Course Calendar
This is an approximate schedule of the topics we
shall be covering this spring. Bear in mind that aside from
the exam dates, we may spend more or less time on a given
topic as needed.
Please refer to UH Academic Calendar for important dates.
| Week | Dates | Tues. | Thurs. | Chapter
|
Assigments
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 16/18 | Intro.
Schrodinger Eq. |
Postulates of QM | 1 to 3.1
|
Assigments
|
| 2 | Jan 23/25 | Postulates
3.2-3.5 |
Simple systems
Particle in a box |
3.2 to 5
|
Assigments
|
| 3 | Jan 30/Feb 1 | Finite Depth Well
pi-electrons |
Operators
Bra-Ket notation |
5,6
|
Assigments
|
| 4 | Feb 6/Feb 8 | Harmonic Osc.
QM & CM Descript. |
Quantum transitions
Spectroscopy |
7,8.3, 8.4, 8.5
|
Assigments
|
| 5 | Feb 13/15 | Rotations in QM
Spherical Harmonics |
Rotational Spectrscopy
Supp. 8.9 |
7,8
|
Assigments
|
| 6 | Feb 20/22 | Quantum Transitions | Exam 1 | 7,8.3, 8.4, 8.5
|
Assigments
|
| 7 | Feb 27/Mar 1 | Hydrogen Atom
"Classical Bohr Model" |
Hydrogen Atom
Quantum Treatment |
9
|
Assigments
|
| 8 | Mar 6/8 | Electron Spin
Slater Determinants |
Variational Method | 9
|
Assigments
|
| 9 | Mar 13/15 | SPRING | BREAK | ||
| 10 | Mar 20/22 | Atomic Terms
Hund's Rules |
Chemical Bonding | 10,12
|
Assigments
|
| 11 | Mar 27/29 | EXAM 21 | Computational Chemistry
Intro to WebMO |
16
|
Project
|
| 12 | Apr 3/4 | Diatomic molecules | Molecular Orbital Theory | 13,14
|
Project
|
| 13 | Apr 10/11 | Huckel Theory for pi-conjugation | Electronic Excitations | 14,15 | |
| 14 | Apr 17/19 | Molecular Symmetry | Molecular Symmetry | 17
|
Project
|
| 15 | Apr 24/26 | Student Presentations2 | Student Presentations2 |
Final exam: 1.) The date of the exam 2 will be either tuesday or thursday of this week depending upon my travel schedule.
2.) Students will present a 5 min overview of computational chemistry project. This is in leu of Exam 3.