331 Physical Chemistry I. 4. Physical chemistry of macroscopic systems, including classical and statistical thermodynamics, ideal and real gases, liquids and solutions, phases, chemical equilibrium, electrochemistry, and kinetics. Laboratory includes experiments in physical chemistry of gases, thermochemistry, phases, and electrochemistry. PHYS 320 is suggested as a prerequisite or co-requisite. Physical chemistry of microscopic systems including quantum mechanics, electronic structure of atoms and molecules, molecular structure and dynamics, and spectroscopy.
Laboratory includes experiments in kinetics, spectroscopy, and structure analysis.
PHYS 320 is suggested as a prerequisite or co-requisite. 341 Instrumental Analysis. A systematic study of the modern instrumental methods of chemical analysis with emphasis on the theory behind the use of instruments, principles of operation of analytical instruments, and their use for the analysis of real samples. 342 Inorganic and Materials Chemistry. The interaction between structure and electronic properties, the metallic state, solid state chemistry, metal complexes, stereochemistry, elementary crystallography, and spectroscopy.