CHEM 340Introductory Computational Chemistry

Dec 25, 2023 Science Courses 4 points, 6 comments

“I am looking for some courses offered by faculty of science (i.e., with course codes: AVIA, BIOL, CHEM, EARTH, MNS, OPTOM, PHARM, PHYS, PDPHRM, SCI, SCBUS) that are available to general science …”

u/Ancient_Ad4753: “Chem 350 has a lot of math and programming potential. Chem 240 is entirely math. Chem 340 is easy and fun (basically online using your own machine)”

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Nov 7, 2023 laptop recs for chem / science majors 1 point, 6 comments

“i haven’t really seen any posts of science majors recommending laptops so i wanted to see if anyone has any good recs i already have an ipad, so i’m really just using the laptop for excel and word, i …”

u/GeistHunt: “You're really not going to be doing anything like engineers or CS students, a reasonably priced laptop (750$-900$) will do well. …”

u/GeistHunt: “… Luckily the need for these programs is far and few between, especially if you don't take CHEM 340 (computational chemistry) or any course that has that as a prerequisite. …”

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Nov 18, 2021 Advice choosing an upper-year CHEM course 1 point, 1 comment

u/misterstapes: “I'm looking to fill out some course requirements in chemistry this Winter, and have narrowed my choices down between CHEM 340 (Intro Comp Chem) and CHEM 381 (Bioorganic Chem). If you've taken one or both of these courses, I'd love to hear the pros and cons of them. Thanks!”

u/3point14luong: “If you're looking for a bird course, CHEM 340 is a much easier course than CHEM 381. CHEM 340 runs very similarly to CHEM 140 in a pseudo lab style. You are introduced to the Gaussian and GaussView software programs for running calculations, simulations, and molecular modelling. …”

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May 3, 2021 CHEM 300 and 400 Courses 0 points, 2 comments

“Can anyone recommend some chem 300 and 400s levels that they enjoyed taking?”

u/Thefanciestnoodle: “Chem 340 and Chem 400 (computational chemistry) were fun ones.”

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Feb 9, 2021 Easiest Chem course? 6 points, 10 comments

“Aside from Chem120 Want to hear about chem lecture classes, not the lab components”

u/3point14luong: “… CHEM 340: It's not technically a lab course, but it runs very similarly to CHEM 140 in that there was a lab period to work on the assignments after the lecture. You were introduced to the Gaussian and GaussView programs to run calculations and simulations. …”

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Aug 18, 2020 Chem 340 1 point, 2 comments

u/Nice_Raccoon_4753: “Has anyone taken Chem 340? How was it? Is it like 140L where one hour is a lecture and then you have 3 hours to finish the lab and hand it in at the end of the period?”

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Jun 17, 2020 needing advice from Biochem/Chem/Science Majors 5 points, 20 comments

“Heyo I've just accepted to Waterloo's Biochemistry Co-op Program, but after reading the reviews here and looking at the course content I think its way above my skill level, what with the 5 courses …”

u/procrastinating_rn_: “I'm in honours chem and for the first year and a bit we take pretty much the same courses as biochem majors! The only difference is that honours doesn't take any of the biology courses. …”

u/ferretsangle: “… Some fun/easy optional chem courses include chem 340 and 363. I plan to take sci 238, stat 202, or earth 121 this fall. Intro (100 level) courses can be easy, but they can still take time. …”

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May 4, 2020 What are your top 5 courses at Waterloo? 29 points, 43 comments

“After 3 years of this place, these were my favourite courses that I found (no particular order): CS 341 CS 251 MATH 135 MATH 239 ENGL 332 (Comics) I liked CS 341, MATH 135, and MATH 239 because they …”

u/smoothestpebble: “Chem 340, Chem 400 (thermodynamics 2), Chem 400 (computational chemistry), Chem 310 L and special mention to CS 370 because I thought it was tricky but I really learned a lot.”

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Dec 13, 2019 Chem minor?? 6 points, 23 comments

“Im minoring in Chem. I need some more 200’s, and 2 courses of either 300’s or 400’s. what are some easy chem courses? Already took 220/220L. Thinking about 224L. Or 212”

u/smoothestpebble: “… Chem 340 is fun, but a decent number of lab reports. Chem 224 L is nice if you're into analytical. Chem 209 is fun. …”

u/sarahlovesparis: “Omg 40s.. that’s rough. Yes I love 😊Thermo Gonna take those then thanks How many lab reports would you say for Chem 340? And was it every week?”

u/smoothestpebble: “… Chem 340: I forget exactly, but it was pretty much weekly reports (maybe 8?), except there was a break at the end because we had a project to prepare and present. It was honestly super fun to have a project component! …”

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Aug 11, 2019 Who was your favourite prof so far at UW? 30 points, 79 comments

u/smoothestpebble: “Jacob Fisher (Chem 140, 340, 350 L), Tong Leung (Chem 400, thermodynamics 2), Carey Bissonnette (Chem 120), Stacey Lavery (Chem 224 L), Scott Hopkins (Chem 209, 494), German Sciaini (Chem 400, ultrafast spectroscopy)”

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Oct 2, 2018 CHEM 340, CHEM 313L 0 points, 2 comments

u/DukeDick98: “Is CHEM 340 with Jake Fisher similar to CHEM 140 where it's a weekly 1 hr lecture followed by 3 hr lab? Or different format? Also, is CHEM 313L a 3 hour lab or 6 hour lab? It's only 0.25 credit but I've heard different people saying different things”

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Mar 14, 2018 Easiest course at wloo is... 2 points, 23 comments

u/Terripuns: “CHEM 140, learn 2 excel and mathcad. Literally open book exams.”

u/Thefanciestnoodle: “Oh yeah, like I thought that course was pretty easy. :) I'd recommend Chem 340 if you are liking the computational stuff.”

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