CHE-361: Nuclear Chemistry Lecture Course- Description and Policies
The lecture course introduces students to properties of radioactive substances,
nuclear stability and structure, radioactive decay, interactions of radiation with matter,
nuclear reactions, nuclear energy, and applications of radiochemistry in medicine, industry
and the environment.
The principal lecturers in 2008 will be Professors Sheldon Landsberger from University of Texas,
David Robertson from University of Missouri at Columbia, Jiangyong Jia from State University of
New York at Stony Brook, Paul Karol from Carnegie Mellon University, Greg Choppin from Florida
State University and Ken Czerwinski from University of Nevada at Las Vegas. Additional guest
speakers will include staff members from BNL and elsewhere. You can find a schedule of guest
lectures on the Special Events Schedule.
Students will investigate additional topics, not included in the regular lectures or in the
assigned readings, and present their research with a 1500 word term paper and a 15-minute oral
presentation.
Grading:
The final grades for the lecture course will be determined as follows:
~ 10% for classroom participation (including homework review)
~ 60% for lecture examinations
~ 30% for the term paper and oral presentation
Course Locations:
Lectures are typically given in Room 31 in B. 801 (9:00-12:00). Guest Lectures are given
in Room 31 in B. 801 at times indicated in the Special Topics schedule. The all-day
symposia are given in the Large Conference Room in B. 490.
Student desks and computers are available in Room 31 and the Counting Laboratory, both
rooms in B. 801. The Teaching Assistants and Course Instructors have offices in B. 801 in
Room 13. The Site Director has an office in B. 801, Room 13.
Textbook: (provided by the summer school)
Modern Nuclear Chemistry, W. Loveland, D. Morrissey, G. Seaborg
In addition, the instructors will hand out material from other sources.
On Reserve Texts (Room 31, B. 801):
We maintain a small library of reference books that students can check out and use for
their term paper.
Homework:
Read the assigned pages prior to each lecture and then study them more thoroughly afterward
when you are working on the homework problems. Homework will not be graded, but will be reviewed
the next morning involving student participation at the blackboard. This will count toward your
classroom participation grade—it is in your best interest to attempt all homework assignments!
Honor code, attendance policies, etc. are discussed in the
grading policy of this program.
If you have a question that is not addressed in these pages, please
send an email rferrieri@bnl.gov.
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