Master's  Thesis 

GRADUATE COURSE

Students will conduct thesis level research in an area of chemistry in the laboratory of a faculty advisor from the Department of Chemistry and/or Physics. Students in their first year will select a research advisor after interviewing at least three of the research active faculty. Once a faculty advisor is selected and approved by the Graduate Faculty of the department, the student and faculty advisor will formalize a schedule and specific learning outcomes for the assigned project.

Biophysical Chemistry

UPPER-LEVEL COURSE

This course will explore the applications of physical chemistry to probe the structure, function, and reactivity of biological systems.  More specifically this course applies the theories of gases, physical transformation, chemical equilibrium, phase diagrams, mixtures, electrochemistry, thermodynamics, and the laws of statistical thermodynamics to biological and supramolecular systems.  The approach seeks to derive phenomena in biological systems in terms of either the molecules that make up the system or the supra-molecular structure of the system.