CHEM401

Inorganic Chemistry

Prerequisite: CHEM276 or CHEM271; and (CHEM247 or CHEM241). An overview of basic concepts of the electronic structure of the elements, chemical bonding and reactivity, from simple diatomic molecules to coordination compounds. These are viewed from simple (Lewis) to the most comprehensive molecular orbital theory. Symmetry and group theory are used throughout the course.

Spring 2026

Zhiwei Li

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Spring 2025

Mercedes Taylor

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.86

Past Semesters

Andrei Vedernikov

4 reviews
Average rating: 2.75

Mercedes Taylor

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.86

Lawrence Sita

2 reviews
Average rating: 5.00

Andrei Vedernikov

4 reviews
Average rating: 2.75

Bryan Eichhorn

1 review
Average rating: 2.00

Efrain Rodriguez

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.94 between 764 students*

A-: 14.01%

A: 16.62%

A+: 4.06%

B-: 9.82%

B: 16.23%

B+: 10.99%

C-: 6.02%

C: 11.52%

C+: 4.97%

D-: 0.13%

D: 0.79%

D+: 0.79%

F: 1.57%

W: 2.09%

other: 0.39%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.