Course Descriptions

CHEM 9330 - Research in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

CHEM 9340 - Research in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

CHEM 9350 - Research in Multistage Organic Synthesis

CHEM 9360 - Research in Multistage Organic Synthesis

CHEM 9410 - Research in Membrane Biochemistry

CHEM 9420 - Research in Membrane Biochemistry

CHEM 9450 - Research in Inorganic Chemistry

CHEM 9460 - Research in Materials Chemistry

For students conducting graduate research in Professor Fraser’s laboratory involving materials synthesis, properties & applications. Includes luminescence, biomaterials, polymers, molecular solids, inorganic-organic hybrids, molecular assembly, bio-inspired materials, stimuli responsive materials, imaging and sensing, biomedicine, nanoscience, green chemistry, environmental health and sustainability.



Credits: 3

CHEM 9559 - New course in chemistry

CHEM 9610 - Research in Medicinal Chemistry

CHEM 9620 - Research in Medicinal Chemistry

CHEM 9630 - Research in Bioanalytical Studies

CHEM 9640 - Research in Bioanalytical Studies

CHEM 9650 - Research in Statistical Mechanics of Condensed Phases

CHEM 9660 - Research in Statistical Mechanics of Condensed Phases

CHEM 9670 - Research: Biomolecular NMR

CHEM 9680 - Research: Biomolecular NMR

CHEM 9690 - Research: Chemistry of Medicine

CHEM 9700 - Research: Chemistry of Medicine

CHEM 9710 - Research: Combinatorial Science

CHEM 9720 - Research: Combinatorial Science

CHEM 9730 - Research: Synthetic and Bioorganic Chemistry

CHEM 9740 - Research: Synthetic and Bioorganic Chemistry

CHEM 9750 - Research: Analytical Chemistry of Biological Systems

CHEM 9760 - Research: Analytical Chemistry of Biological Systems

CHEM 9790 - Research: Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics

CHEM 9800 - Research: Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics

CHEM 9810 - Research in Membrane Biophysical Chemistry

Research focuses on the structure and function of membrane proteins using techniques such as nuclear magnetic and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, small angle x-ray scattering, x-ray crystallography and many biochemical methods.



Credits: 1 to 12

CHEM 9820 - Research: Spectroscopy and Biophysics of Membrane Proteins

CHEM 9830 - Nanoscience on Surfaces

Students apply optical and electron excitation to study photochemical processes on semiconductor surfaces. In addition the bonding configuration of molecules on surfaces and on single walled carbon nanotubes is investigated by electron stimulated desorption. The measurement of surface diffusion through powders is kinetically investigated by IR spectroscopy. Finally the adsorption sites for bonding of molecules on surfaces are studied by scanning.



Credits: 1 to 12

CHEM 9840 - Research: Nanoscience on Surfaces

CHEM 9850 - Research:Synthetic & Mechanistic Organometallic Chemistry

CHEM 9860 - Research: Synthetic & Mechanistic Organometallic Chemistry

Research in this course is focused on synthetic and mechanistic organometallic and inorganic chemistry with a focus on homogeneous catalysis. Students prepare, isolate and characterize new classes of organometallic and inorganic complexes using multi-nuclear NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The reactivity of these systems is studied, including stoichiometric and catalytic reactions, and



Credits: 1 to 12

CHEM 9870 - Structural Biology

Research in the areas of structural biology and molecular biophysics. Current projects utilize experimental techniques drawn from wet-lab biochemistry and X-ray crystallography, as well as bioinformatics and computational methods (such as molecular dynamics simulations), to study the structure, function, and evolution of large protein / nucleic acid assemblies.



Credits: 1 to 12

CHEM 9880 - Research:Structural Biology

CHEM 9890 - Organometallic Chemistry

CHEM 9997 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Candidacy Exam

CHEM 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research

CHEM 9999 - Non-Topical Research

CHIN 5010 - Readings in Modern Chinese Literature

Studies modern Chinese at the advanced level. Includes listening comprehension, reading and discussion in Chinese of various aspects of Chinese culture, society, and literature, using radio broadcasts and selections from newspapers, recent essays, short stories, etc.
Prerequisite: CHIN 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CHIN 5020 - Readings in Modern Chinese Literature

Studies modern Chinese at the advanced level. Includes listening comprehension, reading and discussion in Chinese of various aspects of Chinese culture, society, and literature, using radio broadcasts and selections from newspapers, recent essays, short stories, etc.
Prerequisite: CHIN 2020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CHIN 5210 - Readings in Modern Chinese Poetry

Readings from major Chinese poets of the 20th and 21st centuries in the original Chinese. Designed as a literary survey, this course also takes into account the needs of Chinese language learners. Poems are selected with difficulty level in mind. The course attends to general reading comprehension as well as the features of modern Chinese poetic language and its relationship to tradition.



Credits: 3

CHIN 5230 - Chinese Conversation and Composition (in Chinese)

CHIN 5240 - Advanced Chinese Conversation and Composition (in Chinese)

CHIN 5280 - History of the Chinese Language (in Chinese)

Examines the evolution of the spoken and written language, diachronically and synchronically, from syntactic, phonological, lexical, and graphic perspectives.
Prerequisite: CHIN 5230 or equivalent, or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CHIN 5460 - Chinese Culture and Society through Films

An integral part of the UVa summer Chinese language study abroad program intended specifically for students who take intensive Readings in Modern Chinese (CHIN 3010 and CHIN 3020) during the 8 week summer abroad program in Shanghai. Will view and study Chinese films made in China to learn, to think and to discuss specific topics of Chinese culture. May be offered on an irregular basis during fall or spring terms for 3 credits.



Credits: 2 to 3

CHIN 5500 - Introduction to Chinese History, Culture and Society

An integral part of the UVa summer Chinese language program in Shanghai, this course combines lectures and guest presentations with field trips, using the resources specifically available in Shanghai and other parts of China to offer an introduction to China’s long history, splendid culture, and dynamic and changing society. Taught in English.



Credits: 1 to 3

CHIN 5559 - New Course in Chinese

CHIN 5680 - Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language

The course aims to help novice and continuing Chinese language teachers enhance their expertise in teaching Chinese as a foreign language. It integrates a balance of Chinese language acquisition theories and research-supported practices into the curriculum through a structured and supervised practicum. Teacher participants will create the E-portfolio that documents their extensive learning and experiences throughout the course.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission or CHIN 3020.



Credits: 1 to 5

CHIN 5810 - Media Chinese I

Studies electronic and print media in Chinese, emphasizing current events as reported in the Chinese speaking world, to further develop oral and written proficiency.
Prerequisite: CHIN 5020 or equivalent, or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CHIN 5820 - Media Chinese II

A continuation of CHIN 5810. Studies the electronic and print media in Chinese with special emphasis on current events as reported in the Chinese speaking world.
Prerequisite: CHIN 5810 or equivalent, or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CHIN 5830 - Introduction to Classical Chinese

CHIN 5840 - Introduction to Classical Chinese

CHIN 5850 - Classical Chinese Literature

CHIN 5860 - Classical Chinese Literature

CHIN 7010 - Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese

The goal of this course is to help students understand journalistic essays through systematic study of sentence patterns and formal writing styles.
Prerequisite: CHIN 3020, 5020, or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CHIN 7020 - Advanced Readings in Modern Chinese

Students will earn to read or understand various styles of modern Chinese, including essays, documentaries, prose fiction, and movies.
Prerequisite: CHIN 7010 or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CHIN 7030 - Business Chinese

Business Chinese is a one-term language course for business purposes designed for students who have studied Chinese for at least four years in a regular college program or with the equivalent language proficency. It is aimed to enhance student’s Chinese skills in the business context and promote their understanding about the macor and mirco business environment and culture in contemporary China.
Prerequisites: Four years of Chinese or equivalent language proficency.



Credits: 3

CHIN 7040 - Traditional Chinese Poetry (in Chinese)

Studies the development of poetry as a genre in Chinese up to the beginning of the 20th century, the influences on its development, its maturity, and its contribution to the creative process of poetry writing in the world.
Prerequisite: CHIN 5830, 5840 or equivalent, or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CHIN 7050 - Classical Chinese Prose

CHIN 7060 - Classical Chinese Poetry

CHIN 7559 - New Course in Chinese

CHIN 7830 - Readings in Confucian Texts

CHIN 8559 - New Course in Chinese

CHIN 8993 - Independent Study in Chinese

CHTR 5010 - Survey of Traditional Chinese Literature

Study of the literary heritage of China. Examines the major genres through selected readings of representative authors. Taught in English. Fulfills the non-Western perspectives requirement.



Credits: 3

CHTR 5020 - Survey of Modern Chinese Literature

A general introduction to modern Chinese literary culture. Examines the major genres through selected readings of representative authors. Taught in English. Fulfills the non-Western perspectives requirement.



Credits: 3

CHTR 5559 - New Course in Chinese in Translation

CHTR 5810 - Chinese Modernism

Exploration of modernist and avant garde Chinese film and literature. Discussion of issues of translation and modernity in a global context in fiction, poetry, drama, and film from the 1920s to the 1990s. Authors from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong include Lu Xun, Ding Ling, Yu Dafu, Shi Zhecun, Mu Shiying, Eileen Chang, Xi Xi, Yu Hua, CanXue, Zhu Tianwen. Films by Stan Lai, Huang Jianxin, Wong Kar-wai. Students enrolled in the 5000 level version of the course will be required to use some Chinese language materials.
Prerequisite: CHTR 3020 or instructor’s permission.



Credits: 3

CHTR 5820 - The Modern Chinese Essay

Readings from major Chinese essayists of the 20th century in the English translation. Chinese texts will also be available for interested students. Discussion of genre and literary history, literary relationship between tradition and modernity, language and style. Students enrolled in the 5000 level of this course will be required to use some Chinese language materials as well.



Credits: 3

CHTR 5830 - Modern Chinese Poetry

Readings from major Chinese poets of the 20th and 21st centuries in English translation. Discussion focuses on modern Chinese poetic expression in relationship to tradition, politics, history and gender. Authors from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong included.



Credits: 3

CHTR 5840 - Writing Women in Modern China

This seminar focuses on works of fiction from modern China that articulate womanhood from a variety of perspectives. In addition to women writers (Qiu Jin, Ding Ling, Eileen Chang, Xi Xi, Chen Ran, Zhu Tianxin), male writers such as Xu Dishan, Mao Dun, and Lao She who devote unusual attention to feminine subjectivity are also included. Familiarity with Chinese culture and society and literary analysis are preferred, but not required. Students enrolled in the 5000 level course will be required to use some Chinese language materials.



Credits: 3

CHTR 5850 - Documentary Writing and Film in China

A seminar exploring the role of the documentary impulse in modern Chinese writing and film. Beginning with reportage literature and foreign documentaries about China from the early 20th century, the course follows the development of documentary art forms in the People’s Republic of China (with some attention to Taiwan as well), culminating in the recent trend of independent documentary film making and its influence on narrative film.



Credits: 3

CE 6000 - Forefronts of Civil Engineering

This course is an introduction to major challenges facing civil engineering infrastructures and emerging solutions to these challenges. Innovative technologies and techniques will be presented. Topics will vary but may include sustainability, sensor technology, infrastructure security, and resiliency and design for natural disasters.
Prerequisite: Graduate Standing or Instructor Permission.



Credits: 3

CE 6010 - Computational Methods in Civil Engineering

Studies CE problems and solutions in a numerical, computer-based context; formulation of these problems using various computational procedures; development of typical algorithms; utilization of microcomputers, including structured programming with graphics. Emphasizes construction of numerical models for applications and the solution of representative multi-dimensional problems from all areas of CE.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing



Credits: 3

CE 6020 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems

Introduces engineering problem solving using geographic information systems (GIS). GIS has proven to be an effective tool in civil engineering applications that incluce a significant spatial component. The course addresses basic GIS concepts, and includes hands-on exercises using GIS software. Maybe taught concurrently with CE 4810.



Credits: 3

CE 6030 - Green Engineering and Sustainability

This class provides an introductory survey to the engineering tools of industrial ecology including life cycle assessment, materials flows analysis, and green design. Particular case studies highlighting the power of these methodologies will be explored to demonstrate the importance of toxicity and benign alternatives, pollution prevention and source reduction, separations and disassembly, systems analysis, and biomimicry.



Credits: 3

CE 6040 - Infrastructure Management

CE 6100 - Concrete Materials

Basic properties of hydraulic cements and mineral aggregates and their interactions in concrete; properties of plastic and hardened concrete. Modifications through admixtures; concrete test methods; behavior under various loads; durability and performance of concrete. Production, handling, and placement problems; lightweight, heavyweight, and other special concretes topics.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CE 6110 - Asphalt Materials

This course will cover the major types of bituminous materials: asphalt cements, cutback asphalts, asphalt emulsions, and tars. The influence of chemical composition upon physical properties, desirable aggregate characteristics for bituminous mixtures, and asphalt mixtures and construction techniques are also covered. May be taught concurrently with CE 4710.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CE 6120 - Pavement Analysis and Design

Introduces the concepts of design, performance, and analysis of rigid and flexible pavements. Focuses on: review of engineering materials used for pavement construction, empirical and mechanistic design methodologies for pavement construction and rehabilitation, influence of traffic loading on pavement performance, life-cycle cost analysis techniques, and pavement management.
Taught concurrently with CE 4020.



Credits: 3

CE 6130 - Advanced Geotechnical Engineering

This course addresses advanced geotechnical engineering concepts, specifically as related to pavements. It covers stress-strain, shear strength, soil improvement techniques, and pavement foundation. It also provides introduction to subsurface investigation, lateral earth pressure, shallow foundation and slope stability analysis.



Credits: 3

CE 6140 - Advanced Foundations

Subsurface investigation, control of groundwater, analysis of sheeting and bracing systems, shallow foundations, pile foundations, retaining walls, bridge abutments, caissons and cofferdams.
Prerequisite: CE 3310 and CE 3710.



Credits: 3

CE 6200 - Fate and Transport Modeling of Ecosystems

This is a first course in modeling surface water ecosystems, including watersheds. Ecosystems ranging from watersheds, rivers, reservoirs, estuaries, coastal waters and wetlands will be covered. Using actual field data, students are assigned modeling projects with currently used models for TMDLs.
Prerequisite: Graduate Engineering or Instructor permission



Credits: 3

CE 6210 - Wastewater Treatment

Presents a concise summary of wastewater treatment processes, with emphasis on applications to municipal and industrial wastewaters. Physical, chemical, and biological treatment processes are discussed. Also covers practices of removing conventional and toxic pollutants in wastewaters.
Prerequisites: CE 2210, CE 3200, and CE 4100 (concurrent) or Instructor Permission.



Credits: 3

CE 6220 - Water Chemistry for Environmental Engineering

This course covers the basic principles of aquatic chemistry as applied to problems in natural and engineered waters relevant to environmental engineering. Four specific reaction types will be covered including 1) acid-base, 2) precipitation-dissolution, 3) complexation, and 4) oxidation-reduction. Problem solving skills will be developed using graphical, analytical and computer simulation techniques.
Prerequisite: CHEM 1610 and 1611, and graduate standing.



Credits: 3

CE 6230 - Hydrology

Stresses the quantitative description and the physical basis of hydrology. Both deterministic and stochastic methodology are applied to the analysis of the hydrologic cycle, namely, precipitation, evaporation, overland flow and stream flow, infiltration, and groundwater flow. The use of compute simulation models, especially microcomputer based models, is emphasized.
Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



Credits: 3

CE 6240 - Ground-Water Hydrology and Contaminant Transport

An introduction to ground-water hydrology and contaminant transport. Topics include Darcy’s Law, fluid potential, hydraulic conductivity, the unsaturated zone, the 3-D equation of ground-water flow, well hydraulics and pump tests, including the principle of superposition, the advection-dispersion-reaction equation, pollutant fate and transport processes, and numerical simulation of ground-water.
Prerequisites: CE 2210, CE 3200 or equivalent.



Credits: 3

CE 6250 - Environmental Systems Modeling & Management

The course emphasizes the formulation of environmental management issues as optimization problems. Simulation models will be presented and then combined with optimization algorithms. Environmental systems to be addressed may include stream quality, air quality, water supply, groundwater remediation, and reservoir operations. Optimization techniques presented include linear programming, dynamic programming, and genetic algorithms.



Credits: 3

CE 6260 - Environmental Microbiology

General introduction to principles of applied and environmental microbiology for graduate students.Specifically, we will assess impacts of microbial systems on humans and vice versa via quantitative and qualitiative assessment of the ways in which microbes mediate cycling of organic materials (i.e. pollutants). The course will culminate in a small ecology simulation project and a term paper of the student’s choice.
Taught concurrently w/CE 4160.



Credits: 3

CE 6270 - Hydraulics of Rivers, Streams, and Channels

To provide students with a practical foundation in the hydraulics of open channel flow, so that they may apply their skills to design and analysis of man-made structures and natural rivers. To provide a theoretical underpinning on which students can develop research hypotheses related to open channel hydraulics.
Prerequisites: CE 2200 and 2212 or equivalents.



Credits: 3

CE 6300 - Advanced Design of Metal Structures

Behavior and design of structural elements and systems, including continuous beams, plate girders, composite steel-concrete members, members in combined bending and compression. Structural frames, framing systems, eccentric connections, and torsion and torsional stability are also studied.
(Y) Prerequisites: CE 4300 or equivalent.



Credits: 3

CE 6310 - Prestressed Concrete Design

Prestressing materials and concepts, working stress analysis and design for flexure, strength analysis and design for flexure, prestress losses, design for shear, composite prestressed beams, continuous prestressed beams, prestressed concrete systems concepts, load balancing, slab design.
Prerequisite: CE 3310 or equivalent.



Credits: 3

CE 6320 - Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design

Advanced topics in reinforced concrete design, including design of slender columns, deflections, torsion in reinforced concrete, design of continuous frames, and two-way floor systems. Introduction to design of tall structures in reinforced concrete, and design of shear walls.
Prerequisite: CE 3310. May be taught concurrently with CE 4320.



Credits: 3

CE 6330 - Introduction to Finite Element Methods

Fundamental concepts of the finite element method; modeling and discretization; one dimensional problems; element characteristics; interpolation functions; plane stress and plane strain problems; isoparametric mappings and numerical quadrature; axisymmetry; three dimensional elasticity.
Prerequisites: CE 4340, CE 4820 or equivalent.



Credits: 3

CE 6340 - Risk and Reliability in Structural Engineering

Fundamental concepts of structural reliability; definitions of performance and safety, uncertainty in loadings, materials and modeling. Analysis of loadings and resistance. Evaluation of existing design codes. Development of member design criteria, including stability, fatigue and fracture criteria; and the reliability of structural systems.
Prerequisite: APMA 3100 or APMA 3110 or equivalent.



Credits: 3

CE 6350 - Experimental Mechanics

Analyzes the theories and techniques for the determination of static and dynamic stresses, strains, and deformations. Studies include photoelastic, electrical, mechanical, and optical methods and instruments. Both models and full-scale specimens will be used in experimental testing.
Prerequisite: CE 3700 or equivalent.



Credits: 3

CE 6400 - Traffic Operations

Covers the methods for evaluating the impact on the quality of traffic operations due to the interactions of the driver, the vehicles, and the road. Includes the collection and analysis of traffic operations data, fundamentals of traffic flow theory, analysis of capacity and level of service and accident analysis.
Taught concurrently with CE 4400.



Credits: 3

CE 6410 - Introduction to Transportation Planning

Introduces the legal requirements, framework, and principles of urban and statewide planning. Focuses on describing and applying the methodology of the forecasting system of the transportation planning process, including inventory, forecasts of population and economic activity, network analysis, and travel demand analysis.
Taught concurrently with CE 4410.



Credits: 3

CE 6420 - Public Transportation

Study of the applicatoin of transportation systems and technologies in an urban context. Focuses on the management and operation of public transit systems, and comparative costs and capabilities of transit modes.



Credits: 3