Variant of CIP 2011- STEM groupings

• a.1 - Science
• 40. - Physical sciences
• 40.05 - Chemistry

40.0506 - Physical chemistry

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of understanding and predicting the behaviour of chemical systems ranging from nuclear particles to atoms, molecules, clusters, biological materials and macroscopic assemblies. These programs include courses in quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, reaction dynamics, group theory, collision theory, and polymer science.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • physical chemistry

• Exclusion(s)

  • analytical chemistry(40.0502)
  • chemical engineering(14.0701)
  • chemical physics(40.0508)
  • chemistry(40.0501)
  • nuclear chemistry(40.0599)
  • theoretical chemistry(40.0511)