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UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Orientation Handbook Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry UCLA Chemistry, Biochemistry & Chemistry Material Science New & Transfer Student Handbook 2014-2015 Table of Contents Welcome Newsletter ............................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 Professors & Advisors ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Chemistry & Biochemistry Undergraduate Office.............................................................................................. 6 Majors in Chemistry & Biochemistry .................................................................................................................. 7 Biochemistry ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 Chemistry .............................................................................................................................................................. 11 Physical Chemistry Concentration ..................................................................................................................... 13 Chemistry-Materials Science ............................................................................................................................... 15 Chemistry-Materials Science Organic Concentration ...................................................................................... 17 General Chemistry ............................................................................................................................................... 19 Computing Specialization .................................................................................................................................... 22 Tentative Course Offerings for 2014-2015 ......................................................................................................... 23 Degree Planner ..................................................................................................................................................... 24 Chemistry and Biochemistry Research Tutorial Enrollment Instructions ..................................................... 25 Frequently Asked Questions ............................................................................................................................... 27 Academic Programs for Undergrads in Science ................................................................................................ 32 Academic Resources ............................................................................................................................................. 34 Campus Resources ............................................................................................................................................... 35 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry WELCOMING THE 2014-2015 INCOMING STUDENTS CHAIR’S MESSAGE Dear Students: We are so excited and happy to welcome you to our family at UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry. As you begin your new adventure at UCLA, we are delighted to share with you this special condensed version of the 48-page Newsletter that you can find on our revamped webpage: WWW.CHEMISTRY.UCLA.EDU We invite you to visit our webpage and also join our Facebook (Facebook.com/uclachem) and Twitter (twitter.com/ UCLAChemBiochem) pages where you can find weekly updates about the exciting accomplishments and happenings taking place at our department! From these resources, you will find countless ways to get involved and build new relationships at our department. I am confident that the year will be full of rewarding experiences for all of us. We look forward to sharing this exciting journey with you. Yours Sincerely, Miguel Garcia-Garibay, Chair, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry The Dancing Scientist, Chemistry & Biochemistry Photo: Ted Spiegel/© Ted Spiegel/CORBIS Grad Student Jeffrey Vinokur Compounds binding to amyloid fibrils Fast Facts The Dancing Scientist Fighting Alzheimer's • There are 13 Nobel Laureates with ties to UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate UCLA chemists and molecular biologists, led UCLA (3 are alumni and 3 are faculty of our Student Jeffrey Vinokur is spreading the by Professor David Eisenberg, have for the department) message that “science can be cool and fun,” first time used a “structure-based” approach • The London Times Higher Education ranks through his performance as the “Dancing to drug design to identify compounds with the UCLA as the 12th top University in the Scientist.” Jeffrey has been featured on TV potential to delay or treat Alzheimer's disease, World and 10th in World Reputation shows as such as NBC’s Today Show and and possibly Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig's • UCLA has 10 National Medal of Science Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet.* disease, and other degenerative disorders.* Winners (5 of whom are faculty members in *Full versions of these articles are available in the 2014 Newsletter: www.chemistry.ucla.edu/featured our department) The 2014 Glenn T. Seaborg Medal will be awarded to Professor Fred Wudl and Dr. Linda Wudl. Both Fred and Linda Wudl attended UCLA for undergraduate studies, where they met. Fred Wudl went onto receive his Ph.D. at UCLA and completed his postgraduate studies at Harvard. He was a professor at UCLA from 1997 to 2006 and is currently part of the faculty at UCSB Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry. Linda Wudl received her M.A. from Harvard and Ph.D. from SUNY Buffalo. She was most recently the vice president of quality and compliance at Amgen, where she worked for more than twenty years before her retirement. The Wudls are great supporters of our department as they have established the Linda and Fred Wudl Term Chair, and also helped to establish the Christopher S. Foote Chair. The department is delighted to honor the Wudls and the 2014 Seaborg Symposium & Medal Award Dinner will take place on Nov. 15, 2014. Please visit www.seaborg.ucla.edu for more information. THE FULL VERSION OF OUR NEWSLETTER IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.CHEMISTRY.UCLA.EDU/FEATURED Houk Duan Eisenberg Garcia-Garibay Garg Harran KnoblerCharles Knobler Liao Maynard AWARDS & HONORS Many awards and honors have been bestowed upon our faculty in the past year. These include the Beilby Medal (Prof. Xiangfeng Duan), Eni Award and NAS Award for Industrial Application of Science (Prof. James Liao), ACS Fellow (Prof. Charles Knobler), Xiangfeng Duanand many more, featured on the full version of our newsletter (available at www.chemistry.ucla.edu/featured). WE NEED YOUR HELP! SUPPORTING UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION Dear Alumni, Family & Friends of UCLA Chemistry & Biochemistry: We are strongly committed to providing a world-class undergraduate education and as a part of our “Supporting Undergraduate Education” campaign, welcome you to join us in our mission to upgrade the Chemistry & Biochemistry teaching laboratories! This effort will impact more than 4,000 young Bruins (yearly), who rely on our courses to prepare them for their academic and professional careers. To reach our goal of $500,000, we have kick started the campaign by dedicating $50,000 to the upgrades! We invite you to tour our undergraduate laboratories to see the impact your gift can make. Please contact Jin Lee, Program Promotion Manager, at [email protected] or 310-825-3958 for more information. Your generous support coupled with our ongoing efforts to improve curricula will enhance the UCLA experience for generations of future Bruins to come. Yours Sincerely, Miguel Garcia-Garibay, Chair, UCLA Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry The generous support of our Alumni, Family & Friends keeps UCLA at the forefront of innovation & discovery. Please visit https://giving.ucla.edu/undergraduate_labs to find out how you can join the department in our ongoing efforts to strive for excellence in education and research! 2014-15 Upcoming Events in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Nov. Distinguished Lecture Series Nov. Departmental Awards Ceremony Presented by Prof. Roger Kornberg November 21, 2014 (UCLA CNSI, 4:00 p.m. Please 4 (2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) 21 note that the Awards Ceremony will be held on a November 4, 2014 (4:00 p.m., CNSI)* FRIDAY this year.)* Nov. Seaborg Symposium & Medal Award Mar. 50th Anniversary of Foote/Wexler Discovery Dinner, Honoring Prof. Fred Wudl and Dr. March 12, 2015 (Location and time to be announced)* 15 12 Linda Wudl November 15, 2014 (Symposium: UCLA CNSI Auditorium, 12-5:30p.m., Medal Award Dinner: *You can find more events, seminars, UCLA Carnesale Commons, 6:30-9:00 p.m.)* and updates by visiting our website: WWW.CHEMISTRY.UCLA.EDU THE FULL VERSION OF OUR NEWSLETTER IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.CHEMISTRY.UCLA.EDU/FEATURED Introduction Welcome to the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry! This packet contains important information about the department, your major, and the College of Letters & Science. The Undergraduate Handbook is also available on our website at: http://www.chemistry.ucla.edu/undergraduate. Please take some time this summer and review the handbook online. Chemistry is concerned with the composition, Since many upper division major courses have structure, and properties of substances. It analyzes
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