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TEACHING INTERESTS: Quantum Chemistry

The Policies and Standards for the BS Chemistry program in the Republic of the Philippines was recently revised by the Commission on Higher Education, the governing body covering both public and private higher education institutions as well as degree-granting programs in all tertiary educational institutions in the Philippines. One of the changes introduced in the new BS Chemistry curriculum is to require a one semester course in quantum chemistry.

This revision in the nationwide curriculum requires every university or college offering the BS Chemistry degree to provide a third semester of undergraduate Physical Chemistry specifically covering quantum chemistry. At the time, however, there were still very few faculty members in the Philippines with the background and training to teach the principles and methods of quantum chemistry. When I learned about this during the 10th Eurasia conference in Manila in January 2008, I offered to train a group of university faculty. Prof. Elma Llaguno of the University of the Philippines agreed to find the funding for the project and coordinate the local arrangements, while I designed the course plan and prepared the course materials. The project aimed to fill the need by offering an intensive training on quantum mechanical concepts and their applications to chemical systems. The goal is to give the faculty trainees a deep enough understanding so that they will have the foundation on which to build their teaching strategies for the subject. The proposed intensive training workshop is described here. The philosophy & logistics for the intensive workshop is described here. The workshop. INTENSIVE FACULTY TRAINING WORKSHOP IN QUANTUM CHEMISTRY was held March 23 to April 4, 2009 in Bonifacio Hall of the School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR), Jacinto St., University of the Philippines, Diliman, Q. C. All trainees, assistants, and the lecturer were housed in the dormitory section, meals and evening problem sessions were held in the social hall, and lectures, discussions, caucuses, and day problem sessions were held in the lecture room. Twelve full working days Monday-Saturday were separated by a Sunday off-site.


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A banner welcomes the participants to the venue.

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Workshop participants range in age from 22 to 57 and come from institutions throughout the Philippine Islands.


LECTURE TRANSPARENCIES


USEFUL HAND-OUTS


PROBLEM SETS

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEM SETS


These sample exams are roughly classified according to material covered in Lecture Transparencies Parts 1-9.

SAMPLE EXAMS

SOLUTIONS TO SAMPLE EXAMS



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