Courses

First course in the Advanced Chemistry Laboratory sequence. Combined lecture/laboratory survey course that focuses on an understanding and application of instrumental techniques in the areas of analytical, physical, and inorganic chemistry. Topics include: (1) components of spectroscopic instrumentation, (2) atomic spectroscopy (atomic absorption, atomic emission, X-ray methods), and (3) molecular spectroscopy (molecular absorption, molecular luminescence, infrared absorption, Raman scattering).

Second course in the Advanced Chemistry Laboratory sequence. Combined lecture/laboratory survey course that focuses on an understanding and application of other instrumental methods in the areas of analytical, physical, and inorganic chemistry. Topics include: (1) mass spectrometry, (2) magnetic resonance spectrometry, (3) electroanalytical methods, (4) separation methods, and (5) surface characterization methods. Course is comprised of two lecture periods and one lab period per week.

Study of biological and environmental influences on development from toddlerhood through age five. Examine theories, research, the family context, school context, and the impact of diverse family experiences. Requires 15 hours in an approved childcare facility (working with children).

Current research and theories related to aberrations of normal development processes, including autism, childhood schizophrenia, and other disorders of childhood.

Variable credit, determined by department. Advanced course work in approved Study-Abroad program. Course may be repeated for a maximum of 10 credit hours.

Second half of the third-year sequence in Modern Standard Mandarin Chinese. By the end, the students will be able to hold a sustained conversation, and read and write informal essays of a substantial length.

Advanced Course. Chromatin biology may hold the keys for discovery of novel cures for cancer and other chronic genetic diseases. Chromatin state directly influences the development of regenerative medicine. Over the last few years, there has been an explosion of new insights into chromatin biology. This course will focus on four key topics: chromatin structure and gene regulation, chromatin in cancer biology, chromatin in developmental biology, and practical approaches in chromatin research.

Analysis of dynamics, including rigid body motion, featuring the LaGrange formulation, introduction to the Hamiltonian, formulation, Poisson brackets, analyses in nonrelativistic applications.

Analysis of dynamics, including rigid body motion, featuring the LaGrange formulation, introduction to the Hamiltonian, formulation, Poisson brackets, analyses in nonrelativistic applications.

Advanced Keyboard Skills for the adult beginner, including the competencies required to pass a Piano Proficiency standard of the National Association of Schools of Music.