Typical topics to be considered toward a satisfactory coverage of the lecture and laboratory components of the polymers curriculum.
LECTURE COMPONENT
I. Basic Aspects of Materials Science
II. Synthesis and Characterization of Polymers and Their Intermediates
III. Polymers as Reactive Substrates
IV. Polymers as Solid Materials
V. Modulation of Polymer Properties
VI. Polymer Processing
VII. Useful Forms of Polymeric Materials
VIII. Polymer Applications
IX. Biopolymers
LABORATORY COMPONENTS
I. Polymer Synthesis - Mechanisms and Techniques
II. Polymer Purification and Fractionation
III. Polymer Reaction and Modification
IV. Polymer Characterization and Key Techniques
V. Structure Properties Relationships and Laboratory Scale Processing
Polymers Option
