Advanced Inorganic Chemistry and Instrumentation Laboratory

In the 12-credit lecture portion of this upper-division chemistry program, students will study advanced inorganic chemistry. Topics covered include atomic structure, bonding models, molecular symmetry, group theory and its applications, molecular orbital theory, acid-base chemistry, and the solid state. We will then use these experiences to study the chemistry of transition metal compounds (the study of coordination compounds), paying special attention to the bonding models that help us understand the spectra of these very interesting compounds. Students' understanding of the material will be assessed using weekly homework assignments, closed-book exams, and primary literature-based assignments.

In the 4-credit laboratory students will work with analytical instrumentation available at the college, earning driver's licenses to operate them and using the instruments to collect data on a variety of samples. More advanced students who already have a research project selected using analytical instruments  will be able to work on that project. Students are expected to share the results of their projects at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium of the Puget Sound Section of the American Chemical Society and at the annual Evergreen Science Carnival & Research Exposition.

Students who want to take both the lecture and lab sections should register for the 16-credit option.

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Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:

12 upper division science credits in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

4 upper division science credits in Instrumentation Laboratory OR Undergraduate Research in Chemistry