Environmental Science & Technology MHC 200 (Macaulay Honors College)
Course objective: to understand the issues surrounding environmental sustainability and environmental equilibrium through scientific principles; to understand policy and remediation strategies; and to learn how you can affect the world through enlightened environmentalism. Course objectives are met through brilliant lectures and intense discussions.
Polymer Chemistry (Chem 369H) (Honors course for chemistry majors)
Course objective: As a senior-level honors course, it will bind what students learned in basic courses with concepts in polymer chemistry involving synthesis, characterization and utilization. The objective is met through lectures, readings from the literature, an oral assignment, a written assignment, two exams and a final examination.
Polymers are components of common materials and advanced devices. The wide range of applications of polymers is derived from their variability in compositions and structures that lead to highly diverse properties. Students will gain fundamental knowledge of polymer chemistry and be able to:
(1) Describe polymer structural features;
(2) Describe step-growth and chain-growth polymerization;
(3) Understand reaction mechanisms for important polymerization reactions;
(4) Understand polymer modification reactions;
(5) Understand how organic and physical chemistry underlie polymer chemistry;
(6) Apply concepts to propose construction of complex polymeric materials;
(7) Analyze physical, chemical and mechanical properties data;
(8) Design polymer structures based upon desired properties and applications
