# Advanced Chemistry Lecture Electives
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# Advanced Chemistry Lecture Electives
## Academic Year (AY) 2025-2026
Below is a list of courses in the Chemistry Department that are permitted to count as Advanced Lecture Courses in Fall 2025 and/or Spring 2026. Occasionally, times may change after this page has been updated. Consult Yale Course Search for the [most up-to-date schedule](https://courses.yale.edu/?keyword=CHEM&srcdb=999998&ci_attrs=ci_attrs_YCH4).
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## Fall 2025
**Chem 4020**(0.5 credit) *Fundamentals of Transition Metal Chemistry.*Prof. James Mayer.\
Tues./Thurs. 9:00 am – 10:15 am (first half of term).
**Chem 4060** (0.5 credit) *Bioinorganic Spectroscopy.* Prof. Gary Brudvig.\
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am – 12:50 pm (first half of term).
**Chem 4070** (0.5 credit) *Bioinorganic Mechanisms.* Prof. Gary Brudvig.\
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am – 12:50 pm (second half of term).
**Chem 4080** (0.5 credit) *Principles of Materials Chemistry.*Prof. Hailiang Wang.\
Mon./Wed. 9:00-10:15 am (first half of term).
**Chem 4160** (0.5 credit) *Organic Structure and Energetics.* Prof. William Jorgensen. \
Tues./Thurs. 11:35 am – 12:50 pm (first half of term).
**Chem 4170** (0.5 credit) *Kinetics and Thermodynamics in Organic Systems*. Prof. Scott Miller. \
Tues./Thurs. 11:35 am – 12:50 pm (second half of term).
**Chem 4200** (0.5 credit) *Chemical Biology of Nucleic Acids*Prof. Sarah Slavoff. \
Tues./Thurs. 9:00-10:15 am (first half of term).
**Chem 4210** (0.5 credit) *Protein Design & Catalysis.* Prof. Jason Crawford.\
Tues./Thurs. 9:00-10:15 am (second half of term).
**Chem 4240** (0.5 credit) *Chemical Biology of Drug Discovery*. Prof. David Spiegel. \
Mon./Wed. 9:00-10:15 am (first half of term).
**Chem 4320** (0.5 credit) *Synthetic Methods I.* Prof. Jonathan Ellman. \
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am – 12:50 pm (first half of term).
**Chem 4330** (0.5 credit) *Synthetic Methods II*. Prof. Jonathan Ellman. \
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am – 12:50 pm (second half of term).
**Chem 4780** (0.5 credit) *Molecules and Radiation I.* Prof. Kurt Zilm.\
Mon./Wed./Fri. 9:25 am - 10:15 am (first half of term).
**Chem 4790** (0.5 credit) *Molecules and Radiation II.*Prof. Kurt Zilm.\
Mon./Wed./Fri. 9:25 am - 10:15 am (second half of term).
**Chem 5090**(0.5 credit) *Materials Chemistry II: Characterization Techniques.*Prof. Hailiang Wang.\
Mon./Wed. 9:00 -10:15 am (second half of term).
**Chem 5760**(0.5 credit) *Fundamentals for Physical Chemistry*. Prof. Mark Johnson. \
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am - 12:50 pm (second half of term).
## Spring 2026
**Chem 3190** (1.0 credit) *Chemical Biology: Chemical Dissection & Reprogramming of Biological Systems.* Prof. Jason Crawford.\
Tues./Thurs. 9:00 am – 10:15 am (full semester course).
**Chem 4030** (0.5 credit) *Fundamentals of Organometallic Chemistry.* Prof. Nilay Hazari.\
Mon./Wed. 9:00-10:15 am (first half of term).
**Chem 4720** (0.5 credit) *Introduction to Statistical Mechanics I.* Prof. Victor Batista. \
Tues./Thurs. 11:35 am - 12:50 pm (first half of term).
**Chem 4730**(0.5 credit) *Introduction to Statistical Mechanics II.* Prof. Victor Batista.\
Tues./Thurs. 11:35 am - 12:50 pm (second half of term).
**Chem 4920** (0.5 credit) *Biochemical Rates and Mechanisms I*. Prof. Pat Loria.\
Tues./Thurs. 11:35 am-12:50 pm (first half of term).
**Chem 4950** (0.5 credit) *Resonant and Non-Resonant Interaction of Light with Matter II.* Prof. Mark Johnson.\
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am - 12:50 pm (second half of term).
**Chem 5100** (0.5 credit) *Energy and Environmental Electrochemistry*. Prof. Hailiang Wang.\
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am-12:50 pm (first half of term).
**Chem 5110** (0.5 credit) *Fundamentals of Chemical Crystallography and Diffraction.*Dr.Brendan Mercado. \
Tues./Thurs. 11:35 am-12:50 pm (first half of term).
**Chem 5120** (0.5 credit) *Crystal Structure Refinement in Chemical Crystallography.*Dr.Brendan Mercado. Tues./Thurs. 11:35 am-12:50 pm (second half of term).
**Chem 5140** (0.5 credit) *Molecular Materials: Design, Synthesis, and Properties.*Prof. Amymarie Bartholomew. \
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am-12:50 pm (second half of term).
**Chem 5280** (0.5 credit) *Natural Product Synthesis.*Prof. Timothy Newhouse. \
Tues./Thurs. 9:00 am-10:15 am (first half of term).
**Chem 5290** (0.5 credit) *Total Synthesis.* Prof. Seth Herzon. \
Tues./Thurs. 9:00 am-10:15 am (second half of term).
**Chem 5350** (0.5 credit) *Fundamentals of Medicinal Chemistry.* Prof. William Jorgensen. \
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am – 12:50 pm (first half of term).
**Chem 5360** (0.5 credit) *Computer Simulations of Organic and Biomolecular Systems.* Prof. William Jorgensen. Mon./Wed. 11:35 am – 12:50 pm (second half of term).
**Chem 5680** (0.5 credit) *Advanced Quantum Mechanics.*Prof. Tianyu Zhu.\
Tues./Thurs. 9:00-10:15 am (first half of term).
**Chem 5930** (0.5 credit) *Biochemical Rates and Mechanisms II.* Prof. Pat Loria.\
Tues/Thurs 11:35 am-12:50 pm (second half of term).
**Chem 5880** (0.5 credit) *Optical Spectroscopy: Applications in Biophysics.* Prof. Elsa Yan. \
Mon./Wed. 9:00 am – 10:15 am (first half of term).
**Chem 5940** (0.5 credit) *Resonant and Non-Resonant Interaction of Light with Matter I.* Prof. Mark Johnson.\
Mon./Wed. 11:35 am - 12:50 pm (first half of term).
## Advanced Laboratory Electives, Full Term Courses
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### Fall 2025
**Chem 2260L**(1.0 credit) *Advanced Chemistry Lab.* Prof. Christine DiMeglio. \
Full Term Course\
Labs on both Tues. and Thurs. 1:00 – 5:00 pm.
**Chem 3300L**(1.0 credit) *Physical Chemistry Lab I.* Prof. Paul Cooper. \
Full Term Course\
Offered on either Mon., Tues., or Wed. 1:00 – 5:00 pm with lecture on Fridays from 1:30-2:30 pm\
\*\*Note: this lab is required for students pursuing a B.S. in Chemistry (Intensive) degree.\*\*
**Chem 5600L** (0.5 credit) *Advanced Instrumentation Lab I.*Prof. Patrick Vaccaro.\
First Half of Term \
Labs on Thurs. 1:00-5:00 pm with lecture on Fridays from 2:30-3:30 pm.
### Spring 2026
**Chem 2510L** (1.0 credit) *Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory.* Prof. Jon Parr.\
Full Term Course\
Lab offered on either Wed or Thurs 1:00-5:00 pm and lecture on Fridays 2:30-3:20 pm.
**Chem 3310L** (1.0 credit) *Physical Chemistry Laboratory II.* Prof. Paul Cooper.\
Full Term Course\
Lab offered on either Tues. or Wed. 1:00-5:00 pm and lecture on Fridays from 2:30-3:20 pm.
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