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CHEM 650

Advanced Physical Chemistry

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeB+
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Overview

Description

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

Units

Lecture3

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Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

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Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • explain behavior of chemical systems using quantum mechanical principles.
  • discuss how atoms and molecules are described within a quantum mechanical framework.
  • apply concepts of quantum mechanics to chemical bonding, spectroscopy, and statistical thermodynamics.
  • determine the types of molecular transitions and motions resulting in simple microwave, infrared, UV-Vis, and other spectroscopies.