CHEM 3521 - Quantum Chemistry

(3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours 3 Credit Hours)

Prerequisite: CHEM 1212 Minimum Grade: C and PHYS 2212 Minimum Grade: C and MATH 2644 Minimum Grade: C and Concurrent Prerequisite MATH 2654
This course is an introduction to elementary quantum mechanics and its applications to selected chemical systems. Topics include an introduction to operators, ‘particle in a box’, harmonic oscillator, atomic structure, chemical bonding, atomic spectroscopy, rotational, vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of small molecules, and elementary statistical mechanics. MATH 2664 or MATH 3303 may be taken concurrently.