The curriculum of Bachelor of Science (Research) Programme in Chemistry offered by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore is as follows:


Semester 1 (AUG)
Physical Principles (2:1)
Bohr theory, Wave Particle Duality, Uncertainty principle, Schrödinger equation, H-atom and atomic orbitals, electron spin, Pauli principle and many electron atoms. Chemical bonding: covalent and ionic bonding, valance bond theory, hybridization and resonance; molecular orbital theory. Homonuclear and heteronuclear diatomics, potential energy curves and intermolecular interactions; elements of spectroscopy, van der Waals equation of state; theory of chemical reactions.

Semester 2 (JAN)
Basic Inorganic Chemistry (2:1)
Multi-electron atoms – periodic trends; chemical bonding: ionic solids, CFT: d-orbital splitting, tetrahedral, square planar, cubic and octahedral crystal fields, covalent bonding; Lewis model (2 Dim); VSEPR (3 Dim) hybridization; molecular orbital theory: heteronuclear diatomics, triatomics; shapes of main group compounds; acid-base chemistry: concepts, measures of acid-base strength, HSAB.

Semester 3 (AUG)
Basic Organic Chemistry (2:1)
Nomenclature of organic compounds: alkanes, alkenes and alkynes; structure and reactivity. Concept of aromaticity; organic reactions – Addition reactions; Elimination reactions; substitution reactions and rearrangements. Organic reaction mechanisms; reaction intermediates and their characterization. Introduction to stereochemistry.

Bachelor of Science (Research) Programme in Chemistry Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore