Document Type

Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

The primary objective of this course is for you to become more independent in the laboratory while you apply experimental methods in order to explore concepts that fall under the umbrella of physical and analytical chemistry, which includes thermodynamics, kinetics and quantum mechanics. Due to the nature of the topics that we will explore, you will be expected to read literature related to the problems at hand, design experimental setups, acquire reliable data and analyze this data in a more independent manner. The lab exercises that I will provide you with are in many cases outlines that point you in the right direction in order to initially attack the presented problem. You might employ some equipment and data analysis techniques that you may not have used before. As a consequence, you may find the lab exercises in this course are probably more difficult than others that you have encountered so far, especially with regards to data reduction and drawing conclusions. Many of the lab exercises last 2 to 4 weeks, which is beneficial since you will have more time to collect data.

Student Outcomes

By the end of the course:

  • Students will be able to apply instrumental methods to study and investigate physical chemistry concepts.
  • Students will be able to interpret chemical literature and apply appropriate concepts to explore chemical systems.
  • Students will be able to evaluate data obtained from experimentation in order to evaluate hypotheses and express conclusions regarding chemical systems.
  • Students will be able to design and carry out experiments to solve physical and analytical problems.

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