Course Offerings: Guelph

Introduction into chemical crystallography and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The course provides basic theoretical background for understanding crystal structures and other XRD data reported in the literature and databases. The course also covers theoretical and practical aspects of the XRD analysis, including interaction of X-rays with matter, theoretical description of diffraction, experimental methods, instrumentation, preparation of samples, and the usage of software. ...

This course provides students with general and specific aspects of selected key areas in bio-organic chemistry with an emphasis on nucleic acids: Structure and reactivity of nucleosides(tides), nucleic acids (roughly 75-95 % of course material) Structure and reactivity of amino acids, peptides, proteins (roughly 5-25 % of course material) Part I: Development of nucleic acid chemistry, medicinal chemistry of nucleosides, heterocyclic assembly, synthetic ...

CHEM 784(0) is a required one term course for all graduate students who are enrolled for an MSc degree; students must complete the requirements for CHEM 784(0) within their first two terms in the program and are strongly encouraged to take this course in their first term.  CHEM 784(0) is offered in Fall and Winter terms. Course objectives:  The main goal of CHEM 784(0) is to encourage MSc students to learn to use scientific literature at an early stage of their ...

This course will introduce fundamentals of electrode kinetics, reaction mechanisms and electrochemical methods. Electroanalytical techniques and their roles in modern analytical chemistry will be surveyed. The development of nanomaterial-based electrochemical sensor and biosensor in medical, pharmaceutical, environmental and food safety applications will be explored.      ...

CHEM 7200/720 [0.5] is a graduate course in Mass Spectrometry (MS) with prior enrolments of 15-30 students in the class. During the three decades, mass spectrometry has evolved as a powerful technique for analyzing a variety of materials ranging from small molecules to large biopolymers. Mass spectrometry has been used in many areas of research including chemistry, biochemistry, environmental science, pharmacology, medicine, and forensics. This course provides an opportunity for you ...

Chemistry CHEM 760/7600 is a one-semester reading course covering the chemistry and biological chemistry of carbohydrates. This course will apply concepts learned in Chem*2700 and Chem*3750 to carbohydrate molecules. Specific Learning Objectives: To learn about the structural fundamentals of carbohydrates. To learn the basic biological importance of oligo-and polysaccharides. To learn fundamentals concepts of synthetic carbohydrate ...