CHEM 1000 is the first half of a full year course in general chemistry taught at the University of Lethbridge. The second half of the course, CHEM 2000, should ideally be taken within one year of completing CHEM 1000. The goals of these courses are to introduce you to university-level chemistry and to give you an appreciation for the diversity of the field. Read more about CHEM 1000: General Chemistry I
CHEM 2000 is the second half of a full year course in general chemistry taught at the University of Lethbridge. The second half of the course, CHEM 2000, should ideally be taken within one year of completing CHEM 1000. The goals of these courses are to introduce you to university-level chemistry and to give you an appreciation for the diversity of the field.
CHEM 2500 is the first half of a full year course in organic chemistry taught at the University of Lethbridge.
In this course, students are introduced to the chemistry of carbon. As of the most recent curriculum revision, topics include nomenclature, structure, bonding, conformation, stereochemistry, reaction mechanisms, additions to polar pi bonds (mostly carbonyl chemistry), additions to nonpolar pi bonds (i.e. alkenes and alkynes), aromaticity and reactions of aromatic compounds. Read more about CHEM 2500: Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 2600 is the second half of a full year course in organic chemistry taught at the University of Lethbridge.
In this course, students continue to learn about a wide variety of organic reactions using a mechanistic approach. There is also a strong emphasis on spectroscopy, particularly nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), the organic chemist’s most useful analytical tool. Infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry are also covered.
CHEM 4000 is a series course. This particular offering of CHEM 4000 is a senior organic chemistry course with a strong pharmaceutical slant. The pre-requisite for Medicinal Chemistry is CHEM 2600 (Organic Chemistry II), and concepts from both CHEM 2500 and CHEM 2600 will be used regularly. While additional chemistry background is always welcomed, it is not required.
I am a theoretical physicist by training, and have worked in the areas of quantum gravity, black hole physics and thermodynamics and quantum information theory. My current research interests include:
Quantum gravity: phenomenology of quantum gravity (studying Planck scale signatures in low energy systems), singularity theorems and singularity resolution via quantum mechanics, quantum information science and its relation to the black hole information loss problem.Read more about Saurya Das Research
