2007-2008 Timetables

There's something slack but not slack about it all.

• CHEM 241 - Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry - *3 (3-0-3). The chemistry of main-group elements including a survey of the structure, bonding, and reactivity of their compounds. Transition-metal chemistry will be introduced. The course will include applications in industrial, biochemical, environmental, and materials science. Students who have obtained credit for CHEM 331 cannot take CHEM 241 for credit. Prerequisites: CHEM 102 or 105 and CHEM 161 or 261.
  
• CHEM 371 - Energetics of Chemical Reactions - *3 (3-0-3). A study of the implications of the laws of thermodynamics for transformations of matter including phase changes, chemical reactions, and biological processes. Topics include: thermochemistry; entropy change and spontaneity of processes; activity and chemical potential; chemical and phase equilibria; properties of solutions; simple one- and two-component phase diagrams. The conceptual development of thermodynamic principles from both macroscopic and molecular levels, and the application of these principles to systems of interest to chemists, biochemists, and engineers will be emphasized. Note: This course may not be taken for credit if credit has already been received in CHEM 271. Prerequisites: CHEM 102 or 105; MATH 101 or 115. Engineering students who take this course will receive *4.5.
  
• EAS 208 - Introduction to Global Change - *3 (3-0-0). Natural and anthropogenic causes of global scale environmental change; the role of the atmosphere, oceans, biosphere and cryosphere in the processes of environmental change; relationships between levels of technology and development and the character of environmental change associated with human activity. Prerequisite: Any 100-level Science course.
  
• ENGL 104 - Readings in Poetry - *3 (3-0-0). A close study of selected modern and traditional verse to introduce the student to ways of approaching and critically evaluating poetry. Note: Not for degree credit to students enrolled in the BA degree program.
  
• GERM 111 - Beginners' German I - *3 (5-0-0). Designed to lead to mastery of spoken and written German. Note: not to be taken by students with credit in GERM 100, or with native or near native proficiency, or with German 30 or its equivalents in Canada and other countries.

• CHEM 333 - Inorganic Materials Chemistry - *3 (3-0-3). Fundamentals of the synthesis, structure and properties of inorganic solids, thin films, and nanoscale materials, to be complemented with case studies of modern applications of inorganic materials; selected topics such as catalysis, molecular and nanoparticle-based computing, telecommunications, alternative energies, superconductivity, biomedical technologies, and information storage will be discussed. Techniques for characterization and analysis of materials on the nano and atomic level will be introduced. Prerequisite: CHEM 102 or 105; CHEM 161, 164 or 261; CHEM 241.
  
• EAS 100 - Planet Earth - *3 (3-0-3). Introduction to the origin and evolution of the Earth and the solar system. Introduction to plate tectonics and the rock cycle. Simple energy balances and interactions between radiation and the atmosphere, land, oceans, ice masses, and the global hydrological cycle. Evolution of life, biogeography, and global climate in the context of geologic time. The carbon cycle. Human interaction with the Earth. Mineral and energy resources. Not available to students with credit in EAS 101 or 102.
  
• GERM 112 - Beginners' German II - *3 (5-0-0). Prerequisite: GERM 111 or consent of Department. Note: not to be taken by students with credit in GERM 100, or with native or near native proficiency, or with German 30 or its equivalents in Canada and other countries.
  
• PHYS 211 - Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory - *3 (3-0-0). Temperature: heat, work, and the first law of thermodynamics; entropy and the second law, enthalpy, Helmholtz and Gibbs free energy; thermodynamic equilibrium criteria; Maxwell's relations, phase transitions; elementary kinetic theory of gases. Prerequisite: PHYS 126 or 146 or EN PH 131. Pre- or corequisite: MATH 215 or 317 or equivalent. Credit may normally be obtained in only one of PHYS 211 or 224.
  
• SOC 367 - Knowledge and Human Society - *3 (3-0-0). The nature and assessment of knowledge (e.g. values and belief systems manifest in art, science, technology) in the context of social systems; the connection between competing systems of knowledge and social change. Prerequisite: One of SOC 100 or 300.

This is *so* my year

So, thus far this term:

• There's a Finnish girl in my English class
• There's a Finnish guy in my German class (who took the news that I 'worshipped' Finns much better than Kaarina [above...I *think* that's her name] did - he even listens to Lordi!)*
• The one guy in my chem lab for whom this year is his third year in Canada (from China) is a DT fan
• Just found out another of my old high school friends is also ("I've come to terms with the fact that I listen to awesome music and other people don't :p").
• On Sunday I met a guy who really reminds me of but definitely does not look like you-know-who. Except for the stature and the grin. He seems much more outgoing than you-know-who, and I know where he lives (in my building). (Well, I know where you-know-who lives too, but that's not the point.) I don't mean to be stalking him, but he seems like a nice person to be friends with.

Let's keep the good vibes rolling so I can take back my GPA!


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* P.S. Timo, the Finnish guy, doesn't speak any. So I taught him to say "hyvää päivää", because he asked. That's wrong on *how* many levels?