CHEM 290Chemistry and Biochemistry Instrumentation for Research
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 2 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Limited to undergraduate and graduate students performing research in department laboratories. Interdisciplinary laboratory-based study that covers the principles and applications of advanced analytical instrumentation relevant for research in chemistry and biochemistry. Topics include scanning and transmission electron microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, powder and single crystal X-ray diffraction, and mass spectrometry, with an emphasis on sample-specific techniques. Laboratory uses modern instrumentation, emphasizing independent projects involving real-life samples and problem solving.
S/U grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.