Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
GROUP THEORY AND ITS CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS	Third cycle	KİM 653		1	7.50	7.50	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	No preequisit course
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Talat ÖZPOZAN
Lecturer(s)	No one else
Teaching assitant(s)	Res. Ast. Lütfiye AYDIN
Mode of delivery	Face to Face Lecture
Course objective	The objective of the course is to teach matematical and physical basis of Group Theory and applications to several chemistry topics to molecular vibrations, vibrational spectroscopy, molecular orbitals, and crystal structures.
Course description	The course covers the topic headings; Molecular symmetry, Symmetry Operations and Symmetry Groups. Group Theory and its fundamentals, Group multiplication Tables. Representations of Groups, Similarity Transformations, Matrix Representations of Symmetry Operations, Reducible Represantations and Character Tables, Molecular Vibrations, Normal Coordinate Analysis including Computer Calculations.

Course contents

1	Molecular Symmetry, Symmetry Operations and Symmetry Groups
2	Group Theory, Definitions, Group Multiplication Tables
3	Representation of Groups, Similarity Transformations
4	Matrix Notation of Symmetry Operations
5	Point Groups and its determination
6	Reducible Representations and Character Tables
7	Properties of Character Tables and Determination of Symmetry Species
8	Symmetry Analysis
9	MIDTREM
10	Molecular Motions and Molecular Vibrations
11	Coordinate Systems and Descriptions of Molecular Vibrations
12	Theoretical Basis and Analysis of Molecular Vibrations
13	Normal Coordinate Analysis
14	Computer Applications of Normal Coordinate Treatments
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Students, learn symmetry concept and symmetry operations,
2	correlate basic symmetry operations with group theory rules
3	determine point groups of molecules
4	can analyze symmetry of molecules
5	assign bands in vibrational (IR & Raman) spectra
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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	13	3	39
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	13	3	39
Homework	5	6	30
Presentation / seminar	0	0	0
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	5	7	35
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	5	8	40
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			187
ECTS			7.50

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Cotton, Chemical Applications of Group Theory Harris & Bertolucci, Symmetry and Spectroscopy
Additional references	Özpozan,T., Titreşim Spektroskopi, Teori ve Uygulamaları

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