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CHEM-4615: Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences

Description: Principles of thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and chemical bonding for students in the life sciences. 4615: Laws and applications of thermodynamics. 4616: Chemical kinetics and chemical bonding including spectroscopy. Partly duplicates 3615, cannot receive credit for 3615 and 4615.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ((CHEM-1036 or CHEM-1056 or CHEM-1056H) and (MATH-1026 or MATH-1226)) or ISC-2106H

Required By: CHEM-3625, CHEM-4634, CHEM-4624, SBIO-3444

Corequisites: PHYS-2206 or PHYS-2306

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 37

Average GPA: 2.43 (B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 16.95%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 4.00%

Herve Marand201720.1%29.4%27.3%11.9%9.6%1.7%2.3617
Diego Troya202123.8%28.2%20.8%10.8%9.9%6.6%2.4714
Gordon T Yee201921.7%23.5%22.9%12.8%11.7%7.4%2.323
Thomas C Ward200424.2%22.1%24.2%17.9%11.6%0.0%2.291
Nicholas Mayhall202353.1%25.5%15.3%2.1%1.1%3.1%3.331
Aaron Geller202233.3%28.4%25.5%7.8%2.9%2.0%2.841

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