CURRICUMLUM SUMMARY
INSTRUCTORS:
Paul M. Lahti, Craig T. Martin, Joseph Simard (TA)
OFFICE:
LGRT 713J (PML), LGRT 403D (CTM)
OFFICE HOURS:
By Appointment (lahti@chem.umass.edu,
5-4890)
TBA (cmartin@chem.umass.edu,
5-3299)
MEETING TIMES:
MWF 11:15-12:05 AM (LGRT 321)
Tues 8:00-9:15 AM (LGRT 321)
GOAL: This first segment of the core course aims to give the participant a basic grounding in physical organic chemistry, particularly structure-property relationships. The second segment of the course aims to use quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to look at spectroscopy, kinetics, and thermodynamics.
GRADING in this course will be determined based the following criteria: