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Action undertaken by the Executive Committee of the Senate Graduate 

Studies Committee at its meeting on April 22, 1985, gives rise to the 

following motion:- 

MOTION: 

That Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of 

Governors, as set forth in S.85-28 

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the proposed 

curriculum changes in the Department of Chemistry, 

(1)

To approve the deletion from the Calendar of the following 

courses: 

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CHEM 864-3 ? 

Photochemistry 

CHEM 865-3 ? 

Kinetics and Mechanism 

CHEM 866-2 ? 

Surface Chemistry 

CHEM 867-3 ? 

Polymer Chemistry 

CHEM 872-3 

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Selected Topics in Theoretical Chemistry 

(2)

To approve the course proposals for the following new 

courses: 

(a)

CHEM 860-3 ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 

A review of concepts in physical chemistry, with 

emphasis on molecular aspects of quantum 

chemistry, spectroscopy and chemical kinetics. 

(b)

CHEM 869-3 SELECTED TOPICS IN PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 

A specialized area of physical chemistry will be 

treated, celected from a list of topics. 

(3) To approve the change of the title and calendar description 

for the following courses: 

(a) From: ? 

CHEM 861-3 Advanced Molecular Spectroscopy 

Rotational, vibrational, and electronic spectra 

of polyatomic molecules; principles of magnetic 

resonance. 

To: ? 

CHEN 861-3 Photochemistry and Chemical 

Kinetics 

Chemical kinetics with emphasis on the 

reactions of free radicals and excited 

species. Basic principles of photochemistry 

and its application to some simple processes 

involving (a) atoms, and (b) molecules. 

Note: CHEM 861-3 may not be taken for credit 

by students who have completed CHEM 865. 

(b) From: ? 

CHEM 862-3 Statistical Thermodynamics 

Ersemb1es and 

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ermodynamics; application to 

independent systems; systems of interacting 

molecules; quantum statistics. Topics in 

advanced thermodynamics, including 

non-equilibrium thermodynamics. 

To: ? 

CHEM 862-3 Macromolecuj.ar Chemistry 

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Physical properties and characterization of 

macromolecules. Relationship between structure 

and properties. Kinetics of polymerization. 

Note: CHEM 862-3 may not be taken for credit 

bytudents who have completed CHEM 867. 

(c) From: ? 

CHEM 863-3 Selected Topics in Physical 

Chemistry 

Subjects to be discussed will vary from 

semester to semester. Current trends and 

research effort will be stressed, and 

considerable use of the original literature 

will be encouraged. 

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CHEM 863-3 Magnetic Resonance 

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Principles, techniques and applications of NNR 

and ESR. 

(d) From: ? 

CHEM 871-3 Theoretical chemistry 

Introduction to quantum mechanics. 

Non-r'1ativistic quantum mechanics. Atomic 

structure, perturbation, theory, Hartree-Fock, 

variational method. Some recent developments. 

To: ? 

CHEM 871-3 Quantum Chemistry 

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Non-relativistic quantum mechanics. Atomic and 

molecular structure, pertuation theory, 

variation method. 

John .1. Webster 