Programs of study and Group Structure
The Department of Chemistry offers programs
leading to the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in analytical, biological,
inorganic, materials, organic, and physical chemistry. Strong
interdisciplinary programs at the Ph.D. level are also offered
through the Center for Materials Research, which comprises research
efforts of faculty from the departments of chemistry; physics;
chemical engineering; mechanical and nuclear; and electrical
and computer engineering. The department faculty and research
programs are operated through six overlapping groups. Each group
has faculty and adjunct faculty who work together to coordinate
a "group" graduate program involving graduate
courses, seminar programs and a cumulative examination system.
Entering students are administered placement exams in the analytical
and physical chemistry areas in order to assess their preparations
for graduate studies. Outstanding students are encouraged to take
advanced standing exams that allow certain required course work
to be bypassed. A minimum grade of C must be obtained in all courses
in order to earn credit and a minimum overall grade point average
of 3.0 (out of a possible 4.0) is necessary. Original research
is the most important part of the graduate program, and selection
of a research director is made during the first semester in residence
in order to allow students to start work on their research projects
at an early date.
Ph.D. degree
Overview and Common Requirements
A
program of study must be selected from a "group program" that
will include at least 20 hours of graduate course work, which may
include courses from all areas of chemistry, and must include at
least 16 hours of graduate course work in Chemistry. A total of
90 semester hours is required, including at least 50 hours of research
for students entering with a bachelor's degree and 36 hours for
students entering with a master's degree.
The preliminary exam for the Ph.D. degree consists of a series
of written cumulative exams beginning in the second or third semester
of residence on topics within the student's area of specialization,
and an oral research proposition examination that the student must
prepare and defend before his or her supervisory committee by the
end of the third year or the middle of the fourth year. Completion
of the Ph.D. degree requires the submission of a written dissertation
and its oral defense before one's supervisory committee.
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Group Programs
There are six programs of graduate course work that can be followed
for the Ph.D. degree: the Analytical, Biological, Inorganic, Materials,
Organic, and Physical groups. The curriculum is different in each
program, but they all have the following common features:
- Departmental Requirements: Two credit
hours of common course work are required for all group programs.
- Credit Seminar Programs: Two credit
hours of credit seminar are required together with attendance
at a seminar program throughout the entire program of study.
Students register for 0 credit hours in the seminar course
when the seminar program is not taken for credit.
- Group Programs:
- Substantive Group Courses: A number
of credit hours are required in course work specific to
a particular group.
- Other Chemistry Department Courses:
A number of credit hours are required in chemistry department
courses.
- Additional Courses: A number of
credit hours may be required that may be taken from chemistry
department courses and sometimes from courses offered in
other departments.
- Cumulative Examinations: There are separate
cumulative examinations in the Analytical, Inorganic, Materials, Organic
and Physical groups.
Department Requirements (2 credit hours)
Every student in the Chemistry Department is required to take
the following one credit hour courses:
- CHM 601 - Safe Chemical Laboratory
Practices
- CHM 700 - Practicum in Teaching Chemistry
Credit Seminar Programs (2 credit hours)
All students in the Chemistry Department are required to attend
the appropriate group seminar program every semester (registering
for 0 or 1 credit hour), and to register for a total of 2 credit
hours during their Ph.D. program. When the seminar program is taken
for credit, the student will be evaluated on a 50 minute seminar.
- Analytical Group Program - CHM
901 Graduate
Seminar in Analytical Chemistry
- Biological Group Program - one from
CHM 901, CHM 902, CHM
903, CHM 904
- Inorganic Group Program - CHM
902 Graduate
Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Group Program - one from CHM
901, CHM 902, CHM
903, CHM 904
- Organic Group Program - CHM
903 Graduate
Seminar in Organic Chemistry
- Physical Group Program - CHM
904 Graduate
Seminar in Physical Chemistry
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Group
Programs (16 credit hours)
Analytical Group Program
Substantive Group Courses: 9
credit hours required, consisting of at least three 3-credit-hour
analytical group courses that can be chosen from the following
courses:
- CHM 937 - Applications of Surface Science
to Chemistry
- CHM 940 - Chemical Microscopy
- CHM 944 - Electroanalytical Chemistry
- CHM 947 - Applied Molecular Spectroscopy
Other Chemistry Department
Courses: 3 to 6 credit hours are required
consisting of one or two 3-credit-hour courses chosen from the
following courses:
- CHM 711 - Inorganic Chemistry I
- CHM 712 - Inorganic Chemistry II
- CHM 752 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
- CHM 801 - Chemical Thermodynamics
- CHM 854 - Theoretical Chemistry I
- CHM 856 - Chemical Kinetics
- CHM 862 - Organic Spectroscopy
- CHM 929 - Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry
- CHM 954 - Theoretical Chemistry II
- CHM 965 - Physical Organic Chemistry
Additional Courses: The remaining 1 to 4 credit hours may be taken
from the two previous lists or from
- Any Science or Engineering courses at
the 600 level or higher in any department other than chemistry
in the College of Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, Human Ecology,
or Engineering.
- CHM
600 (Scientific
Glassblowing), CHM 650 (History
of Chemistry), CHM 657 (Inorganic
Techniques), CHM 800 (Chemistry
in Outer Space and in the Laboratory), CHM
930 (Homogeneous
Catalysis).
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Biological Group Program
Students must meet the group requirement by completing one of
the other group programs (Analytical, Inorganic, Materials, Organic
or Physical). In addition, students in the biological group may
select additional courses offered either inside or outside the
Department of Chemistry. A list of possible courses that students
may choose to take which are offered outside the department include
the following:
- BIOCH 755 Biochemistry I (3 credits).
- BIOCH 765 Biochemistry II (3 credits).
- BIOCH 790 Physical Biochemistry (3 credits).
- BIOL 719 Biomembranes (2 credits).
- BIOL 855 Molecular Biology of Cellular Membranes (3 credits).
- BIOL 860 Molecular and Cellular Biology (3 credits).
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Inorganic Group Program
Substantive Group Courses: 9
credit hours required consisting of the following courses:
- CHM 711 - Inorganic Chemistry I
- CHM 712 - Inorganic Chemistry II
- CHM 929 - Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry
Other Chemistry Department
Courses: 3 to
6 credit hours from the following courses:
- CHM 752 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
- CHM 801 - Chemical Thermodynamics
- CHM 854 - Theoretical Chemistry I
- CHM 856 - Chemical Kinetics
- CHM 862 - Organic Spectroscopy
- CHM 935 - Topics in Inorganic Chemistry
- CHM 937 - Applications of Surface Science to Chemistry
- CHM 940 - Chemical Microscopy
- CHM 944 - Electroanalytical Chemistry
- CHM 954 - Theoretical Chemistry II
- CHM 965 - Physical Organic Chemistry
Additional Courses: The remaining
1 to 4 credit hours may be taken from the two previous lists or from:
- Any Science or Engineering courses
at the 500 level or higher in any department other than chemistry
in the College of Arts and Sciences, Agriculture, Human Ecology,
or Engineering.
- CHM 600 (Scientific
Glassblowing), CHM
650 (History of Chemistry), CHM
657 (Inorganic Techniques),
CHM 800 (Chemistry in Outer Space and in the Laboratory), CHM
930 (Homogeneous Catalysis).
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Materials Group Program
Substantive Group Courses: 3 credit hours required consisting
of the following course:
CHM 820 - Materials Chemistry
Other Chemistry Department Courses: 9 to 12 credit hours from the
following courses:
CHM 711 - Inorganic Chemistry I
CHM 712 - Inorganic Chemistry II
CHM 752 - Advanced Organic Chemistry
CHM 801 - Chemical Thermodynamics
CHM 854 - Theoretical Chemistry I
CHM 856 - Chemical Kinetics
CHM 862 - Organic Spectroscopy
CHM 929 - Physical Methods in Inorganic Chemistry
CHM 935 - Topics in Inorganic Chemistry (which can be up to three
different courses: Nanostructured Materials or Supramolecular Chemistry
or Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds)
CHM 937 - Applications of Surface Science to Chemistry
CHM 940 Chemical Microscopy
CHM 944 - Electroanalytical Chemistry
CHM 947 - Applied Molecular Spectroscopy
CHM 954 - Theoretical Chemistry II
CHM 965 - Physical Organic Chemistry
Additional Courses: The remaining 1 to 4 credit hours may be taken
from the two previous lists or from
Any Science or Engineering courses at the 500 level or higher in
any department other than chemistry in the College of Arts and
Sciences, Agriculture, Human Ecology, or Engineering. Special consideration
should be given to the following courses:
PHYS 564 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (3 credits).
PHYS 655 - Physics of Solids (3 credits).
CHM600 (Scientific Glassblowing), CHM650 (History of Chemistry),
CHM657 (Inorganic Techniques), CHM800 (Chemistry in Outer Space
and in the Laboratory), CHM930 (Homogeneous Catalysis).
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Organic Group Program
Substantive Group Courses: 13 credit hours required consisting
of the following courses:
CHM 752 - Advanced Organic Chemistry (3 credits)
CHM 860 - Synthetic Organic Chemistry (4 credits)
CHM 862 - Organic Spectroscopy (3 credits)
CHM 965 - Physical Organic Chemistry (3 credits)
Other Chemistry Department Courses: 3 credit hours from any Chemistry
Department courses with numbers above 710, excluding seminar courses.
Additional Courses: No additional courses are required. However,
a greater number of credit hours than the minimum 20 can be obtained.
They may be any graduate level course at a 600 level or greater
at Kansas State University that is applicable to the overall Ph.D.
program being pursued by the student.
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Physical Group Program
Substantive Group Courses: 3 credit hours consisting of the following
course:
CHM 854 - Theoretical Chemistry I
and 3 credit hours from the following list of courses:
CHM 801 - Chemical Thermodynamics
CHM 856 - Chemical Kinetics
CHM 937 Applications of Surface Science to Chemistry
CHM 947 - Applied Molecular Spectroscopy
CHM 950 - Chemical Statistical Mechanics
CHM 954 - Theoretical Chemistry II
CHM 955 - Selected Topics in Physical Chemistry
Other Chemistry Department Courses: 6 credit hours from any Chemistry
Department courses with numbers above 710, excluding seminar courses.
Additional Courses: The remaining 4 credit hours may be taken from
the two previous lists or from
Any Science or Engineering courses at the 600 level or higher in
any department other than chemistry in the College of Arts and
Sciences, Agriculture, Human Ecology, or Engineering.
CHM600 (Scientific Glassblowing), CHM650 (History of Chemistry),
CHM657 (Inorganic Techniques), CHM800 (Chemistry in Outer Space
and in the Laboratory), CHM930 (Homogeneous Catalysis).
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M.S. degree
A minimum of 30 semester hours of graduate credit is required
for this degree program, of which no less than 22 hours will be
earned in course work. The program of study for the master's degree
will normally include up to 15 hours in the student's major area
of study, 6 to 12 hours in related areas, and one hour of graduate
seminar. At least two semester hours of credit must be earned at
the 700 level or higher in each of three of the following areas
of study: analytical, inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry.
A master's thesis that is based on 6 to 8 semester hours of original
research must also be defended before one's supervisory committee.
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General Chemistry Courses
Undergraduate and graduate credit in minor field
CHM 599.
Undergraduate research. (1, 2, 3) I, II, S. Analytical,
inorganic, organic, or physical chemistry. A final, formal written
report is required.
Undergraduate and graduate credit
Unless otherwise stated, all chemistry courses numbers 600 or
above require the following as minimum prerequisites:
CHM 550 Organic Chemistry II; CHM 532 Organic Chemistry Laboratory;
CHM 595 Physical Chemistry II; and CHM 598 Physical Chemistry II
Laboratory.
CHM 600. Scientific
Glassblowing. (1) II. The basic techniques
of bending, sealing, and blowing glass used to fabricate scientific
glassware. Three hours of laboratory including one lecture demonstration
a week. Pr.: Senior or graduate standing inphysical sciences.
CHM 601. Safe Chemical Laboratory
Practices. (1) I. A general
safety course for persons working or teaching in a chemical laboratory.
One hour of lecture per week. Pr.: CHM 371 and 350 or equivalents.
CHM 700. Practicum in Teaching
Chemistry. (1) I. Principles and
methods of instruction in laboratories and recitation classes in
chemistry, including one semester of supervised experience as an
instructor in a chemical laboratory. This is a required course
of all teaching assistants in the Department of Chemistry. May
be taken only once for credit. Pr.: Senior standing in chemistry.
CHM 799. Problems in Chemistry. (Var.) I, II. S. Problems may
include classroom or laboratory work. Not for thesis research.
Pr.: Consent of instructor.
Graduate credit
CHM 899. Research in Chemistry. (Var.) I, II, S. Research in analytical
chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical
chemistry for the M.S. degree.
CHM 999. Research in Chemistry. (Var.) I, II, S. Research in analytical
chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical
chemistry for the Ph.D. degree.
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Analytical Chemistry Courses
Undergraduate and graduate credit in minor
CHM 545. Chemical Separations. (2) II. Principles of modern separation
techniques. One hour. lec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: CHM
250 or 371, or both CHM 532 and CHM 550.
CHM 566. Instrumental Methods
of Analysis. (3) I. Introduction
to theory and practice of electrochemical methods, molecular and
atomic spectroscopy, surface science, mass spectrometry, separation
methods, and electronics in analytical chemistry. Three hours lec.
a week. Pr.: CHM 550, PHYS 114 or 214, and MATH 221.
Graduate credit
CHM 901. Graduate Seminar
in Analytical Chemistry. (0-1) I, II,
S.
CHM 920. Analytical Separations. (3) II.
The theory, instrumentation, and application of classical and modern
separation techniques are covered in this lecture course. Pr.:
CHM 566 and CHM 595.
CHM 937. Applications of
Surface Science to Chemistry. (3) II,
in even years. Chemical bonding in the solid state. Surface science
and related techniques as applied to chemical problems. Special
topics including data analysis and corrosion studies.
CHM 940. Chemical Microscopy. (3) II, in even years. The theory,
instrumentation, and application of modern microscopic methods
are covered in this lecture course. Emphasis is given to the study
of chemically-important phenomena in material systems.
CHM 944. Electroanalytical
Chemistry. (2-3) II, in odd years.
Theory and applications of electrochemical methods; chronoamperometry,
chronopotentiometry, cyclic voltammetry, coulometry, polarography,
potentiometry, and instrumentation.
CHM 947. Applied Molecular
Spectroscopy. (3) II, in odd-numbered
years. Experimental, and theoretical methods associated with ultraviolet
and visible absorption, fluorescence, Raman scattering, and nonlinear
optical spectroscopies. Pr.: CHM 854.
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Inorganic Chemistry Courses
Undergraduate and graduate credit
CHM 650. History of Chemistry. (2) II, in even
years. Traces the beginnings of chemistry from 3500 B.C. to 1920
A.D. Early metallurgy, Greek thought about atoms, alchemy, atomic
theory, discovery of gases, definition of elements, chemical bonds,
organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry. Pr.: CHM 585.
CHM 657. Inorganic Techniques. (1-2) II. The preparation, characterization,
and study of transition metal, main group, and organometallic compounds
using techniques commonly encountered in industrial and academic
research. Three to six hours lab a week. Pr.: CHM 585
CHM 711. Inorganic Chemistry
I. (3) I. Atomic and molecular structure,
bonding concepts used in the practice of inorganic chemistry. Applications
of symmetry and group theory to structure, bonding, and spectra.
Three hours lec. a week. Pr.: CHM 550, 595.
CHM 712. Inorganic Chemistry
II. (3) II. Structure, reactivity,
and mechanistic aspects of main group and transition metal complexes.
Organometallic reactions, catalysis, and bioinorganic chemistry.
Three hours lec. a week. Pr.: CHM 550, 595.
Graduate credit
CHM 800. Chemistry in Outer Space
and in the Laboratory. (2)
II, in odd years. The generation of reactive atoms and molecules
in outer space and in the laboratory is covered, as well as their
chemical reactions and spectroscopy. Extreme conditions of
high and low temperatures, synthesis using atoms, nanoscale particles
of inorganic materials, and matrix isolation are discussed. Pr.:
CHM 712.
CHM 902. Graduate Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry. (0-1)
I, II, S.
CHM 929. Physical Methods in Inorganic
Chemistry. (3)
II. Theory and application of infrared, Raman, visible, ultraviolet,
NMR, ESR, NQR, Mossbauer, and mass spectrometry to inorganic chemistry. Three
hours lec. a week. Pr.: CHM 711.
CHM 930. Homogeneous Catalysis. (2)
II, in even years. The study of industrially important
and synthetically useful catalysis of organic reactions by soluble
metal complexes. Two hours lec. a week. Pr.: CHM 712 or consent
of instructor.
CHM 935. Selected Topics in Inorganic
Chemistry. (1-3)
I, II. A lecture course in inorganic chemistry in areas of specialization
of the faculty, with emphasis on current developments. Specific
topics will be changed from semester to semester, so a student may
take the course for credit more than once. Pr.: Consent of
instructor.
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Materials Chemistry Courses
Graduate credit
CHM 820. Materials Chemistry. (3)
II. Concepts of materials chemistry developed from an understanding
of the chemical composition and structure of materials, and their
relationship to the properties of matter. Students will be
introduced to the structures and composition of materials and the
diverse range of materials, including metals, metal clusters, semiconductors,
nanomaterials, supramolecular materials, sol-gel materials, liquid
crystals, glasses, polymers and composites. Pr.: Consent
of instructor.
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Organic Chemistry Courses
CHM 531. Organic Chemistry I. (3) I, II. Topics
to be covered include fundamental concepts in organic chemistry
such as hybridization of molecular orbitals, structure and bonding,
acids and bases, kinetics and thermodynamics, stereochemistry and
chirality, and conformational analysis. The basic knowledge
will be used to study the syntheses, reactions, and mechanisms
of functional groups such as alkanes, haloalkanes, and alkenes. Structural
determination using infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic
resonance will also be included. Three hours of lec. a week. Pr.:
CHM 230 or 250.
CHM 532. Organic Chemistry Laboratory. (2)
I, II. One five-hour lab and one hour of lec. a week. Pr.:
CHM 550 or conc. enrollment.
CHM 550. Organic Chemistry II. (3) I, II. A
continuation of Organic Chemistry I (CHM 531). CHM 550 represents
the second semester of a two-semester survey of organic chemistry. Topics
to be discussed include syntheses, reactions, and mechanism of
alkynes, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives,
amines, benzene and its derivatives, organometallic chemistry,
conjugated unsaturated systems and pericyclic reactions, polymers,
carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids. Structural
identification will be studied using various current spectroscopic
methods. Three hours lec. a week. Pr.: CHM 531.
CHM 551. Advanced Organic Laboratory. (2) I,
II. One five-hour lab and one hour of lec. a week. Pr.:
CHM 550 and 532.
Undergraduate and graduate credit
CHM 752. Advanced Organic Chemistry. (3)
I. Advanced study of organic compounds and fundamental types of
reactions. Three hours lec. a week. Pr.: CHM 550 and
595.
Graduate credit
CHM 860. Synthetic Organic Chemistry. (4)
II. Conditions, scope, and applications of reactions useful in
synthetic organic chemistry. Four hours lec. a week.
CHM 862. Organic Spectroscopy. (3)
I. The principles of IR, UV-VIS, mass, and NMR spectroscopies
applied to the problem of structure determination. Three
hours lec. a week.
CHM 903. Graduate Seminar in Organic Chemistry. (0-1)
I, II, S.
CHM 965. Physical Organic Chemistry. (3)
II. Principles of orbital symmetry, thermochemistry, kinetics,
and other topics applied to the understanding of reaction mechanisms. Three
hours lec. a week.
CHM 970. Selected Topics in Organic
Chemistry. (1-3)
On sufficient demand. A lecture course in organic chemistry
in areas of specialization of the faculty, with emphasis on current
developments. Specific topics will be changed from semester
to semester, so a student may take the course for credit more than
once.
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Physical Chemistry Courses
Undergraduate and graduate credit in minor field
CHM 500. General Physical Chemistry. (3)
II. Elementary principles of physical chemistry. Three hours
lec. a week. Pr,: CHM 350 or 531 and MATH 211 or 221, and PHYS
114 or equivalent.
CHM 585. Physical Chemistry I. (3)
I. Elementary chemical thermodynamics and kinetic theory of gases. Three
hours lec. a week. Pr.: CHM 350 or 531, MATH 222, and PHYS
214.
CHM 595. Physical Chemistry II. (3)
II. Elementary quantum chemistry, spectroscopy, statistical thermodynamics,
and chemical kinetics. Three hours lec. a week. Pr.: CHM
350 or 531, MATH 222 and PHYS 214.
CHM 596. Physical Methods Laboratory. (1-2)
II. Experiments that relate to physical and instrumental methods. Three
to six hours lab a week. Pr.: MATH 221, PHYS
114 or PHYS 214.
Graduate credit
CHM 801. Chemical Thermodynamics. (3) II,
in alternate years. The laws, principles, and methods of
thermodynamics and their applications to chemical systems. Statistical-molecular
approach emphasized. Three hours lec. a week.
CHM 854. Theoretical Chemistry
I. (3) I.
Introduction to quantum mechanics and atomic and molecular spectroscopy. Three
hours lec. a week.
CHM 856. Chemical Kinetics. (3)
I, in alternate years. Survey of experimental and theoretical aspects of
dynamics of chemical reactions. Three hours lec. a week. Pr.:
CHM 801 or CHM 854.
CHM 904. Graduate Seminar in Physical
Chemistry. (0-1)
I, II, S. Presentation of topics from literature in physical chemistry.
CHM 950. Chemical Statistical Mechanics. (3)
I, in alternate years. Application of classical and quantum
statistical mechanics to chemical phenomena. Three hours
lec. a week. Pr.: CHM 801, 854.
CHM 954. Theoretical Chemistry II. (3)
II. Quantum theory of atomic and molecular structure. Three
hours lec. a week. Pr.: CHM 854.
CHM 955. Selected Topics in Physical
Chemistry. (1-3)
On sufficient demand. A lecture course in physical chemistry
in areas of specialization of the faculty, with emphasis on current
developments. Specific topics will be changed from semester
to semester, so a student may take the course for credit more than
once. Pr.: CHM 854.
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