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Beginning students in the chemistry or
physics graduate programs may petition their department for
admission to the interdisciplinary program in chemical physics.
The philosophy underlying the program is that the solution to
contemporary problems must increasingly be sought not within a
single traditional specialty but from the application of
different disciplines to particular problems. Students in the
program will pursue a course of study and research that will
familiarize them with both the Physics and Chemistry
departments and in particular with those areas of overlapping
interest that we broadly categorize as "chemical
physics."
Students in chemical physics may
do research under the direction of any faculty member either the
Chemistry or Physics Department. An interdepartmental committee will oversee
in either progress towards the Ph.D. degree in either chemistry or physics.
Chemical Physics students will
be expected to take courses from both departments. The core courses consist
of Quantum Chemistry, Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Statistical
Mechanics, and Mathematical Methods for Physics and Chemistry. Students
participate in the weekly chemical physics seminar and will be expected to
present one talk in this seminar series.
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