CHEM 118Colloidal Dynamics Laboratory
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
One aspect of dispersions of microscale particles in viscous liquids is that such dispersions can be used as visual model systems for studying phases that chemistry undergraduate students typically learn about for nanoscale and molecular systems, yet they do not see. Temperature continuously excites molecules and causes rearrangements, giving dynamic views of macromolecules and particles in many fields, including cell and molecular biology, chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science, and physics.
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When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 110A and 110B, with grades of B or better, or equivalent statistical mechanics courses from engineering, mathematics, or physics.
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM 118
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- CHEM 14AEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I—Enhanced
- MATH 3COrdinary Differential Equations with Linear Algebra for Life Sciences Students
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
- CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- CHEM 14BEGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II—Enhanced
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- CHEM 20AChemical Structure
- CHEM 20AHChemical Structure (Honors)
- CHEM 110BTopics in Physical Chemistry
- CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1AHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics (Honors)
- MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- PHYSICS 1BHPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields (Honors)
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Series
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