Graduate Program

Course Work

Students take most, if not all, of their courses in the first six months of graduate study. A wide selection of courses allows students to extend the breadth and depth of their chemical knowledge. After selecting a thesis adviser during the first quarter, students select courses with the adviser’s counsel to suit their needs and interests. The large number of special-topics courses allows great flexibility in course selection. Advanced students are encouraged to audit courses of special interest or relevance to their thesis research. Course requirements and content change to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving scientific world. We are committed to keeping the graduate-level courses interesting, relevant, and rewarding.

 

Graduate-Level Courses
Courses are offered on the quarter system and meet for about 10 weeks. For detailed course descriptions and course offerings in other departments, see the information provided on The Graduate School website:

http://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/docs/07-08_course_catalogue.pdf

• Principles of Organic Chemistry (Chem 401)
• Principles of Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 402)
• Principles of Physical Chemistry (Chem 403)
• Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 435)
• Advanced Organic Chemistry: Structure, Reactivity and Mechanism (Chem 413-1)
• Advanced Organic Chemistry: Targets, Strategies and Methods (Chem 413-2)
• Advanced Physical and Analytical Chemistry (Chem 445) 
• Bioorganic Chemistry (Chem 414-1, 414-2)
• Elementary Statistical Mechanics (Chem 444)
• Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 434)
• Kinetics (Chem 443)
• Mechanisms of Organic Reactions (Chem 412) 
• Computational Chemistry (Chem 448)
• Organic Spectroscopy (Chem 411)
• Physical Organic Chemistry (Chem 410)
• Quantum Chemistry (Chem 442-1, 442-2)  
• Advanced Physical and Analytical Chemistry (Chem 445) 
• Structural Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 433)