CHEM 171Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Chemical bonding; structure and bonding in solid state; main group, transition metal, lanthanide and actinide compounds and reactions; catalysis, spectroscopy, special topics.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: course 30B with grade of C– or better.
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CHEM 171
- CHEM C172Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM C174Inorganic and Metalorganic Laboratory Methods
- CHEM C179Biological Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM C185Materials Chemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 267Nanoscience and Chemistry
- CHEM C272Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM C274Inorganic and Metalorganic Laboratory Methods
- CHEM C279Biological Inorganic Chemistry
- CHEM C285Materials Chemistry Laboratory
9 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 9 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.