Graduate Catalog

CHEM 714 Recent Developments in Analytical Chemistry

This course aims to introduce advances in contemporary analytical chemistry. The course focuses on the recent developments in burgeoning areas of analytical chemistry such as challenges in analytical separation; green chemistry; spectroscopy; process analytical chemistry; electrochemistry; sensors; lab-on-a-chip and chemometrics. Students will attend seminars from instructors describing topics selected from the current literature, including their research fields. By the end of this course, the students will have developed an ability to search available library databases and systematically review and critically evaluate methodologies and approaches within a field. To this end each student is expected to select a research topic related to their dissertation topic; write a review article; prepare and present (both written and orally) the review article and critical assess review articles presented by their peers.

Credits

3

Offered

Fall