Core Courses (3.0 course units + 1.0 lab units)
CHEM 140L Introductory Scientific Calculations Laboratory
CHEM 209 Introductory Spectroscopy and Structure
CHEM 254 Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics
CHEM 340L Introductory Computational Chemistry Laboratory
CHEM 350 Chemical Kinetics
CHEM 356 Introductory Quantum Mechanics
CHEM 450 Computational Physical Chemistry* or
CHEM 450 Topics in Computational Chemistry*
CHEM 460 Molecular Modelling* or
PHYS 339 Scientific Computation 2*
Specialization Electives (4.5 units)
Two of the two course sequences:
CHEM 212 Structure and Bonding and
CHEM 310 Transitional Element Compounds and Inorganic Materials or
CHEM 313 Main Group and Solid State Chemistry
CHEM 220 and 221 Introductory Analytical Chem. & Multi-component Analysis
CHEM 264 and 265 Organic Chemistry 1 and 2
Five of*:
CHEM 305 or EARTH 305 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
CHEM 323 Analytical Instrumentation
CHEM 360 Organic Chemistry 3
CHEM 404 Physico-Chemical Aspects of Natural Water
CHEM 406 Environmental Organic Chemistry
CHEM 450 Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry
CHEM 450 Chemical Thermodynamics 2
CHEM 450 Properties of Bulk and Nanomaterials
PHYS 359 Statistical Mechanics or
CHEM 450 Statistical Mechanics
Free Electives (2.5 units)
*Any of CHEM 450 (Computational Physical Chemistry), CHEM 450 (Topics in Computational Chemistry), CHEM 460 (Molecular Modelling), PHYS 339 (Scientific Computation 2) may be chosen as a Specialization Elective if it has not already been identified as a Specialization Core course.