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Physical Chemistry at Colorado State University |
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While all chemistry graduate students at Colorado
State University follow the same basic guidelines, each specialization has
unique aspects to it. This page is intended to identify and explain these
requirements for the student concentrating on physical chemistry.
Courses:
All graduate students pursuing the PhD with a concentration in Physical Chemistry must complete two graduate courses in Physical Chemistry in addition to two courses outside Physical Chemistry. A list of Physical Chemistry courses follows:
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Course number |
Course name |
Offered |
Prerequisite |
description |
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C570 |
Chemical Bonding |
Fall alternate years |
C476 |
Chemical bonding models; basis set expansion approach; origins of peturbation methods; electron correlation |
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C 571 |
Quantum Chemistry |
Fall alternate years |
C476 |
Quantum chemistry: simple systems, symmetry, approximation methods, molecular structure |
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C575 |
Chemical Thermodynamics |
Fall alternate years |
C476 |
Thermodynamic concepts and their applications to chemical problems. |
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C 576 |
Statistical Mechanics |
Spring alternate years |
C476 |
Principles of statistical mechanics with application in the chemical sciences |
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C 577 |
Surface Chemistry |
Spring alternate years |
C471 |
Capillarity; interfacial thermodynamics, electrical aspects of surface chemistry, adsorbed layers |
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C 579 |
Chemical Kinetics |
Fall alternate years |
C476 |
Elementary reactions, unimolecular reactions, reactions in solution, gas phase ion chemistry, photochemistry, and kinetic modeling |
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C 773 |
Quantum Mechanics II-Spectroscopy |
Spring alternate years |
C571 |
Time-dependent perturbation theory; selection rules; vibrational, rotational, and electronic spectroscopy |
Special topics courses are offered in addition to these courses.
Student Seminars:
All graduate students pursuing the PhD with a concentration in Physical Chemistry must present two seminars to the Physical Chemistry division. The first seminar is presented sometime during the second year. This presentation concentrates on a topic in the literature. There is no requirement of when the second seminar is to be presented except that it must occur before the student completes the dissertation and defends his/her thesis. The second seminar presents the student's research.