SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY.
Professor Bird.
Associate Professor Edgar.
Dr. Diggs.
Mr. Carter.
Mr. Bradway.
Mr. Massie.
All students taking courses in Chemistry are required to pay for each
course a laboratory fee of $10, and to make a special deposit of $5 to cover
breakage of apparatus.
For Undergraduates.
Chemistry B1: General Chemistry.—The fundamental principles and
phenomena of Inorganic, Organic, and Physical Chemistry are discussed, and
the foundations of Analytical Chemistry are dealt with at appropriate
places. Most of the time is devoted to inorganic phenomena. No previous
study of Chemistry is demanded. Students entering in January, with adequate
preparation, will be admitted. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 6 session-hours.)
Section I, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 11-12; Section II, Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday, 10-11. Laboratory, 6 hours a week. West Range
Chemical Laboratory. Professor Bird, Dr. Diggs, Mr. Carter, and
assistants.
Chemistry B2: Organic Chemistry: Chemistry B1 or its equivalent,
prerequisite.—This course is intended to serve as an introduction to the
general subject of Organic Chemistry, including chemical synthesis and
the theories of molecular structure, as applied to the compounds of carbon.
In the laboratory standard methods of synthesis, as well as the preparation
from natural sources of important organic substances, will be studied
experimentally. (B. A. or B. S. credit, 6 session-hours.) Monday,
Wednesday, Friday, 9-10. Laboratory, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 2-4.
Associate Professor
Edgar, Dr.
Diggs, and assistants.
For Undergraduates and Graduates.
Chemistry C1: Physical Chemistry: Chemistry B1 and Analytical
Chemistry B1, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—Some knowledge of the
Calculus is required, and previous work in Physics is desirable. This
course will include work upon such topics as the gas laws, kinetic theory
of gases, the properties of dilute solutions, osmotic pressure, the determination
of molecular weights, mass action, reaction velocity and equilibrium,
electrolysis and electrolytic dissociation, the phase rule, etc. The
laboratory work will consist of a thorough course in physico-chemical
methods, including the measurement of electrolytic conductivity, electromotive
force, etc. Toward the end of the course the student will be
required to do a limited amount of research on some chemical problem
suggested by the instructor. Hours by appointment. Associate Professor
Edgar.
Chemistry C2: Advanced Organic Chemistry: Chemistry B1 and B2,
or the equivalent, prerequisite.—The work of the first term consists of
lectures and recitations on the History of Chemical Development and
Theory, with laboratory work illustrative of fundamental chemical laws.
The second and third terms consist of lectures, laboratory work, etc.,
on advanced Organic Chemistry, making use of the most recent and comprehensive
treatises on this subject. During the third term the student
will be required to do a limited amount of research on some subject suggested
by the instructor. Hours by appointment. Associate Professor
Edgar.
For Graduates.
Chemistry D1: Advanced Inorganic Chemistry: Chemistry B1, C1
and Analytical Chemistry C1, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—The lectures
deal with the fundamental theories and laws of chemical action. Parallel
reading in the history of Chemistry is required. In the laboratory the
study of chemical reactions is taken up in an advanced way, and when the
student has shown proper fitness he undertakes work upon some special
problem in Inorganic Chemistry. Hours by appointment. Professor Bird.
Chemistry D2: Advanced Physical Chemistry: Chemistry B1, C1
and Analytical Chemistry C1, or the equivalent, prerequisite.—This course
will be given only as occasion demands, and the nature of the work will
be arranged for the individual student. It is intended for those seeking
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy who elect to do work in Physical Chemistry.
Hours by appointment. Associate Professor Edgar.
For summer-school courses in Chemistry, on which college credit will
be allowed, see p. 273.
The Chemical Journal Club meets every Thursday, 11-12, in Professor
Bird's lecture-room, for the critical review and discussion of various topics
of interest in current chemical literature, and of such chemical researches
as may be in progress in the University.
All instructors and advanced students in Chemistry are expected to
participate in these meetings and to take part in the discussions.
The privileges of the club are extended to all persons in the University
or in the vicinity of Charlottesville who are interested in the progress
of Chemistry.
