CHEM C181Polymer Chemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Synthesis of organic and inorganic macromolecules, thermodynamic and statistical mechanical descriptions of unique properties of polymers, polymer characterization methods, and special topics such as conductive and biomedical polymers and polymeric reagents in synthesis. Concurrently scheduled with course C281.
P/NP or letter grading.
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 30B, 110A.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
CHEM C181
- CHEM 30BOrganic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy
- 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)
2 direct requisites. Showing 31 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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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.