Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 7 - Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Sciences
• 71 - Physics, Chemistry, Geology and Related Sciences
• 40. - Physical Sciences
• 40.05 - Chemistry

40.0503 - Inorganic Chemistry

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the elements and their compounds, other than the hydrocarbons and their derivatives. These programs include courses in the characterization and synthesis of non-carbon molecules, including their structure and their bonding, conductivity, and reactive properties; research techniques such as spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and photoelectron analysis; and the study of specific compounds, such as transition metals, and compounds composed of inorganic and organic molecules.

• Example Program Names:

  • Inorganic chemistry

• Exclusion

  • Chemical engineering(14.0701)
  • Chemistry(40.0501)
  • Organic chemistry(40.0504)