Introduces spectroscopy-based experiments to demonstrate the principles of thermodynamics, kinetics, and quantum mechanics. Prerequisites: CHEM - 6543 Organic Spectroscopy (2) and CHEM - 6544 Organic Spectroscopy Laboratory (1). Additionally graduate students must have demonstrated that they have had the equivalent of the undergraduate courses CHEM - 3135 Chemical Safety (1), CHEM - 3233 Analytical Chemistry (3), and CHEM - 3234 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (1). Corequisite: CHEM-7741