Course Description
Introduction to Scientific Computing for Chemists, CHEM 160
Teaches the tools and principles of scientific computing, covering the Linux operating system, shell scripting, data analysis using R, and scientific programming in Python with an emphasis on data analysis and simulations relevant to chemistry. Course involves online interactive lecture/laboratory sessions where students gain experience doing scientific computing on local and remote computers.
Key Information
Credit: 4.5 quarter units /
3 semester units credit
UC Merced, Natural Sciences
Course Credit:
Upon successful completion, all online courses offered through cross-enrollment provide UC unit credit. Some courses are approved for GE, major preparation and/or, major credit or can be used as a substitute for a course at your campus.If "unit credit" is listed by your campus, consult your department, academic adviser or Student Affairs division to inquire about the petition process for more than unit credit for the course.
UC Berkeley:
Unit credit
UC Davis:
Unit credit
UC Irvine:
Unit credit
UC Los Angeles:
Unit credit
UC Merced:
Unit Credit (see your Academic Advisor)
UC Riverside:
General Education: CS Elective
UC San Diego:
General Education: TMC 1 course toward upper division disciplinary breadth if noncontiguous to major; Warren - May be counted depending on major/PofC/AS, Transfer students may use for UD noncontiguous GE depending on major; Muir: 1 course in a Natural Sciences theme in "Math and Statistics"
Major Requirement: Technical Elective for CSE Majors
UC San Francisco:
Unit credit
UC Santa Barbara:
Major Requirement: potentially applicable as an upper-division Chemistry elective after petition, but must successfully complete either UCSB's Chem 112 A, B, and C (with a grade of C or higher) OR Chem 113 A, B, and C (with grade of C or higher) prior to enrolling in the course.
UC Santa Cruz:
Unit credit
Prerequisites
MATH 024 and MATH 032
Course Creator
Michael Colvin
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