Spring 2027

Chemical Instrumentation

Covers basic principles for designing, developing, and using chemical instrumentation in the laboratory, emphasizing spectroscopy, separations, and mass spectrometry.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Timothy Bertram4.0/5

Summary

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Past student reviews · Frank Keutsch

Tests were reported as not too bad by a student taking the course with Frank Keutsch.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental principles for the design of chemical instrumentation.

  • Apply knowledge of chemical instrumentation to make effective chemical measurements.

  • Critically analyze and evaluate results of measurements made with chemical instrumentation

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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(CHEM 116, 327, or 329),CHEM 343,MATH 222, and (PHYSICS 202, 208, or 248)

CHEM 524

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Professors

Spring 2027

Timothy Bertram

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About this rating

Raw average: 4.38/5 from 21 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2020: 3.46 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=45 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.64 GPA, 86.2% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.38 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

FRANK KEUTSCH is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TIMOTHY BERTRAM is recorded teaching in Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 480
LAB 302Classroom Instruction0 / 80
LAB 303Classroom Instruction0 / 80
LAB 304Classroom Instruction0 / 80
LAB 301Classroom Instruction0 / 00
LAB 305Classroom Instruction0 / 00
LAB 306Classroom Instruction0 / 00

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Frank Keutsch

A student described Frank Keutsch as knowledgeable and effective, noting that the course tests were not too bad.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.64 GPA, 86.2% A/AB (n=29 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.29 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.38 GPA, 60.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Frank Keutsch

Tests were reported as not too bad by a student taking the course with Frank Keutsch.

Past student reviews · Frank Keutsch

The instructor was considered pretty good because he knew what he was talking about.

Topics

  • Spectroscopy, separations, and mass spectrometry instruments
  • Design, development, and use of chemical instrumentation
  • Laboratory application of instrumentation principles

Skills

  • Designing chemical instrumentation based on fundamental principles
  • Making effective chemical measurements using instrumentation
  • Analyzing and evaluating measurement results from chemical instruments

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Catalog & offerings

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CHEM 524 · Spring 2027

Chemical Instrumentation

Recorded 2026-10-29
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-29

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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