Environmental Chemistry: Water and Soil

Catalog description

Environmental Chemistry: Water and Soil is an upper-level elective chemistry class focusing on environmental issues and their intersection with chemistry. Specifically, the course will focus on the ways in which environmental processes can be understood in terms of their underlying chemistry as well as the impact of chemicals on the environment. Topics will include water and soil chemistry, water treatment, heavy metals, organic pollutants, and remediation strategies. Chem 404 is the second semester of a two semester sequence in environmental chemistry. Chem 402 focuses on the atmosphere and Chem 404 covers topics relevant to water and soil chemistry. These courses are independent of each other. Students can take one or both in any order.