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. A maximum of 6 hours of CHEM 488, CHEM 492 and CHEM 499 combined may be credited toward departmental undergraduate degree course requirements. Prerequisite(s): 2.50 grade point average in science courses and consent of the instructor.  This course counts toward the limited number of independent study hours accepted toward the undergraduate degree and the major.

CHEM            499
         Supervised Research
       3 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated to a maximum of 6 hours. A maximum of 6 hours of CHEM 488, CHEM 492 and CHEM 499 combined may be credited toward departmental undergraduate degree course requirements. Prerequisite(s): Junior standing or above, approval of the department, consent of the instructor and a grade point average of 2.50 in science courses; or graduate standing. Recommended background: Credit in CHEM 235 or CHEM 314.  This course counts toward the limited number of independent study hours accepted toward the undergraduate degree and the major.

CHEM            598
         Master's Thesis Research
       0 TO 16 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department.  

CHEM            599
         Ph.D. Thesis Research
       0 TO 16 hours.  Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading only. May be repeated. Prerequisite(s): Approval of the department.