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Environmental Chemistry

The course will focus on chemistry of our natural surroundings, atmospheric structure and properties and pollution. It covers aspects of atmospheric photochemistry and monitoring of air pollutants (nitrogen oxides, sulphur oxides, carbon oxides, photochemical smog) will be discussed. Water quality criteria, waste and waste management systems, and land degradation will be reviewed. Simple treatment of some environmental remediation processes and general applications will be introduced.

Course Code: 
CHE 431
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

Organic Spectroscopy

The main thrust of this course is to provide students with a fundamental theoretical background required for practical application of ultraviolet/visible and infrared spectroscopy, proton and carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry to elucidate the structure of organic compounds and the interpretation of spectroscopic data.  The lecture portion will focus on organic spectra obtained from UV/Vis, IR, NMR and mass spectroscopic techniques.

Course Code: 
CHE 429
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

Electrochemistry

The course will focus on the treatment of electroanalytical methods (potentiometric, voltammetric and polarographic methods) and the application of electromotive force measurements and activities in cell potential determinations. Electrodes types and their fabrication, assessment of their performance characteristics related to sensitivity, selectivity coefficients, etc. The basic concepts of electrochemistry are first  reviewed.

Course Code: 
CHE 427
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

Aromatic & Heterocyclic Chemistry

This course introduces students to simple aromatics, heterocyclic and heteroaromatic compounds. Their classification, physical and chemical properties will be discussed. The reactions of naphthalene, anthracene and phenanthrene will be reviewed. In addition, mechanistic rationales for the synthetic basis of aromatic chemistry that is practised today will also be presented.

Course Code: 
CHE 425
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

Nuclear & Radiochemistry

This course will focus on the basic principles and scope of nuclear radiations chemistry, radioactivity, nuclear fission and nuclear fusion methods of detection.

Applications in radiotherapy, neutron activation analysis and energy generation will be discussed.

Course Code: 
CHE 415
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

Organic Synthesis

This course presents the theory and methodology of organic synthesis.  The initial focus will center on the methodology necessary to synthesize complex organic molecules.  It will include an in-depth look at functional group transformations, carbon-carbon bond forming reactions, ring-forming reactions, aromatic chemistry and heterocyclic chemistry. It will also discuss the use of retrosynthetic analysis and the “disconnection approach” to logical guide total synthesis.  Finally, a number of literature syntheses will be used to examine the strategies involved in formulating a total synthesis emphasizing the compatibility of functional groups, sequence of reactions, use of protecting groups and the impact of stereochemistry.

Course Code: 
CHE 411
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

Phase Equilibria

This course introduces students to the colligative properties, behaviour of solutions, definitions of terms and phase rule and various phase systems. Topics to be discussed will include: more advanced treatment of colligative properties, phase rule, partition laws, chemical potential, Clausius–Claygperon equation, single component, binary and ternary phase diagrams, and phase equilibria involving different states of matter. Partially miscible and completely miscible liquid-liquid systems, and differential batch distillation analysis will also be discussed.

 

Course Code: 
CHE 405
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 400
Course Semester: 
First Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

Natural Product I

This course introduces students to an in-depth study of the function and structural moiety of organic macromolecules of biological relevance. Topics to be discussed in this course will revolve around classification carbohydrates, stereoisomerism in carbohydrates, polyfunctional chemistry of simple sugars, cellulose and its derivatives, enzymatic glycogen hydrolysis, conversion of ATP to ADP, and proteins (classification, amino acids, peptides, determination of protein structure), nucleic acids, nucleosides, nucleotides, and synthetic polymers.

Course Code: 
CHE 324
No. of Credits: 
3
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

Bioanalytical Methods in Chemistry

The course focuses on providing fundamental understanding of the structural features of biomolecules and the application of analytical chemistry techniques for the recognition and detection of biomolecular interactions. Topics to be discussed in the course will include the Central Dogma, Flow of Genetic information, Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Technology, Enzymes as analytical reagents, quantitative immunoassays, biosensors, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, chromatography, spectroscopy and microscopy of biomolecules, and validation of new bioanalytical methods.

Course Code: 
CHE 322
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

Physical Spectroscopy

This course covers various aspects of spectroscopy particularly, electronic spectroscopy of atoms, ions and complex molecules, vibrational, rotational and laser spectroscopy, as well as, spectral interpretation and analysis of samples using molecular spectroscopic tools. Terms symbols for free atoms and ions, spectroscopic interpretation of colours of complexes, and elementary molecular orbital theory will be discussed. Broadly speaking, it provides a general overview of the concepts of absorption, emission, vibration, rotation, resonance and electron spin. Instrumental methods to be covered in this course will include UV-Vis spectroscopy, fluorescence, infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, and mass spectrometry.

Course Code: 
CHE 320
No. of Credits: 
2
Level: 
Level 300
Course Semester: 
Second Semester
Select Programme(s): 
Chemistry

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