Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0

• 40. - Physical sciences
• 40.05 - Chemistry

40.0511 - Theoretical chemistry

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the study of mathematical and computational methods and fundamental laws of physics to describe chemical phenomena and to develop empirical models of molecules and their interactions. These programs include courses in properties of small, isolated molecules; dynamics of elementary chemical processes; reaction pathways of organic molecules; hydrogen bonding patterns in liquids; reaction rates of biological pathways; and advanced computational techniques.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • theoretical chemistry

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• Exclusion(s)

  • analytical chemistry(40.0502)
  • chemistry(40.0501)
  • physical chemistry(40.0506)