CHEM 450 - Advanced Physical Chemistry

(3 units)

Selected topics including quantum chemistry, kinetics, molecular spectroscopy, and statistical thermodynamics.

Prerequisite(s): CHEM 422; MATH 285.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. explain behavior of chemical systems using quantum mechanical principles.
2. discuss how atoms and molecules are described within a quantum mechanical framework.
3. apply concepts of quantum mechanics to chemical bonding, spectroscopy, and statistical thermodynamics.
4. determine the types of molecular transitions and motions resulting in simple microwave, infrared, UV-Vis, and other spectroscopies.

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