Phone: 554-3640Weekly Reading and Homework Assignments19 JAN 09 Martin Luther King Day – no classSupplement Reading ListCHEM 3360Spring 2009SyllabusSection 001M, W, F 10:00 to 10:50305 Durham Science CenterInstructor: Edmund L. TiskoOffice: 333 Durham Science CenterOffice Hours: M, W, F from 9:00 to 10:00 (or by appointment)Phone: 554-3640Email: [email protected] Phone: 558-6994Website: www.unomaha.edu/tiskochem/Chem3360/Course Objectives: For most of you, this course will be the last course you will take in quantum chemistry. However, your understanding of chemical phenomena and chemical techniques will rely greatly on the material learned in this course. Quantum chemistry is a very mathematically intensive course. We start the course with two weeks of pure mathematics. Other mathematics will be introduced as needed.The concepts and ideas that we will cover in this course are often difficult to comprehend. Nobel laureates of chemistry and physics still struggle with some of the concepts that we will cover. In fact, Niels Bohr, one of thefinest physicists of the twentieth century, has stated the paradoxical maxim that if you think you understand quantum mechanics, then you do not. However, while understanding quantum chemistry on a fundamental levelis very difficult, applying quantum chemistry to chemical problems is less daunting. The utility of quantum chemistry in understanding chemistry is immense. We will strive in the course to be able to use quantum mechanics as a tool to aid the development of your chemical intuition.I have ten main course objectives1. Understand simple differential equations, the spherical polar coordinate system, and basic matrix algebra2. Understand the basic concepts of quantum mechanics and their philosophical implications3. Understand atomic and molecular structure at a quantum mechanical level4. Understand how symmetry is applied in chemistry as an aid in calculation5. Understand how light interacts with matter on the molecular level6. Be able to calculate and interpret electric and magnetic spectraThe objectives above also are a loose course outline. Some additional objectives are below.7. Gain an appreciation for the use of quantum mechanics in cutting-edge research8. Increase facility in employing library resources9. Increase facility in written and oral communication about sophisticated scientific concepts10. Be able to access the quantum chemical resources available on the InternetAttendance Policy: All students are expected to attend every class meeting. Attendance will be taken. Three misses will be considered grace. Each missed meeting beyond three will lower your final course percentage 5%. Do not miss class! Office Hours: While I have put official office hours on the syllabus that I will honor, I expect to see each student in my office any time he is struggling too much. In addition, I have put my home phone on the syllabus that you may call at any courteous hour (before 9:00 p.m.). Very Important: If you find yourself strugglingin the course, please see me quickly. Don’t wait! The material covered in most of this course is sequential. If you are struggling early, the problems will not go away. I emphasize, please see me if you are agonizing over a problem. A bit of struggle is good. Too much struggle is not.Homework Policy: Since science is often a collaborative effort, you are encouraged, even expected, to work on the homework together in small groups. However, students still need to do their own work and submit each assignment separately. If you do work together on a homework assignment, be sure that you give your fellow collaborators credit. To give such credit is an important courtesy is science. Failure to list collaborators will be considered academic dishonesty. All homework submitted for grading needs to be presented clearly, neatly and with the complete problem statement preceding the solution. In the event that homework is submitted in an unacceptable condition, a student will be given a warning on the first homework set and be allowed to resubmit it. After the first homework, sloppy homework will be given no credit. Homework Assignments: We will have four types of homework assignments in the course. The schedule to submit homework assignment is found later in this syllabus.Quantum Chemistry Workbook: The primary homework assignment will consist of completing most of the chapters in the workbook by Moog, Spencer and Farrell, Physical Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry, Atoms, Molecules and Spectroscopy. The work in the book is self-directed and each chapter assigned is to be completed fully unless other directions are given in class. The workbook will be collected five times throughout the semester for grading. Homework Projects: Two Mathematics homework sets will be assigned at the beginning of the semester for completion. These must be submitted in a neat format. Please refer to the Homework Policy above.Group Theory Workbook: Students are expected to use Walton’s Beginning Group Theory for Chemistry as a self-paced program to learn group theory. Exercises are incorporated into the chapter material so that the student is expected to do the exercises as the text is read. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are to be completed fully. Sections 6.2, 6.3 and 6.5 also need to be completed. The syllabus gives suggested times for completing various chapters.Group Theory Quiz: As confirmation of your learning of the group theory material, you much take an oral quiz on the material. Quizzes must be scheduled with me between Monday, 13 APR 09 and Friday, 17 APR 09 at a mutually agreed upon time. It is solely the student’s responsibility to schedule the quiz. Do not wait to the last minute to schedule your quiz or you may be disappointed.Inclement Weather: In the case of inclement weather where UNO is officially closed on the day of a scheduledexamination or assignment due date; the test date will be moved to the next class period when the university reopens.Academic Integrity: All work done is expected to be your own work. Compromising one’s academic integritywill not be tolerated. Compromises are made when you use someone else’s work as your own or when you allow someone else to use your own work. The use of unauthorized notes in a quiz or examination will be considered a compromise of integrity. Under no circumstances will the sharing of calculators be