A comprehensive list of the courses Professor Furche is currently teaching and has taught for The School of Physical Sciences: The Department of Chemistry.
| Spring Quarter 2011 |
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| CHEMISTRY 235: MOLECULAR QUANTUM MECHANICS (LEC A; CODE 41480; 4 Units) |
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| A Graduate Level Course |
| Lecturer: Professor Furche |
| Class Links: | WebSOC | CHEMISTRY 235 | |
| Useful Links: | Catalogue: Course Descriptions | EEE | WebReg |
| Winter Quarter 2011 |
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| CHEMISTRY 1B: GENERAL CHEMISTRY (LEC C; CODE 40240; 4 Units) |
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| A Lower-Division Undergraduate Course |
| Lecturer: Professor Furche |
| Teaching Assistants: Erik P. Almaraz, Ruben Magaña, and Rebecca L. Younger |
Textbook: R. Chang: Chemistry, 10th edition, McGraw Hill, Boston, 2010.
(The 9th edition differs marginally from the 10th and may be used instead.)
Description: 1A-B-C General Chemistry (4-4-4) F, W, S, Summer. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Atomic and molecular structure; properties of gases, liquids, solids, and solutions; stoichiometry; chemical equilibrium; chemical thermodynamics; chemical kinetics; periodic properties and descriptive chemistry of the elements. Corequisite: concurrent enrollment in the corresponding laboratory courses. Prerequisite for Chemistry 1A: one year of high school chemistry is strongly recommended; for Chemistry 1B and 1C, a grade of C- or better in all previous courses in the sequence. Chemistry 1A-B-C and Chemistry H2A-B-C may not both be taken for credit. (II)
NOTE: Students who have had one year of high school chemistry normally start with Chemistry 1A. Students who did not take high school chemistry or who need help with algebraic problem solving should enroll in Chemistry 1P. Refer to the guidelines for Chemistry course placement on the Testing Center's Web site. Students who take Chemistry 1P must earn a grade of C- or better to move on to Chemistry 1A.
Corequisite: concurrent enrollment in the corresponding laboratory courses.
Prerequisite for Chemistry 1A: one year of high school chemistry is strongly recommended; for Chemistry 1B and 1C, a grade of C- or better in all previous courses in the sequence. Chemistry 1A-B-C and Chemistry H2A-B-C may not both be taken for credit. (II)
| Class Links: | WebSOC | CHEM 1B LEC C | |
| Useful Links: | Catalogue: Course Descriptions | EEE | WebReg |
| Spring Quarter 2010 |
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| CHEMISTRY 137: COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY (LECTURE A; CODE 40920; 4 Units) |
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| An Upper-Division Undergraduate Course |
| Lecturer: Professor Furche & Teaching Assistant: Ruben Magaña |
Textbook: F. Jensen, Introduction to Computational Chemistry, 2nd edition, Wiley, Hoboken, 2007.
Description: Short introduction to programming languages and to representative algorithms employed in chemical research. Students have the opportunity to devise and employ their own codes and also to employ codes which are widely used in various fields of chemistry.
Corequisite: Chemistry 130B or 131B ; Prerequisites: Chemistry 51A-B-C or H52A-B-C and 130A or 131A.
| Class Links: | WebSOC | CHEM 137 CLASS | CHEM 137 LAB | Modeling Facility |
| Useful Links: | Catalogue: Course Descriptions | EEE | WebReg |
| Winter Quarter 2010 |
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| CHEMISTRY 1B: GENERAL CHEMISTRY (LECTURE D; CODE 40260; 4 Units) |
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| A Lower-Division Undergraduate Course |
| Lecturer: Professor Furche |
| Teaching Assistants: Ingolf Warnke, Erik P. Almaraz, and Rebecca L. Younger |
Textbook: R. Chang: Chemistry, 9th or 10th edition, McGraw Hill, Boston, 2010.
Description: 1A-B-C General Chemistry (4-4-4) F, W, S, Summer. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Atomic and molecular structure; properties of gases, liquids, solids, and solutions; stoichiometry; chemical equilibrium; chemical thermodynamics; chemical kinetics; periodic properties and descriptive chemistry of the elements.
Corequisite: concurrent enrollment in the corresponding laboratory courses.
Prerequisite for Chemistry 1A: one year of high school chemistry is strongly recommended; for Chemistry 1B and 1C, a grade of C- or better in all previous courses in the sequence. Chemistry 1A-B-C and Chemistry H2A-B-C may not both be taken for credit. (II)
NOTE: Students who have had one year of high school chemistry normally start with Chemistry 1A. Students who did not take high school chemistry or who need help with algebraic problem solving should enroll in Chemistry 1P. Refer to the guidelines for Chemistry course placement on the Testing Center's Web site. Students who take Chemistry 1P must earn a grade of C- or better to move on to Chemistry 1A.
| Class Links: | WebSOC | CHEM 1B: LEC D CLASS PAGE | |
| Useful Links: | Catalogue: Course Descriptions | EEE | WebReg |
| Fall Quarter 2009 |
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| CHEMISTRY 230: CLASSICAL MECHANICS AND ELETROMAGNETIC THEORY (LECTURE A; CODE 41302; 4 Units) |
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| A Graduate Level Course |
| Lecturer: Professor Furche |
Textbooks:
Description: CHEM 230 is an introduction to theoretical mechanics and electrodynamics for graduate Chemistry students. An important goal of this class is to understand how basic concepts such as Newton's mechanics or electrostatics follow from fundamental principles such as conservation laws and variational principles, which underlie much of modern theoretical science. Mathematical methods such as calculus of variations and vector analysis will be emphasized. Examples will relate the concepts to chemistry and spectroscopy. This class designed to prepare you for advanced courses in quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, spectroscopy, and quantum chemistry.
Prerequisite: Chemistry 131A-B-C or equivalent.
| Class Links: | WebSOC | CHEM 230 CLASS PAGE | |
| Useful Links: | Catalogue: Course Descriptions | EEE | WebReg |
| Spring Quarter 2009 |
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| CHEMISTRY 235: MOLECULAR QUANTUM MECHANICS (LECTURE A; CODE 41480; 4 Units) |
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| A Graduate Level Course |
| Lecturer: Professor Furche |
Textbooks:
Description: This is an introduction to methods and applications of molecular quantum chemistry. It addresses both experimental and theory students. You will learn what electronic structure methods are and how chemists can make use of them. This class should enable you to do your own calculations using quantum chemistry software.
| Class Links: | WebSOC | CHEM 235 CLASS PAGE | |
| Useful Links: | Catalogue: Course Descriptions | EEE | WebReg |
| Winter Quarter 2009 |
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| CHEMISTRY 1B: GENERAL CHEMISTRY (LECTURE B; CODE 40220; 4 Units) |
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| A Lower-Division Undergraduate Course |
| Lecturer: Professor Furche |
| Teaching Assistants: Megan E. Johnson, Ingolf Warnke, and Rebecca L. Younger |
Textbooks:
Description: 1A-B-C General Chemistry (4-4-4) F, W, S, Summer. Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Atomic and molecular structure; properties of gases, liquids, solids, and solutions; stoichiometry; chemical equilibrium; chemical thermodynamics; chemical kinetics; periodic properties and descriptive chemistry of the elements.
Corequisite: concurrent enrollment in the corresponding laboratory courses.
Prerequisite for Chemistry 1A: one year of high school chemistry is strongly recommended; for Chemistry 1B and 1C, a grade of C- or better in all previous courses in the sequence. Chemistry 1A-B-C and Chemistry H2A-B-C may not both be taken for credit. (II)
NOTE: Students who have had one year of high school chemistry normally start with Chemistry 1A. Students who did not take high school chemistry or who need help with algebraic problem solving should enroll in Chemistry 1P. Refer to the guidelines for Chemistry course placement on the Testing Center's Web site. Students who take Chemistry 1P must earn a grade of C- or better to move on to Chemistry 1A.
| Class Links: | WebSOC | CHEM 1B: LEC B CLASS PAGE | |
| Useful Links: | Catalogue: Course Descriptions | EEE | WebReg |
| Fall Quarter 2008 |
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| CHEMISTRY 252: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM (LECTURE A; CODE 41216; 4 Units) |
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| A Graduate Level Course |
| Lecturer: Professor Furche |
Textbooks:
Description: This class is an introduction to basic concepts of electrodynamics relevant to chemistry. Electrodynamics is important for many phenomena in chemistry, including ionic solids, electrochemistry, optical and magnetic properties of materials, lasers, etc. There is not enough time in the general chemistry curriculum to cover underlying theory and mathematical methods. This class is designed to help CHAMP students with a chemistry background to acquire skills and knowledge that are typically part of an undergraduate physics curriculum; this will prepare them for more advanced classes in physics and physical chemistry.
| Class Links: | WebSOC | CHEM 252 CLASS PAGE | |
| Useful Links: | Catalogue: Course Descriptions | EEE | WebReg |
| Spring Quarter 2008 |
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| CHEMISTRY 235: MOLECULAR QUANTUM MECHANICS (LECTURE A; CODE 41302; 4 Units) |
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| A Graduate Level Course |
| Lecturer: Professor Furche |
Textbooks:
Description: This is an introduction to methods and applications of molecular quantum chemistry. It addresses both experimental and theory students. You will learn what electronic structure methods are and how chemists can make use of them. This class will enable you to do your own calculations using quantum chemistry software.
| Class Links: | WebSOC | CHEM 235 CLASS PAGE | |
| Useful Links: | Catalogue: Course Descriptions | EEE | WebReg |
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