CHE 376 — COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY (CUR-525)

Summary 🟢 ✓

• Resource type: course
• Owner Unit: Chemistry
• College/School: College of Science and Health
• Curriculum section: Environmental Science / Chemistry / Biology / CSH
• Catalog: CHE 376
• Last Verified: 2026-07-01

Course access

• Level: green (Open Enrollment)
• Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
• Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

• Status: verified_catalog_course (✓)
• Rationale: Captured from official DePaul course catalog (2026-06-30 discovery pass).
• Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/che
• Last verified: 2026-07-01

Catalog description

This course is designed to provide an accessible and practical introduction to computational chemistry. The course provides an overview of different methods commonly used in the field ranging from classical to quantum mechanical ab initio and density functional methods. PREREQUISITE(S): CHE302. A grade of C- or better in ( PHY 152 or PHY 172 ) and CHE 234 are prerequisites for this class.

Hardware relevance

Quantum mechanics, quantum chemistry, or quantum information content in the official DePaul course catalog (thematic quantum audit, 2026-06-30).

Notes

Catalog course key: CHE 376.

Provenance (promotion record)

• Promotion date: 2026-07-01
• Promotion batch: catalog-course-promotion-2026-06-30
• Extraction status: pending_refactor
• Evidence packets:
• 2026-06-30-thematic-fab-optics-quantum-id-evidence
• 2026-06-30-engineering-catalog-evidence
• 2026-06-30-resource-map-catalog-related-courses
• Discovery themes: quantum
• Notes: Quantum-themed catalog course; restored/protected after off-scope CSC/PHY demotion review.