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Caltech offers a wide variety of courses related to chemistry. Classes are available at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and cover all areas of modern chemistry and chemical engineering. In addition, a number of interdisciplinary courses are available, including geochemistry, environmental chemistry, and various flavors of biological chemistry. For details please click on links below and visit the Caltech Course Catalog.

Visit our up-to-date course grid for a listing of course information in Chemistry for the current Academic Year 2011-2012 Courses. See Registrar's Office List for course times and locations.

Complete Course List (interdisciplinary)
Chemistry 1-91 | Chemistry 102-180 | Chemistry 202-280 | Chemical Engineering | BMB | Caltech Course Catalog


Chemistry 1-91

Ch 1 ab

 

General Chemistry

Ch/APh 2 Introduction to Energy Sciences

Ch 3 a

Fundamental Techniques of Experimental Chemistry

Ch 3 b

Experimental Procedures of Synthetic Chemistry

Ch 3 X Fundamental Techniques of Experimental Chemistry

Ch 4 ab

Synthesis and Analysis of Organic and Inorganic Compounds

Ch 5 ab

Advanced Techniques of Synthesis and Analysis

Ch 6 ab

Application of Physical Methods to Chemical Problems

Ch 7

Advanced Experimental Methods in Bioorganic Chemistry

Ch 10 abc

Frontiers in Chemistry

Ch 14

Chemical Equilibrium and Analysis

Ch 15

Chemical Equilibrium and Analysis Laboratory

Ch 21 abc

Physical Chemistry

Ch 24

Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry: Spectroscopy

Ch 25

Introduction to Biophysical Chemistry: Thermodynamics

Ch 41 abc

Organic Chemistry

Ch 80

Chemical Research

Ch 81

Independent Reading in Chemistry

Ch 82 Senior Thesis Research

Ch 90

Oral Presentation

Ch 91

Scientific Writing

 

Chemistry 102-180

Ch 102

 

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Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry

Bi/Ch 110 Introduction to Biochemistry

Bi/Ch 111

Biochemistry of Gene Expression

Ch 112

Inorganic Chemistry

Bi/Ch 113

Biochemistry of the Cell

Ch 117

Introduction to Electrochemistry

Ch 120 ab

Nature of the Chemical Bond

Ch 121 ab

Atomic Level Simulations of Materials and Molecules

Ch 122

Methods for the Determination of the Structure of Molecules

Ch 125 abc

The Elements of Quantum Chemistry

Ch 126

Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure

Ge/Ch 127

Nuclear Chemistry

Ge/Ch 128

Cosmochemistry

Bi/Ch 132

Biophysics of Macromolecules

Ch 135 ab

Chemical Dynamics

Ch/ChE 140 ab

Principles and Applications of Semiconductor Photoelectrochemistry

Ch 143

Basic FT NMR Spectroscopy

Ch 144 ab

Advanced Organic Chemistry

Ch 145

Bioorganic Chemistry of Proteins

Ch 146

Bioorganic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids

Ch/ChE 147

Polymer Chemistry

ChE/Ch 148 Polymer Physics

Ch 153

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry

Ch 154

Organometallic Chemistry

ChE/Ch 155 Chemistry of Catalysis

Ch 163

Lectures-Seminars in Physical Chemistry

ChE/Ch 164 Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics
ChE/Ch 165 Chemical Thermodynamics

Ch 166

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics

BMB/Bi/Ch 170abc

Biochemistry and Biophysics of Macromolecules and Molecular Assemblies

ESE/Ge/Ch 171

Atmospheric Chemistry I

ESE/Ge/Ch 172

Atmospheric Chemistry II

ESE/Ch/Ge 175 ab

Environmental Organic Chemistry

Ch 180

Chemical Research

 

Chemistry 202-280

Bi/Ch 202 abc

 

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Biochemistry Seminar

Ch 212

Bioinorganic Chemistry

Ch 213 abc

Advanced Ligand Field Theory

Ch 224

Advanced Topics in Magnetic Resonance

Ch 227 ab

Advanced Topics in Chemical Physics

Ch 228

Dynamics and Complexity in Physical and Life Sciences

Ch/Bi 231

Advanced Topics in Biochemistry

Ch 242 ab

Chemical Synthesis

Ch 247 a

Organic Reaction Mechanisms

Ch 250 Advanced Topics in Chemistry

Ch 280

Chemical Research

 

Chemical Engineering

ChE 10

 

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Introduction to Chemical Engineering Systems

ChE 63 ab

Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

ChE 64

Principles of Chemical Engineering

ChE 80

Undergraduate Research

ChE 90 ab

Senior Thesis

ChE 101 Chemical Reaction Engineering

ChE 103 abc

Transport Phenomena

ChE 105

Process Control

ChE 110 ab

Optimal Design of Chemical Systems

ChE 126 ab

Chemical Engineering Laboratory

ChE 130 Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory
Ch/ChE 147 Polymer Chemistry

ChE/Ch 148

Polymer Physics

ChE 151 ab

Physical and Chemical Rate Processes

ChE 152

Heterogeneous Kinetics and Reaction Engineering

ChE/Ch 155

Chemistry of Catalysis

ChE/Env 157

Sources and Control of Air Pollution

ChE/ESE 158

Aerosol Physics and Chemistry

ChE/Env 159

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics of Air Pollution

ChE/BE 163

Introduction to the Design of Biological Molecules and Systems

ChE/Ch 164

Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics

ChE/Ch 165

Chemical Thermodynamics

ChE/BE 169 Biomolecular Cell Engineering

ChE 174

Special Topics in Transport Phenomena

ChE 189 Special Topics in Materials Processing
ChE 280 Chemical Engineering Research

Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics


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BMB 278

Fundamentals of Molecular Genetics


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