The prerequisites for physical chemistry include chemistry, physics, and mathematics courses listed in the catalog course description . Students are expected to have facility with a pocket calculator and with personal computers for word processing and computational software. More advanced sophisticated computational software such as mathcad and mathematica , that is also able to perform symbolic mathematical procedures, is helpful for some problems. Problem solving methods in physical chemistry are treated in a companion course, Chem 330. A very limited description of computer skills and resources is given below.
Computers already play a big role in doing science and engineering and that usage is growing fast.
Anybody planning a career in physical science or applications needs to develop computer skills. Homework problems in physical chemistry provides a vehicle to develop and refine these skills. This facility contains computer labs with mathcad 7 installed and internet connections.