33 graduate courses in Waterloo’s course catalog for Winter 2020, from UW Open Data. uwloo can’t read that term’s Graduate Calendar, so this stands in for it; the calendar itself is in Waterloo’s archive.
Discussion of specialized topics related to the research interests of members of the Centre. Special topics could include, for example, bioinorganic chemistry; inorganic reaction mechanisms; synthetic methods in inorganic and organometallic chemistry; homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis; chemistry of polynuclear compounds.
LEC · Course ID 000423Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 710 today
Introduction: crystals, basic concepts; space groups; the reciprocal lattice; x-ray diffraction; the phase problem; structure factors; electron density; small molecule structure solution, structure refinement, structure results, journals and data bases, paper writing.
LEC · Course ID 000425Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 712 today
Introduction to solid state chemistry, common crystal structures, principles of solid state synthesis, theory and experimental methods for characterizing solids, including thermal analysis techniques, powder x-ray and neutron diffraction methods; special topics to include one or more of the optical, electronic, magnetic, or conductive properties of inorganic materials.
LEC · Course ID 000426Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 713 today
Free electron, Hueckel and extended Hueckel methods for molecules and clusters. Perturbation theory. Applications of group theory in inorganic chemistry; Jahn-Teller effects in molecular and solids. Energy bands in one, two and three dimensions.
LEC · Course ID 000427Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 715 today
Magnetochemistry of transition metal compounds. Electronic spectra of complex ions including applications of molecular orbital and ligand field theories. Stabilization of unusual oxidation states and coordination numbers. Bonding, structure and reactivity of certain important classes of metal complexes, e.g. metal hydrides, metal-metal bonded species, biologically-significant model systems such as macrocycles.
LEC · Course ID 000429Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 717 today
Reactions, structure and bonding of organometallic compounds of transition and non-transition metals.
LEC · Course ID 000430Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 718 today
Special topics could include for example: trace analysis using modern instrumental and spectroscopic methods; advanced mass spectrometry (instrumentation and interpretation of spectra); analytical aspects of gas and liquid chromatography.
LEC · Course ID 000431Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 720 today
Instrumental components and optimum application; rudiments of design; electrical, spectral, migrational and other methods.
LEC · Course ID 000435Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 724 today
Atomic emission and absorption spectroscopy; methods of excitation and detection; quantitative applications. Molecular electronic spectroscopy: UV, visible and Raman; instrumental characteristics; applications to quantitative determinations, speciation, measurements of equilibrium, etc. Sources and control of errors and interferences. Determination and description of colour.
LEC · Course ID 000436Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 726 today
Material to be covered will be drawn from the following topics: Diffusion; Isolation of organic material from the matrix; Chromatographic techniques - principles of chromatographic separations; Gas (GLC, GSC), Liquid (LLC, LSC, GPC, IEC), Supercritical Fluid (SFC) Chromatographies; GC-MS, GC-FTIR; Electrophoresis; Flow field fractionation.
LEC · Course ID 000437Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 727 today
A study of electroanalytical techniques and their role in modern analytical chemistry. The underlying principles will be developed. Techniques will include chronoamperometry, chronocoulometry, polarography, voltammetry, chronopotentiometry, coulometric titrations, flow techniques, electrochemical sensors and chemically modified electrodes.
LEC · Course ID 000438Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 728 today
Modern surface analysis: description and importance of surfaces. Surface area determinations. High surface area solids, supports. Scanning electron microscopy: principles and applications. Auger electron spectroscopy. Applications in metallurgy and materials science. Depth profiling. ESCA: elemental compositions and studies of catalyst surfaces. SIMS. Infrared spectroscopy. Studies of supported metal and metal oxides. Acid surface sites and their role in catalysis. Scanning tunnelling microscopy; theory and applications. Single crystal surfaces. LEED. Studies of chemisorption.
LEC · Course ID 000439Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 729 today
Protein structure and function; intermolecular interactions and protein-protein association. Nucleic acid and DNA structure; protein-nucleic acid interactions.
LEC · Course ID 000440Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 730 today
Discussion of specialized topics related to the research interests of the members of the Centre. For example, recent offerings have included: Metalloproteins and Metalloenzymes; Heme Proteins; Chemistry of Enzymatic Reaction Mechanisms; Peptides - Synthesis, Structure and Function; Food Enzymology; Advanced Microbial Physicology; NMR in Biological Systems.
LEC · Course ID 000441Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 731 today
Regulation of replication, transcription, translation, RNA processing, and protein degradation. Cell cycle and control of cell division.
LEC · Course ID 000445Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 736 today
Discussion of the underlying factors contributing to enzyme, abzyme and ribozyme catalysis.
LEC · Course ID 000446Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 737 today
Structure, function and dynamics of membrane lipids and proteins. Membrane transport. Biogenesis and trafficking of membrane proteins. Signal transduction.
LEC · Course ID 000447Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 738 today
Discussion of specialized topics related to the research interests of the members of the Centre. Special topics could include for example: theory of intermolecular forces; density matrices; configuration interaction; correlation energies of open and closed shell systems; kinetic theory and gas transport properties; theory of the chemical bond.
LEC · Course ID 000449Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 740 today
Review of classical and quantum mechanics; principles of statistical mechanics; applications to systems of interacting molecules; imperfect gases, liquids, solids, surfaces and solutions.
LEC · Course ID 000453Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 745 today
Approximate solutions of the Schrodinger equation and calculations of atomic and molecular properties.
LEC · Course ID 000454Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 746 today
Discussion of specialized topics related to the research interests of members of the Centre. Special topics could include for example: principles of magnetic resonance in biological systems; collisions, spectroscopy and intermolecular forces, surface chemistry; catalysis; electrolyte theory; non-electrolyte solution theory; thermodynamics of biological systems; thermodynamics.
LEC · Course ID 000455Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 750 today
Empirical analysis. Kinetic theory of gases. Potential energy surfaces. Unimolecular rates. Relaxation and steady state methods. Diffusion rates. Rates between polar molecules. Energy transfer.
LEC · Course ID 000459Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 755 today
Aspects of electronic vibrational and rotational spectroscopy of atoms, molecules, and the solid state. Relevant aspects of quantum mechanics, Dirac notation, and angular momentum will be discussed. Group Theory will be presented and its implications for spectroscopy introduced.
LEC · Course ID 000460Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 756 today
Two or three topics from a range including: bio-organic chemistry; environmental organic chemistry; free radicals; heterocyclic molecules; molecular rearrangements; organometallic chemistry; photochemistry; natural products.
LEC · Course ID 000461Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 760 today
Named organic reactions and other synthetically useful reactions will be discussed. The mechanism, stereochemical implications and use in organic synthesis of these rections will be presented. Examples from the organic literature will be used to illustrate these aspects.
LEC · Course ID 000465Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 764 today
The synthesis of organic compounds is discussed and emphasis is placed on the design of synthetic routes. Examples drawn from the literature are used to illustrate this synthetic planning.
Prereq: CHEM 764.
LEC · Course ID 000466Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 765 today
Ultraviolet, infrared, resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry, with emphasis on applications to studies of organic molecules.
LEC · Course ID 000467Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 766 today
Linear free energy relationships; substituent effects and reactive intermediates.
LEC · Course ID 000468Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 769 today
Introduction to the physical chemistry of high polymers, principles of polymer synthesis, mechanisms and kinetics of polymerization reactions, copolymerization theory, polymerization in homogeneous and heterogeneous systems, chemical reactions of polymers. Theory and experimental methods for the molecular characterization of polymers.
LEC · Course ID 000469Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 770 today
The physical properties of polymers are considered in depth from a molecular viewpoint. Rubber elasticity, mechanical properties, rheology and solution behaviour are quantitatively treated.
Prerequisite: CHEM 770.
LEC · Course ID 000470Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 771 today
The reactions leading to the production of polymers are considered with emphasis on emulsion and suspension polymerization and polymerization reaction engineering. Polymer degradation, stabilization and modification are also considered in depth.
Prerequisite: CHEM 770.
LEC · Course ID 000471Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 772 today
Discussion of specialized topics of polymer chemistry related to the research interests of the faculty or prominent scientific visitors. Special topics could include, for example, polymer stabilization and degradation; mechanical properties; polymer principles in surface coatings; organic chemistry of synthetic high polymers; estimation of polymer properties; reactions of polymers; polymerization kinetics.
LEC · Course ID 000472Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 773 today
A written research proposal, and a public seminar and defence of this proposal, to be given by all MSc students within two terms of entering this program.
SEM · Course ID 000481Graduate Calendar, Winter 2020CHEM 794 today