Chemistry calculation methods

Education facts

Code: KEGA51

Instruction is in the form of lectures, exercises, and seminars. Some components are based on self-study, and it is important for students to be able to read and understand course literature in English. The course includes a number of integrated parallel components focused on chemical kinetics, chemical reactions, quantum chemistry, spectroscopy, molecular description, statistics, and graphical methods. The following mathematical concepts and methods are covered: - the definition and calculation principles of the derivative, derivatives of elementary functions, and implicit derivation - increasing and decreasing functions, polar extremes, asymptotes, and limit values - primitive functions, partial integration, and integration of elementary functions - ordinary differential equations to describe the zeroth, first, and second order of kinetics and connected processes - polar coordinates, complex numbers, linear equation systems, and matrix algebra - computer-based methods for solving linear equation systems - graphical methods, both manual and computer-based - basic statistics, expected value, variance, probability, uncertainty, accuracy, error propagation, and significance The mathematical concepts and methods are related in the course to calculation methods for chemical systems.

Entry requirements

Registered for 60 ECTS credits in Chemistry, with 30 ECTS credits completed, and upper secondary level Mathematics 4, or equivalent

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Chemistry calculation methods

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 8 November 2026

  Pace of study: 50 %