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CHEM 392 - Quantum Chemistry and Lab

Prerequisites: CHEM 192 or CHEM 186 , MATH 214 , and PHYS 202  (PHYS may be taken concurrently)
Requirement Fulfillment: Fulfills a course requirement in the Chemistry Core Concentration
Examines the construction of the atom, atomic and molecular orbital theory, quantum mechanics and chemical kinetics. Applications include harmonic oscillator, molecular modeling, and the theoretical basis for spectroscopy. The laboratory illustrates the principles of quantum mechanics with an emphasis on electronic and vibrational spectroscopic methods and molecular modeling.

4 credits


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