The Aquinas College Chemistry Society is a Student Affiliate Chapter of the American Chemical Society. Each year, the group sponsors educational, professional, and social activities for chemistry students and the whole Aquinas community. Interested students should contact any of the officers or any chemistry faculty member to find out when the next meeting will be held.
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Application of chemical concepts to eco-systems; implications of chemical technology to the social and physical environment.

A first college course in chemistry designed primarily for science majors. Topics include atomic structure, chemical bonding, molecular structure, properties of gases, solids, and liquids, stoichiometry, and thermochemistry.
Three hours of lecture, one 3-hour laboratory period, and one 2-hour recitation per week.

The first college course in chemistry designed primarily for science majors. Top-ics include atomic structure, chemical bonding, molecular structure, properties of gases, solids, and liquids, stoichiometry, and thermo-chemistry. Three hours of lecture, one 3-hour laboratory period, and one 2-hour recitation per week.

This is an introductory course for the nursing and health sciences combining elements of general chemistry and organic chemistry. It does not replace these courses for the major or minor. It will cover atomic theory, reactions, mole calculations, solutions, gases, acids and bases, radiation chemistry and the hydrocarbon chemistry. Three hours lecture per week.

The first semester of a year-long course in organic chemistry for science majors. Topics include bonding, reaction mechanisms, structure, stereochemistry, and synthesis and reactions of aliphatic hydrocarbons and their derivatives. The correlation of physical properties to molecular structure and instrumentation is introduced.

Continuation of CY211. Topics include carbonyl compounds and reactions, aromatic hydrocarbons, the application of UV, IR, NMR and mass spectroscopy in the identifi cation of the molecular structure, heterocyclic compounds. Multistep synthesis will be introduced. Three hours of lecture and two three-hour laboratory periods per week; or 4 hours lecture and one three-hour lab period per week. Prerequisite: CY211, with a grade of C– or better, or its equivalent.

A first course in chemical analysis. Topics include gravimetric and volumetric
methods, statistical applications, ionic equilibria, and analytical instrumentation.

A first course in biochemistry for science majors. Topics include biomolecules, enzymes and their mechanisms of action, biological energetics, nucleic acids
(their structure and function), and carbohydrate, protein, and lipid metabolism.
Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory period per week. May be
offered every other year.

A two-semester introduction to chemical research. The first semester will begin with a literature search on the research topic and will include beginning laboratory work. Literature search will include Chemical Abstracts and other data-retrieval systems for information on the theory and method needed for the project. The second semester will consist of laboratory work and will conclude with a seminar on the results of the project.