Submitted by Kyle Grice / DePaul University on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 15:06
My Notes
Specific Course Information
Course Area and Number
CHE 321 (CHE 320 is the lecture, CHE321 is the lab)
Institution
DePaul University
Location
Chicago, IL.USA
Course Meetings and Time
Number of meetings per week
1 meeting / week
Number of weeks
10 weeks
Lab Associated
Yes, required, concurrently
Average Class Size
15 to 25
Typical Student Population
Students are Juniors, Seniors, and sometimes a postbacc or incoming-MS student who needs to take Inorganic. The only pre-requisite is all of organic chemistry lecture and lab. The lecture (CHE 320) is a co-requisite, so the same students are in lecture and lab in the same quarter.
Categories
Prerequisites
General Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Corequisites
No Corequisites
Course Level
Upper Division/Graduate
Topics Covered
Acid-base chemistry
Bioinorganic chemistry
Bonding models: Discrete molecules
Catalysis
Chemical literature
Communication skills
Coordination chemistry
Descriptive chemistry
Electronic spectroscopy
Ethics
Green chemistry
Kinetics
Laboratory course information
Physical methods / analytical techniques
Professional skills development
Reaction mechanisms
Synthesis and reactivity
Description

In this lab we have two standard introduction labs (LUM and POR) and then a full CURE. This was the second time I ran this CURE (the first was Spring 2024).

The CURE is being published as a multi-institution ACS Symposium Series Chapter in 2026, and the materials from the CURE will be hosted in a collection on VIPEr. 

Once the chapter is published, I will add the link to it in the description. 

File attachments
CHE321 Grice SQ2025 Syllabus Lab with CURE.pdf
Learning Goals

1. Comprehensively review and relate key published work that has been found using modern search and retrieval library methods.
2. Safely conduct experimental operations involving organic and inorganic compounds.
3. Collect and correctly analyze the results of chemical experiments with respect to inorganic complexes.
4. Demonstrate laboratory efficiency and time management.
5. Effectively communicate clear rationale for experimental conclusions in a written form.

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How the course is taught
Students work in pairs for the CURE
Evaluation
Grading Scheme
See syllabus for grading scheme
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