CATALOG 1952-1953


 CY. 536.-Chemical Analysis. 1 hour, and 6 hours laboratory. 3 credits.
 Selected methods for the detection and determination of a number of elements not
covered in elementary courses.
 CY. 538.-Quantitative Organic Chemistry. 9 hours laboratory or its
equivalent. 3 credits. Offered 2.

 CY. 539.-The Analytical Control of Water Treatment. 1 hour, and 6
hours laboratory. 3 credits. Prerequisite: CY. 529.
 A laboratory course dealing with the most recent developments in analytical tech-
niques and the separation and determination of components not ordinarily determined
in water analysis.
 CY. 540.-Selected Topics in Water Supply and Treatment. 3 hours or its
equivalent. 3 credits. Prerequisite: CY. 535.
 A survey of the contemporary literature in the fields of water supply and treatment.
 CY. 541.-Fluorine Chemistry. 3 hours or its equivalent. 3 credits.
 The preparation and properties of fluorine-containing chemical compounds.
 CY. 542.-Fluorine Chemistry. 3 hours or its equivalent. 3 credits. The
second half of the course CY. 541-542.
 CY. 543.-Fluorine Chemistry Laboratory Techniques. 9 hours laboratory
or its equivalent. 3 credits.
 The development of laboratory skills of importance in the manipulations for chem-
ical and physical research involving fluorine-containing compounds.
 CY. 544.-Fluorine Chemistry Laboratory Techniques. 9 hours laboratory
or its equivalent. 3 credits. The second half of the course CY. 543-544.

 CY. 545.-Theoretical Aspects of Fluorine Chemistry. 3 hours or its equiva-
lent. 3 credits.
 The extreme properties of fluorine and its compounds. The contributions of fluorine
chemistry to physical theory and to theories of chemical mechanism.
 CY. 546.-Fluorocarbon Chemistry. 3 hours or its equivalent. 3 credits.
 The laboratory and industrial preparation of fluorocarbons and their derivatives.
The properties of fluorocarbon derivatives as contrasted with analogous organic com-
pounds. The synthetic chemistry of fluorocarbons.
 CY. 547.-Biochemistry (Proteins and Colloids). 2 hours or its equivalent.
2 credits. Prerequisite: A course in general biochemistry.
 Lectures and assigned readings on composition, structure, physicochemical proper-
ties and the function of the proteins; and studies on the relation of colloidal systems
to biochemical processes.
 CY. 548.-Biochemistry (Carbohydrates and Lipids). 2 hours or its equiva-
lent. 2 credits. Prerequisite: A course in general biochemistry.
 A comprehensive course covering all classes of carbohydrates including the mono-
saccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides and their derived compounds; and a study
of lipid chemistry.
 CY. 549.-Biochemistry Laboratory (Proteins and Colloids). 3 hours lab-
oratory. 1 credit. Prerequisite or corequisite: CY. 547.
 Accompanying laboratory course for CY. 547.
The statement "Offered 1" means offered first semester; 2. second semester; 3, summer session.