May 04, 2024  
2020-2021 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2020/Spring 2021) 
    
2020-2021 College of Liberal Arts (Admitted Fall 2020/Spring 2021) [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 
  
  • BIOL 404 - Biology Capstone: Laboratory and Field Research

    2-4 credits
    CLA-Capstone
  
  • BIOL 410 - Specialized Honors I

    4 credits
  
  • BIOL 411 - Specialized Honors Research II

    4 credits
  
  • BST 101 - Principles of Financial Markets

    8 credits
    This course studies the institutions and operations of financial markets, and their roles in channeling credit and financing new investments. Students will learn the impact of the financial system on local, national, and global economies. The course will also explain the financial history and ethical dimensions of Wall Street and its relation to macroeconomic policy. Offered summer term only. Offered summer term only. CLA-Off Campus Experience
  
  • BST 105 - Accounting & Accountability

    4 credits
    Introduces the theoretical and contextual foundation of accounting. It does not focus on technical aspects of accounting or bookkeeping, but introduces the managerial, institutional, professional, socio-political, and ideational context of accounting. The main content includes:

    • Constitution of business organizations and the functions of accounting within them: historical and current frameworks.
    • Accountancy as a profession: How accountancy is organized and regulated as a profession.
    • The role of the state and civil society in shaping and regulating accounting systems.
    • Ethical dimensions of accounting: individual and organizational decision-making.
    • The increasing importance of data analysis in the industry.
  
  • BST 120 - Business and Technology: Perfect Together?

    4 credits


    This course relies heavily on a foundation of “experiential learning.” The lecture portion of the class focuses on how technology is integrated into business solutions, with review and discussion of case studies using current topics like the healthcare.gov website design and development problems, the state-of-the-art logistics considerations for Amazon.com, and the technology considerations for broadcasting a Super Bowl at Met-Life Stadium in New Jersey. The concepts covered during these lectures are then integrated into the project work that teams of students will complete as they review specific areas of business on Drew’s campus, and report back to the class on everything from how hardware/software solutions were defined, developed, purchased, implemented, supported and even retired.

    The project teams will be required to meet with their Drew “business” contacts at least three times during the semester, as they develop two short presentations to introduce their area of study to the rest of the class and then pull together their final presentation. The final presentations are presented to the class, as well as a panel of guest speakers who have also contributed to the course by discussing their own business and technology experiences throughout the semester. (Some of the guest speakers are also Drew alumni, while others are contacts that the instructor will invite to the class when their area of expertise matches the topics currently being discussed in class.)

      Offered alternate spring semesters.

  
  • BST 150 - Special Topics in Business Studies


    This class will give students the opportunity to explore timely business topics at an introductory level.  This class will benefit both students considering a Business Studies major as well as students from other majors who may have a particular interest in the special topic but have not taken the economics classes typically required for upper level electives.  For example, the first introductory special topics class will be “Business & Technology: Perfect Together.” Modeled on the Physics class “How Things Work at Drew,” this class will take a behind-the-scenes look at how technology helps Drew function.  Other special topics might include entrepreneurship and innovation, crisis management, regulatory and environmental topics. May be repeated as topic varies. Check department listing for offering.

  
  • BST 174 - Topics in Business Studies

    1 to 4 credits
    Selected topics in Business Studies that vary by term. Course is repeatable when the topic varies.
  
  • BST 199 - ShortTREC Program at the Introductory Level

    1-8 credits
    The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education.  Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise.  May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
  
  • BST 205 - Introduction to Marketing

    4 credits
    Serves as the gateway into the marketing major, providing students with the context and history of the current marketing field and how today’s marketing professionals can contribute to the discipline. Discusses the organization of the marketing discipline, highlighting the interdisciplinary research methods associated with marketing through exercises and case studies as well as the different branches of marketing. BSS - CLA-Breadth/Social Science
  
  • BST 209 - Anthropology of Business

    4 credits
    Over the past two decades, ethnographic techniques have become an increasingly important part of the repertoire of research strategies employed in the business world.  These approaches can provide business with nuanced, fine-grained and culturally-specific kinds of information that traditional business market research and quantitative analyses are unable to access. The very same  techniques that have been used by anthropologists to study non-western societies—participant observation, language fluency and long-term fieldwork are perfectly suited to understanding the ‘cultures’ of business and as a way to learn about markets, product usage and consumer experience. In this course students will learn the fundamentals of anthropological fieldwork through lectures and readings that focus on how the theory and methods of anthropology are successfully applied to business using case studies from around the world.   Enrollment Priority: Sophomore. Same as: ANTH 209   Course Offering: Fall Term - Even. CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
  
  • BST 215 - Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

    4 credits
    Exposes students to the accounting principles and practices used by decision-makers associated with a business or governmental entity. Major topics include the accounting cycle, preparation and analysis of financial statements, standards and procedures for assets and liabilities, and the roles of corporate communication and responsibilities with respect to the accounting process. Formally BST 115. Prerequisite: Sophomore or higher standing. Offered fall semester and occasional summers
  
  • BST 216 - Managerial Accounting

    4 credits
    Covers the use of accounting information for internal planning, analysis, and decision-making. Provides students the knowledge to prepare, understand, evaluate, and act upon the many financial and non-financial reports used in managing modern firms. Topics include analytical tools to support decisions: analyzing profitability of various products, managing product-line portfolios, setting prices, measuring and managing profitability of customers, making operational and strategic decisions, evaluating investments and investigating efficiency. Prerequisite:BST 215  
  
  • BST 219 - Business and Government in the U.S.

    4 credits
    This course explores and analyzes the relationship between business and government in the U.S. since the mid-twentieth century.  While business has always had a place at the table for political decisions, its presence has expanded significantly in the last 60 years.  This course describes the ways this expansion has taken place, its causes, and its consequences.  At root is the fundamental role of business as a major actor in the American political decision making and government activities.  This course is not repeatable. Eqivalent: PSCI 219   Offered every Spring term in odd years and during Summer terms.
  
  • BST 246 - Business Communications

    4 credits
    This course will teach students to create, review and present a variety of documents for different audiences in a typical business environment. Students will learn to analyze audiences, set objectives and prepare documents – memos, research reports, status reports, internal and external letters, talk points, presentations, marketing communications and project plans and timelines – that they will likely be asked to produce, review or analyze during a business career. Equivalent: ENGH 246   Offered: Fall terms. CLA-Writing Intensive
  
  • BST 250 - Special Topics

    1-4 credits


    Description developed and proposed by course instructor and approved by the BST Director. Student may only take one 4-credit special/selected topics course for credit.

      Course is repeatable.

  
  • BST 251 - Design Thinking and Innovation

    4 credits
    In recent years, ethnography has become popular with designers of products and technologies as a way of learning about the experience of the users. Students will have an opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the field. Since students come from a mix of anthropology, design, and other disciplinary backgrounds, they also learn to engage in cross-disciplinary collaboration. The purpose of this course is to learn and further develop a methodology for ethnographic research on design practices. Design Anthropology is a rapidly growing field, bridging academic and commercial interests in the diverse ways in which people make, circulate, and consume products. “Ethnography”—the methodological hallmark of cultural anthropology—is a major “buzzword” in corporate product-design and engineering firms, as their commercial interests demand a complex and rigorous understanding of “the user.”
  
  • BST 262 - Accounting Information Systems

    4 credits
    Builds a broad knowledge of the principles, concepts, and internal controls that support accounting information systems.  The identification, collection, processing, analysis, interpretation, and communication of the accounting information needs, and requirements of an organization will be examined in relation to the roles accountants play as designers, users, evaluators, and controllers of those systems.  Explores current issues such as electronic commerce, data security, data warehousing, and enterprise resource planning systems. Prerequisite: BST 215  
  
  • BST 263 - Accounting Analytics

    4 credits
    Covers the treatment of data used by accountants.  Central topics include data acquisition and data analysis techniques for decision-making.  Students will have an opportunity to use accounting data and software package in a variety of hands-on projects to develop skills with industry-recognized software and “big data” techniques. Prerequisites: MATH 117  and BST 215  
  
  • BST 287 - Applied Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship

    4 credits
    This course compliments BST 387, with a focus on hands on approaches to social entrepreneurship, as well as on obtaining the skills needed to successfully work for social change. The course will consist of a series of field trips, skills workshops and on group project that involves working with a social change organization on a current challenge they are facing. Permission of instructor required. Signature of instructor required for registration. Co-requisite: BST 387  . Equivalent to: ECON 387  and PSCI 387  . Offered every Spring semester. CLA-Civic Engagement, CLA-Off Campus Experience
  
  • BST 299 - ShortTREC Program at the Intermediate Level

    1-8 credits
    The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education.  Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise.  May be repeated as topic changes. CLA-Off Campus Experience
  
  • BST 300 - Independent Study in Business

    1 to 4 credits
    Individualized instruction, topic chosen by student and faculty member. Requires an approved individualized instruction request form.  Course is repeatable. 
  
  • BST 304 - Finance

    4 credits
    Introduces students to the fundamental concepts in business that are also influenced by political, sociological, psychological, economic, and environmental factors. Students have an opportunity to study the effects of entrepreneurial and global activities on financial decisions. Topics include financial analysis and planning, financial investments and institutions, financial assets and pricing, and corporate investment decisions. Pre-requisites: ECON 101   and ECON 102   and MATH 117  and BST 215  
  
  • BST 305 - Market Strategy & Marketing

    4 credits
    Market Strategy & Marketing is about the strategic interactions between organizations and their stakeholders, not only customers, but also regulators, communities, and internal constituents including different internal staffing segments, funders (whether shareholders or contributors), and strategic partners including suppliers and distributors. In other words, Market Structure & Marketing is about how organizations give, receive and interpret communications with all the different individuals and organizations that it needs to work with to do what it does. While Management primarily looks inward to the organization, Market Structure & Marketing focuses outward bridging the firm and other interested parties. Offered in spring semester Pre-req: ECON 301 or Instructor permission CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Writing in the Major
  
  • BST 310 - Management

    4 credits
    This course explores theories and practices in the fields of management and organizational behavior. The course will explore how businesses, the government, and non-profit groups are organized, and why. The course will also examine the behavior of firms concerning issues of governance. Examining the relationship between strategy, market structure and the corporate environment, the course will enhance the knowledge of students of how managers function in both the domestic and global business environments. Prerequisite: ECON 301  or permission of instructor. Offered every semester. CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Writing in the Major
  
  • BST 315 - Intermediate Accounting I

    4 credits
    Builds upon the material in Financial Accounting. The aim of the course is to strengthen practical and analytical accounting skills through the study of accounting problems and to develop the ability to critically appraise conventional accounting practice through an understanding of alternative accounting theories and their application to topical issues in financial accounting. Prerequisite: BST 215  
  
  • BST 316 - Intermediate Accounting II

    4 credits
    Building upon the material from Managerial Accounting) and Intermediate Accounting, the course examines in greater detail behavioral, managerial, and strategic aspects of management accounting and management control. Content includes management accounting issues pertaining to strategic management accounting, operational management issues including quality management, performance evaluation and management systems, management control systems, and advanced decision-making techniques such as decision-trees, learning curves and project evaluation and review techniques. Prerequisites: BST 216  and BST 315  
  
  • BST 321 - Corporate Finance

    4 credits
    A study of selected problems and issues in the field of finance. Topics include the use of financial statements, ratio analysis and the valuation of assets, especially derivatives (e.g., futures and options). Prerequisite: ECON 301 . Same as: ECON 321 .
  
  • BST 333 - Aviation Psychology and Management

    4 credits
    Aviation Psychology has been the basis of Organizational Psychology in at least three domains: selection and assessment, safety ergonomics, and crew resource management or teamwork.  Students are made familiar with aviation practices to discover how findings in aviation psychology have affected management practices, especially in high-risk industries. The diverse topics found in aviation psychology today will be centered around the theme of safety.  The literature in this course is a combination of overview articles and in-depth studies, providing the tools to understand related literature on the course topics and encourage further reading. Equivalent: PSYC 333   CLA-Writing Intensive, CLA-Breadth Interdisciplinary
  
  • BST 340 - Strategic Decision Making

    4 credits
    Analyzes the theory of strategically interdependent decision making, with applications to auctions, bargaining, oligopoly, signaling, and strategic voting. Explores the use of laboratory methods to study economic behavior. Topics include experimental design, laboratory technique, financial incentives, and analysis of data. Emphasizes applications: bargaining, auctions, market price competition, market failures, voting, contributions to public goods, lottery choice decisions, and the design of electronic markets for financial assets. Equivalent Course: ECON 340 . CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Writing Intensive
  
  • BST 350 - Special Topics

    1-4 credits
    Selected topics in Business that vary by term.
  
  • BST 351 - Organizational Ethics

    4 credits
    Understand, criticize and apply the concepts and tools developed in the mainstream literature from industrial & organizational psychology (I-O) in the context of ethics. Central topics include corporate social responsibility, integrated concepts on organizations and their members, and ethical leadership. The possibilities and complexities of adjusting or correcting behavior are discussed using the latest literature on the subject.
  
  • BST 352 - Digital Marketing

    4 credits
    Introduces students to the rapidly changing landscape of marketing through the lenses of social media, the internet of things, mobile, and wearables.  Discusses the intertwined issues of security and privacy facing organizations that collect, analyze, and disseminate information. Helps students to learn about the similarities and differences in marketing frameworks and strategies between traditional and digital platforms. Prerequisite BST 205  
  
  • BST 353 - International Marketing

    4 credits
    International marketing is concerned with methods to enter markets across national borders. Problems of language, culture and general market context are discussed as well as solutions such as joint ventures and other types of collaboration between organizations across borders. Prerequisite BST 205  
  
  • BST 354 - Nonprofit Marketing

    4 credits
    Nonprofit marketing focuses on marketing problems specific to the nonprofit industry. Depending on the type of organization, they may include strategies related to social marketing, while in many other cases they may be translations of existing marketing techniques. Explores these differences and concentrates on those marketing elements that need adapting. Prerequisite BST 205  
  
  • BST 355 - Sports Marketing

    4 credits
    Sports Marketing focuses on marketing problems specific to the sports industry.  Topics include business strategy and competitive forces in sports, fan psychology, market research, technology, and ethical considerations. Prerequisite BST 205   
  
  • BST 356 - Arts Marketing

    4 credits
    Arts Marketing focuses on marketing problems specific to the Arts, including but not limited to galleries and art museums. The specific problem of marketing art events and presentations that have fixed locations, content and ticket price allows students to think more broadly about marketing that is not limited to promotional activities alone. Prerequisite BST 205  
  
  • BST 357 - Consumer Behavior

    4 credits
    Applies concepts, theories, and principles from the various social (behavioral) sciences to understand factors influencing the arrangement, acquisition, and consumption of goods, services, and ideas. Prerequisite BST 205  
  
  • BST 360 - Auditing

    4 credits
    Develops an understanding of financial statement audit processes and the role of auditors in society, in addition to the history, and legal and professional frameworks within which audit operates. Students will have an opportunity to gain an appreciation of audit techniques, the role of judgment and ethical requirements and will explore current developments in the profession. There is regular interaction with local accountancy firms. Requires a high degree of personal study and the preparation of individual and group presentations which are key audit skills. Prerequisites: BST 215  and BST 216  
  
  • BST 361 - Taxation

    4 credits
    An analysis of income tax fundamentals focusing on the development of tax concepts, tax planning, the Internal Revenue Code, and rulings and decisions interpreting the code.  Topics covered include tax issues, reporting requirements, required treatments, and recent developments in taxation. Prerequisites: BST 215  and BST 216  
  
  • BST 362 - Nonprofit and Public Accounting

    4 credits
    Addresses the basic accounting standards and financial reporting concepts for governmental and not-for-profit entities, including universities, NGOs, and health care organizations. Other topics include  partnerships, accounting research, and special topics. Prerequisites: BST 215  and BST 315  
  
  • BST 363 - Global Accounting

    4 credits
    Provides an overview of the accounting issues facing organizations involved in international business. This includes how accounting is practiced in countries around the world with comparison to the US. In addition, also focuses on the evolving global rules and regulations issued by international organizations in the face of increased cross-country capital flows. Prerequisites: BST 215  and BST 315  
  
  • BST 372 - Organizational Psychology & Leadership

    4 credits
    In this course participants are taught how to understand, criticize and apply the concepts and tools developed in the mainstream literature from industrial & organizational psychology (I-O) in the contexts of managing and understanding an organization. Leadership is discussed as part of this literature. At the same time, understanding I-O literature is considered an essential skill for today’s leaders.
    The literature in this course is a combination of overview articles and in-depth studies, providing the tools to understand related literature on the course topics and encourage further reading. CLA - Breadth / Interdisciplinary, CLA Writing Intensive
  
  • BST 387 - Social Entrepreneurship: Theorizing Global Trends

    4 credits
    Using an interdisciplinary lens this course will explore how size, location, structure, mission and globalization have shaped decision making processes within social change organizations.  The focus will be on nonprofits, cooperatives and firms with a commitment to achieving corporate social responsibility.  A key question we will explore is why social entrepreneurship is increasingly associated with social change organizations.  This question will be addressed through an exploration of both theoretical explanations and empirical examples of the economic, social and political challenges facing social change organizations. Case studies will focus on both US and international contexts.  Signature of Instructor required for registration. Corequisite course: BST 287 . Equivalent to: ECON 287  and PSCI 287 . CLA-Breadth/Social Science, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Off Campus
  
  • BST 400 - Business Studies Capstone

    1 credits
    The capstone is designed to pull together and enhance work that business studies majors have done in prior courses; students present their research to each other and faculty members throughout the term. Expanded research paper and oral presentation required. Seniors Only. Offered every semester. CLA-Capstone
  
  • BST 405 - Marketing Theory & Practice

    4 credits
    This capstone experience provides students an opportunity to work together in small groups throughout the semester to design a marketing strategy for an organization.  The groups bring their experiences, skills, and perspectives gained in previous marketing and other discipline-specific classes to provide multidisciplinary and ethical solutions. Seniors only.
  
  • BST 410 - Specialized Honors I

    0-8 credits
  
  • BST 411 - Specialized Honors II

    0-8 credits
  
  • BST 415 - Accounting Theory and Practice

    4 credits
    Introduce students to a number of theories of accountancy that view accounting practices from a range of economic, sociological and political perspectives. Covers theories behind both mandatory accounting & disclosures and voluntary disclosures (such as social and environmental accounting and disclosures). The key learning outcomes of this course are to enhance knowledge and understanding of normative, positive and critical theories of accounting. After successful completion, students are expected to gain skills of developing and presenting critical arguments associated with the motivations for accounting and reporting practices, both in written and oral form. Open to seniors only. Prerequisites: BST 315  and BST 316  
  
  • CE 160 - Drew Action Seminar I: Thinking through Problems

    2 credits
    Examines in-depth a few case studies of complex challenges relevant to all focus areas (civic/community, global, innovation), with brief introductions to three or four additional challenges. Assignments help students explore and interpret a single challenge from multiple perspectives, brainstorm and research approaches to understanding this challenge and defining a specific problem underlying it. In preparation for the spring semester, students form teams to identify and define a challenge they would like to tackle. Examples of case study topics include specific topics within broad categories such as food, migration, water, work, disease, and energy that engage community, innovation, and global contexts. Reserved for students accepted into the Action Scholars program.
  
  • CE 215 - The Non-Profit Sector

    4 credits
    Examines the types, development, and contributions of nonprofit organizations, including the political, social, and economical importance of this sector.  Topics include public policy, governance, management, finances (including fund raising), organizational culture, partnerships, and strategic planning in the nonprofit sector.  Through hands-on work with nonprofit organizations, student’ explore careers dedicated to the greater good. This course is a Community-Based learning course, so students must commit 20-30 hours across the semester to off-campus experiences.  Times to be determined. CLA-Off Campus Experience
  
  • CE 260 - Drew Action Seminar II: Exploring Solutions

    4 credits
    Focuses on problems identified in the fall semester. Engages students through readings and critical analysis, with the ethical questions raised by how power, privilege, culture and other differences impact access to and success of real-world attempts to address the identified needs and challenges to provide context and depth to their approaches. Students will have an opportunity to work in their teams to analyze and develop strategies for proposing and implementing an action plan to address their challenge. Coursework includes researching best practices, consulting with relevant public and community groups, clients, customers, or other stakeholders, developing an action plan, taking action based on that plan, and preparing to present and facilitate a dialogue on their approach for the spring Action Scholars Town Hall Dialogue and Pitch Event. Reserved for students accepted into the Action Scholars program. Prerequisite: CE 160  
  
  • CE 270 - Innovation Action Lab

    2 credits
    Engages in creative problem solving applied to analyzing and developing a strategy to address a real-world problem that has social impact, is economically viable, and environmentally sustainable. Asks students to act, think, and collaborate across disciplines by drawing from the arts and humanities, as well as social and natural sciences in formulating potential solutions. Students will have the opportunity to connect with activists, entrepreneurs, and other stakeholders outside of the university setting as appropriate to their project. Admission to this class requires submission of a project proposal and enrollment of at least two students committed to the project. Permission of instructor required. CLA-Immersive Experience
  
  • CE 300 - Independent Study in Civic Engagement

    1 to 4 credits
    Individualized instruction, topic chosen by student and faculty member. Requires an approved individualized instruction request form.  Course is repeatable. 
  
  • CHEM 103 - Turning Green: An Introduction to Green Materials & Alternatives

    4 credits
    This introductory course focuses on the challenges involved with manufacturing and using materials and chemicals in the modern world. Substances ranging from adhesives to asphalt, fibers to food, cars to clothes, carpets to cosmetics, diapers to drugs, inks to insecticides, perfumes to pesticides, pharmaceuticals to plastics, wood to water treatment chemicals and many others are based on the synthesis, processing, formulation, use and eventual disposal or recycling of chemical entities. Thus an understanding of the basis for he environmentally sound production of diverse chemicals and materials as well as emerging alternative processes is vital for the sustainable and safe use of items made from chemicals. In this course we will explore, describe and evaluate the myriad ways in which selected, important chemicals and materials are made and used as we ask, how can these processes and products become benign by design, eco-effective and “green”?   CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative Prior background in chemistry is not required. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 104 - Toxic Chemicals: Great Challenges in Environ. Science

    4 credits
    This introductory course will research and discuss the challenges associated with detecting, evaluating and remediating the pollution of toxic chemicals in our environment. We will address these environmental challenges from a chemical perspective to understand the risks of water and air pollution, and to evaluate remediation strategies. This course includes a hands-on field/laboratory research project to gain proficiency designing, conducting and communicating scientific research. Prior background in chemistry is not required. Same as: ESS 104 . Offered alternate spring semesters. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 150 - Principles of Chemistry I

    4 credits
    An introduction to the fundamental principles of chemistry from atoms (atomic structure and properties) to compounds (bonding and properties) to reactions (types and stoichiometry).  Principles of energy, interactions, and states (solid, liquid, gas) are also common threads through-out the course.  The laboratory provides the hands-on component of the Principles of Chemistry course.  Principles from the course will be reinforced and some new topics introduced in a variety of labs with an emphasis on inquiry.  Labs utilize modern tools such as molecular modeling software, computer-based lab probes (temperature, pH, spectrometer), and use of Excel spreadsheets. Co-requisite: CHEM 150L. Offered fall semester and occasional summers CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 150A - Principles of Chemistry I

    3 credits
    An introduction to the fundamental principles of chemistry as a quantitative science, including inorganic reactions, properties of gases, liquids, and solids, thermochemistry, atomic theory, and nuclear chemistry. Appropriate for those with little or no background in chemistry. Permission of instructor required. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 151 - Principles of Chemistry I, Advanced Section

    4 credits
    A special section of CHEM 150 for students who have the ability and necessary background to work at an advanced level. Covers topics in CHEM 150 as necessary but in more depth and adds some enrichment topics. All students, regardless of background and without testing at Drew, enter CHEM 150. Placement into CHEM 151 is determined on the basis of a placement test and in consultation with the instructor of the course. Corequisite: CHEM 150L   Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 160 - Principles of Chemistry II

    4 credits
    A continuation of CHEM 150/CHEM 151 covering thermodynamics, equilibria, and kinetics. Topics include phase changes, solubility, acid-base chemistry and electrochemistry.  Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 150 /CHEM 151 . Corequisite: CHEM 160L or CHEM 161L Offered spring semester and occasional summers CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 160A - Principles of Chemistry II

    3 credits


    A continuation of CHEM 150/CHEM 151 covering thermodynamics, equilibria, and kinetics. Topics include phase changes, solubility, acid-base chemistry and electrochemistry.

      Pre-req: C- in CHEM 150, CHEM 151.  Instructor signature required. Offered summer only
      CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative

  
  • CHEM 161 - Principles of Chemistry II, Advanced Section

    4 credits
    A special section of CHEM 160 for students who have the ability and necessary background to work at an advanced level. Covers topics in CHEM 160 as necessary but in more depth and adds some enrichment topics. Placement into CHEM 161 is determined on the basis of performance in CHEM 150/151 and in consultation with the instructor of the course. Offered Spring semester Instructor Approval CHEM 160L or CHEM 161L CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 250 - Organic Chemistry I

    4 credits
    A systematic survey of structure, nomenclature, and reactions of common functional groups and carbon compounds. Topics include stereochemistry, chirality, stereoisomerism, nucleophilic substitution and elimination, insertions, radical processes, oxidation-reduction and acid-base equilibria. Includes spectroscopic analysis. Discusses applications to systems of biological significance. Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 160  or permission of instructor. Offered fall semester and occasional summers CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
  
  • CHEM 250A - Organic Chemistry I

    3 credits
    A systematic survey of structure, nomenclature, and reactions of common functional groups and carbon compounds. Topics include stereochemistry, chirality, stereoisomerism, nucleophilic substitution and elimination, insertions, radical processes, oxidation-reduction and acid-base equilibria. Includes spectroscopic analysis. Discusses applications to systems of biological significance. Prerequisite: CHEM+160 and permission of instructor. Offered summer only.
  
  • CHEM 290 - Foundations of Chemistry/ Biochemistry Research

    2 credits
    Foundations of Chemistry/Biochemistry Research (2 credits) This laboratory/studio course introduces declared and potential science majors to the research methods and programs of faculty in the department of chemistry. Topics include literature searches, strategies for reading research articles, and analytical and instrumental techniques for laboratory research. Students will spend the majority of time participating in two of the following research projects: synthesis and characterization of osmium carbonyl clusters, interactions between metal ions and nucleic acid models, chemistry of model atmospheric aerosols with ozone, and molecular mechanisms of gene silencing. Enrollment priority: Enrollment priority will be given to sophomore and first-year students who intend to pursue science degrees, especially in chemistry, biochemistry, environmental science or physics. Prerequisite: CHEM 250 , or CHEM 150 /CHEM 151  with a grade of B or better, or instructor’s signature . (This course may be substituted for CHEM 320  as the prerequisite for Chemistry Research, CHEM 395 .)
  
  • CHEM 300 - Independent Study in Chemistry

    1-4 credits
    Individualized instruction, topic chosen by student and faculty member. Requires an approved individualized instruction request form. Course is repeatable.
  
  • CHEM 320 - Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry

    4 credits
    A study of the principles of quantitative analytical chemistry, including error analysis and statistics, multiple equilibrium, electrochemistry, an introduction to spectroscopic methods, and an advanced study of acids and bases in aqueous solutions. Laboratory includes titrimetry, spectrophotometry, and electroanalytical methods. Prerequisite: CHEM 160  or CHEM 161  or instructor approval.  

     
    CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 321 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry

    4 credits
    This course is an in-depth review of the principles of instrumental analysis including calibration methods, instrument components, signal and noise, sample preparation, and the fundamentals of spectroscopy and chromatography.   Modern instrumentation covered, in theory and practice, include UV-Vis,  atomic emission, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), and infrared spectroscopies, mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, and high pressure liquid chromatography.  The laboratory provides hands-on experience with a variety of calibration methods, several sample preparation techniques, and a variety of spectroscopic and chromatographic instrumentation. Prerequisite: CHEM 320 . Corequisite: CHEM 321L Offered spring semester CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 325 - Environmental Chemistry

    4 credits
    This course explores the chemistry of natural and polluted environments. Topics include atmospheric chemistry and air pollution; the hydrosphere, lithosphere and water pollution; energy and climate change; the biosphere and toxicology. Laboratory experiments emphasize collection and analysis of environmental samples following EPA methods, and the statistical analysis of results to evaluate the environmental impact of detected pollutants. Prerequisite: CHEM 320 . Co-requisite: CHEM 325L . Course Offering : Odd - Spring.  CLA-Breadth/Natural Science.
  
  • CHEM 325L - Environmental Chemistry Lab

    0 credits
    Corresponding lab to CHEM 325 Environmental Chemistry. Corequisite CHEM 325 .
  
  • CHEM 330 - Physical Chemistry I

    4 credits
    Advanced study of chemical thermodynamics and kinetics. Topics include the laws of thermodynamics describing the state functions internal energy, enthalpy, entropy, and free energy; physical and chemical equilibria; an introduction to statistical thermodynamics; rate laws and their determination, theories of reaction rates, reaction mechanism and catalysis. Laboratory experiments seek to determine the thermodynamic and kinetic behavior of systems using spectroscopic techniques.  Prerequisite: CHEM 250  and MATH 151  and PHYS 150 . PHYS 150 may be taken concurrently. Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 331 - Physical Chemistry II

    4 credits
    Advanced study of quantum mechanics applied to chemical systems. Topics include an introduction to the principles of quantum mechanics followed by application of quantum mechanics to atomic structure and spectra; molecular orbital theory and electronic structure calculations; electronic, vibrational and rotational spectroscopy; elementary nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; and statistical mechanics. Laboratory experiments emphasize the use of the above mentioned spectroscopies in the determination of molecular structure. Prerequisite: CHEM 160   or CHEM 161   or instructor approval. Offered alternate spring semesters. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Quantitative
  
  • CHEM 340 - Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry

    4 credits
    A systematic study of modern inorganic chemistry beginning with the chemistry of the main group elements. Topics include periodic trends, molecular symmetry, solid state structure and bonding, chemical relationships and unusual bonding interactions.  A qualitative approach to polyatomic molecular orbital theory is discussed. The chemistry of the transition elements is discussed including stereochemistry and isomerism, bonding (crystal and ligand field theory), magnetic and spectroscopic properties, metal-metal bonds, metal clusters, organometallic and bioinorganic chemistry. Corequisite: CHEM 250 . Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Writing Intensive
  
  • CHEM 341 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    4 credits
    A study of advanced topics in inorganic chemistry. Topics include molecular symmetry and group theory and their application to bonding, electronic and vibrational spectra of molecules, unusual chemistry of the main group elements, especially organoelement chemistry.  A study of transition metal chemistry introduces the angular overlap model and builds on CHEM 340  to consider theoretical spectroscopic perspectives of coordination compounds. Topics in organometallic chemistry include the Effective Atomic Number Rule, reactions and catalysis, and transition metal clusters. Prerequisite: CHEM 340   Co-requisite: CHEM 330  . Offered fall semester in even-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
  
  • CHEM 342 - Laboratory in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

    1 credits
    A study of advanced inorganic synthesis and characterization techniques, including magnetic susceptibility, non-aqueous solvents, the preparation and resolution of chiral coordination complexes, synthesis of organotransition metal compounds, and inorganic polymers. Prerequisite: CHEM 340 , CHEM 320 . Offered spring semester. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
  
  • CHEM 350 - Organic Chemistry II

    4 credits
    A continuing systematic study of organic reactions organized on the basis of reaction mechanisms. Topics include aromatic molecules, ethers, alcohols, carbonyls, carboxylic acid derivatives, amines, organic synthesis, and biological molecules. Includes spectroscopic analysis. Prerequisite: C- or better in CHEM 250 . Offered spring semester and occasional summers. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
  
  • CHEM 350A - Organic Chemistry II

    3 credits
    A continuing systematic study of organic reactions organized on the basis of reaction mechanisms. Topics include aromaticity, carbonyls, carboxyls, amines, orbital symmetry controlled processes, and organic synthesis. Includes spectroscopic analysis. Discusses classes of compounds of biological significance.  Prerequisite: CHEM+250 and instructor’s signature. Offered summer only.
  
  • CHEM 351 - Advanced Organic Chemistry

    4 credits
    An advanced treatment of organic chemical reactions and processes pertaining to the design, syntheses, and analysis of various types of compounds, including biologically important medicinal and pharmaceutical agents, industrial and specialty chemicals and molecules of theoretical significance. The laboratory segment involves multistep organic synthesis, qualitative instrumental and advanced spectroscopic analysis. Prerequisite: CHEM 350 . Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
  
  • CHEM 360 - Foundations in Biochemistry

    4 credits
    A study of the fundamental principles of protein biochemistry with an introduction to cell signaling and metabolism and bioenergetics. Topics include chemistry of amino acids, basic protein structure and function, enzyme kinetics and mechanisms, and regulation of enzymatic activity. The laboratory focuses on the application of biochemical principles to the solving of biological problems in living systems. Laboratory experimental methods include protein characterization, purification of enzymes, enzyme kinetic measurements, and experimental design. Prerequisite: CHEM 350 . Recommended: BIOL 250 . Offered fall semester. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Writing Intensive
  
  • CHEM 360LA - Laboratory in Biochemistry

    1 credits
    Provides students with a laboratory experience in methods, including: protein characterization, purification of enzymes, enzyme kinetic measurements, and experimental design. Intended for students who transfer a biochemistry course that does not include a laboratory from another institution. Requires permission of the instructor. Permission of Instructor
  
  • CHEM 361 - Advanced Biomolecular Structure and Function

    4 credits
    An advanced examination of the principles introduced in Foundations in Biochemistry. Topics include methods for studying biolmolecular structure and function, nucleic acid chemistry, complex enzymatic mechanisms, and integrated metabolic pathways. Connections will be made with critical biological processes such as the regulation of gene expression and the molecular basis of various diseases.

      Prerequisite: CHEM 360 . Offered spring semester every other year. CLA-Breadth/Natural Science
  
  • CHEM 362 - Chemical Biology

    4 credits
    This upper-level course will address the following questions: (1) What is chemical biology and (2) What can chemical biology do to advance science and human health? In this course, students will consider varying definitions of “chemical biology” and explore examples of each of these views. Topics may include chemical and biological strategies to synthesize biological macromolecules, small molecule screens to decipher biological networks, genetic control with small molecules, directed evolution, self-replication, and applying evolutionary principles to organic synthesis. Enrollment priority: Senior and Junior Majors and Minors in Chemistry and Biochemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 360 . CLA-Breadth/Natural Science, CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary
  
  • CHEM 365 - Foundation in Biochemistry without Laboratory

    3 credits


    A version of CHEM 360 which does not include the laboratory component. This course provides a study of the fundamental principles of protein biochemistry with an introduction to cell signaling and metabolism and bioenergetics. Topics include chemistry of amino acids, basic protein structure, function and methods, enzyme kinetics and mechanisms, and regulation of enzymatic activity. Metabolic pathways explored include Glycolysis, Gluconeogenesis, the Citric Acid Cycle and Oxidative Phosphorylation.

      This course cannot be counted towards the Chemistry or Biochemistry major or minor.

      Enrollment priority given to students enrolled in the Postbaccalaureate Premedical program. Permission of instructor required for registration. Recommended pre-requisites or co-requisites: CHEM 350  and/or BIOL 250 .

  
  • CHEM 395 - Research in Chemistry

    4 credits
    An opportunity for upper-level students to receive credit for independent and/or original work, which may lead to candidacy for honors. A one-hour weekly research seminar meeting plus a minimum of eight hours laboratory per week working under the supervision of either chemistry or RISE faculty. Independent library work is also expected. Research seminar includes discussion of research results, online chemical database searching and current topics in chemistry. Attendance at department colloquia is also required. Credit for research is awarded on satisfactory completion of a research paper.  Students are strongly encouraged to select a project following consultation with at least two possible research advisers prior to registration. May be taken for a second semester but total credits may not exceed eight credits. Course may be repeated. Prerequisite: CHEM 320 , CHEM 330 or CHEM 360. Instructor permission required for registration. Offered every semester. CLA-Writing in the Major
  
  • CHEM 400 - Senior Seminar (Capstone)

    1 credits
    Open only to senior chemistry majors. Required for graduation and involves a formal presentation of the student research project completed in CHEM 395 Research in Chemistry , and a pass in the departmental comprehensive oral exam. Prerequisite: CHEM 395 . Offered spring semester. CLA-Capstone
  
  • CHEM 410 - Specialized Honors I

    0-8 credits
    CLA-Writing in the Major
  
  • CHEM 411 - Specialized Honors II

    0-8 credits
  
  • CHIN 101 - Beginning Chinese I

    4 credits
    An introduction to spoken and written Chinese. Language laboratory required. Corequisite: CHIN 105 . Offered fall semester.
  
  • CHIN 102 - Beginning Chinese II

    4 credits
    An introduction to spoken and written Chinese. Language laboratory required. Prerequisite: CHIN 101 . Corequisite: CHIN 106 . Offered spring semester.
  
  • CHIN 105 - Introduction to Chinese Character Writing I

    2 credits
    Chinese character-based exercise session to facilitate CHIN 101 . Corequisite: CHIN 101 .
  
  • CHIN 106 - Introduction to Chinese Character Writing II

    2 credits
    Chinese character-based exercise session to facilitate CHIN 102 . Corequisite: CHIN 102 .
  
  • CHIN 199 - ShortTREC Program at the Introductory Level

    1-8 credits
    The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education.  Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise.  May be repeated as topic changes.  Offering to be determined. CLA-Off Campus Experience
  
  • CHIN 201 - Intermediate Chinese I

    4 credits
    Intermediate spoken and written Chinese. Language laboratory required. Prerequisite: CHIN 102  or equivalent. Offered fall semester. CLA-Foreign Language
  
  • CHIN 202 - Intermediate Chinese II

    4 credits
    This course is designed for students who have completed Chinese 30 and intend to finish two years of language training. The course emphasizes speaking, vocabulary building, and the development of reading and translating skills. Teaching materials will include a textbook and newspaper/magazine articles. Prerequisite: CHIN 201  or equivalent. Offered spring semester.
  
  • CHIN 250 - Topics in Chinese Culture

    4 credits
    An interdisciplinary and comparative introduction to important elements of both traditional and modern Chinese culture, including history, language, literature, art, philosophy/religion, family/marriage, and science/technology/medicine. Course may be repeated. Offered spring semester in even-numbered years. CLA-Breadth/Interdisciplinary, CLA-Diversity International
  
  • CHIN 281 - Intermediate Intensive Speaking Chinese

    4 credits
    An intensive course in spoken Mandarin. Drills and exercises on pronunciation, intonation, and prosody of Standard Mandarin (putonghua). Intermediate sentence patterns and grammar, vocabulary, and idiomatic expressions of spoken Chinese. Maximum enrollment of five students per section. Five 120-minute classes weekly for four weeks. Conducted in Chinese. Prerequisite: CHIN 102 . CLA-Foreign Language, CLA-Off Campus Experience
  
  • CHIN 282 - Intensive Chinese: Listening and Understanding

    4 credits
    An intensive course in the comprehension of Mandarin. Listening drills will feature situational Chinese spoken at a natural pace, both with and without regional accents. Some listening exercises will use popular and traditional songs, public announcements, radio and television broadcasts. Maximum enrollment of five students per section. Five 120-minute classes weekly for four weeks. Conducted Mostly in Chinese. Prerequisite: CHIN 102 . CLA-Off Campus Experience
  
  • CHIN 299 - ShortTREC Program at the Intermediate Level

    1-8 credits



    The course will focus on selected topics offered as shortTRECs through the Center for Global Education.  Topics and location of the course will vary in accordance with student interest and faculty expertise.  May be repeated as topic changes.  Offering to be determined. CLA-Off Campus Experience

  
  • CHIN 300 - Independent Study in Chinese

    1-4 credits
    Individualized instruction, topic chosen by student and faculty member. Requires an approved individualized instruction request form. Course is repeatable. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.
  
  • CHIN 301 - Modern Chinese Society

    4 credits
    Advanced training in listening comprehension and oral expression through study of modern Chinese society. Writing skills will be developed through critical essays on readings. Offered fall semester in alternate years.
 

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