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Courses in Chemistry and Biochemistry

Course offerings for undergraduate and graduate students span all of the established areas of chemistry (biochemistry, inorganic, materials, organic, and physical) while also reflecting the collaborative, interdisciplinary nature of ongoing faculty research projects. A complete list of courses and their detailed descriptions, is available in the UCSB General Catalog. For quarterly course offerings, please consult the Schedule of Classes - Class Search or GOLD (for current students).

Below is a listing of courses being offered during the 2021-2022 academic year. This proposed schedule is subject to change, so please check back when planning each quarter's schedule.

COURSE	TITLE	FALL	WINTER	SPRING	SUMMER
1A	General Chemistry	X	X	X
1AL	General Chemistry Lab	X	X	X
1B	General Chemistry		X	X	X (SS A)
1BL	General Chemistry Lab		X	X	X (SS C)
1C	General Chemistry	X		X	X (SS A)
1CL	General Chemistry Lab	X		X	X (SS C)
2A	Honors General Chemistry	X
2B	Honors General Chemistry		X
2BC	Honors General Chemistry Lab		X
2C	Honors General Chemistry			X
2CC	Honors General Chemistry Lab			X
6AL	Org Chem Lab Methods	X	X	X	X (SS C)
6BL	Org Chem Lab Methods	X	X	X	X (SS C)
6CL	Org Chem Lab Methods	X		X	X (SS C)
6BH/CH	Org Chem Indep. Research	X	X	X
25	Introductory Chemistry	X
102	Chemistry in the Community (Education)	X
104	The Science and Engineering of Energy Conversion	X
109A	Organic Chemistry	X	X	X	X (SS C)
109B	Organic Chemistry	X	X	X
109C	Organic Chemistry	X		X	X (SS C)
109AH	Honors Organic Chemistry	X
109BH	Honors Organic Chemistry		X
109CH	Honors Organic Chemistry			X
110	Intro to Chemical Appl. Group Theory		X
110L	Intro Biochem Lab	X
112A	Biophysical Chemistry	X
112B	Biophysical Chemistry		X
112C	Biophysical Chemistry			X
112L	Biophysical and Bioanalytical Lab			X
113A	Physical Chemistry	X
113AL	Physical Chemistry Laboratory	X
113B	Physical Chemistry		X
113C	Physical Chemistry			X
115A	Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry	X
115B	Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry		X
115C	Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry			X
116AL	Analytical and Physical Methods Lab		X
116BL	Advanced Physical Chemistry Lab			X
116CL	Inorganic Synthesis Lab	X
117A	Statistical Mechanics		X
118	Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry		X
123	Environmental Chemistry			X
124	Organic Spectroscopic Analysis		X
125L	Lab Techniques in Biochemistry		X
127	Structure & Reactivity in Org Chemistry			X
129	Synthetic Organic Reactions	X
132	Organometallics in Organic Synthesis	X
133	Advanced Synthetic Chemistry			X
142A	Biochemistry	X
142B	Biochemistry		X
142C	Biochemistry			X
143*	The RNA World	X
147*	Astrobiology		X
148	DNA&RNA NanoSyntBio			X
149	How Science Works		X
150	Analytical Chemistry	X			X (SS B)
151*	Post-translational Protein Processing			X
153	Advanced Analytical Chemistry			X
161*	Enzyme Mechanisms
162A*	Drug Design	X
162B*	Drug Design		X
163	Arrow Pushing in Organic Chemistry	X
171*	Bioinorganic Chemistry		X
173A	Advanced Inorganic Chemistry	X			X (SS C)
173B	Advanced Inorganic Chemistry		X
175	Physical-Inorganic Chemistry			X
176	Photochemical & Photophysical Prop			X
183	Intro to Teaching in Chemistry	X	X	X
184	Chemical Literature		X
186	Organometallic Chemistry: Structure, Bonding, and Applications		X
196	Selected Topics in Biochemistry	X
Graduate Classes
204	The Science and Engineering of Energy Conversion	X
217A	Statistical Mechanics		X
217B	Statistical Mechanics		X
218	Photochemistry and Radiation Chemistry		X
219	Selected Topics in Physical Chemistry	X	X	X
222A	Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry	X
222B	Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry		X
222C	Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry			X
223	Current Events Organic Chemistry	X	X	X
224	Organic Spectroscopic Analysis		X
225	Advanced Analytical Techniques	X
227	Structure and Reactivity in Org Chem		X
229	Synthetic Organic Reactions	X
232	Organometallics in Organic Synthesis	X
233	Advanced Synthetic Chemistry			X
239	Selected Topics in Organic Chemistry			X
242A	Biochemistry	X
242B	Biochemistry		X
242C	Biochemistry			X
243	The RNA World	X
251	Post-translational Protein Processing			X
259	Special Topics in Biological Chemistry			X
261	Enzyme Mechanisms		X
262A	Drug Design	X
262B	Drug Design		X
263	Arrow Pushing in Organic Chemistry	X
268A	Advanced Inorganic Chemistry	X			X (SS C)
268B	Advanced Inorganic Chemistry		X
271	Bioinorganic Chemistry		X
272	Reaction Mechanisms in Organometallic and Inorganic Chemistry	X
273	Structural Inorganic Chemistry	X
274	Solid State Inorganic/Materials			X
275	Physical-Inorganic Chemistry			X
276	Photochemical and Photophysical Properties			X
279	Selected Topics in Inorganic Chemistry	X	X	X
282C	Conjugate Molecules	X
284	Chemical Literature		X
286	Organometallic Chemistry: Structure, Bonding, and Applications		X
290	Seminar in Chemistry and Biochemistry	X	X	X
291	Special Seminar in Chemistry	X	X	X
293	Faculty Research Seminar	X
501A	Techniques of Teaching Lab Class Supervision (Gen Chem)	X
501B	Techniques of Teaching Lab Class Supervision (Gen Chem)		X
501C	Techniques of Teaching Lab Class Supervision (Gen Chem)			X
502A	Techniques of Teaching Lab Class Supervision (Org Chem)	X
502B	Techniques of Teaching Lab Class Supervision (Org Chem)		X
502C	Techniques of Teaching Lab Class Supervision (Org Chem)			X
W 142A	Biochemistry (online)	X			X (SS B)

* - Area C Biochemistry BS Major Electives - https://undergrad.chem.ucsb.edu/programs/biochem-bs

SS - Summer Sessions A, B and C - http://www.summer.ucsb.edu/

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