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CHEM-4616: 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 3616, cannot receive credit for both 3616 and 4616.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ((PHYS-2206 or PHYS-2306) and (CHEM-1036 or CHEM-1056 or CHEM-1056H) and (MATH-1026 or MATH-1226)) or ISC-2106H

Required By: CHEM-3626, CHEM-4524, CHEM-5524, CHEM-5524

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 2.63 (B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 22.45%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.85%

Gordon T Yee202425.1%20.4%26.6%15.7%4.7%7.8%2.551
Aaron Geller202328.2%36.1%24.4%5.4%3.4%2.4%2.825
Diego Troya201723.2%29.9%26.5%10.9%8.2%1.3%2.4712
Daniel Crawford201851.9%25.3%14.4%6.4%1.1%1.0%3.202

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