Chemistry
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CURRICULUM 382/XX62P
EDUCATIONAL SKILL REQUIREMENTS (ESRs)

DISCUSSION: Specific ESRs for Chemistry can only be defined in general terms due to two factors: (1) Each of the universities have their own specific course requirements; (2) Roughly 50% of the validated XX62-P coded billets are chemistry instructor positions at the Naval Academy, which require formal education in chemistry but not in specific areas. The other XX 62 P-coded billets are ordnance-related and require specific education.

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: Mathematics through calculus and preferably through differential equations. Physics at a level sufficient to satisfy the prerequisites for advanced physical chemistry courses. Chemistry in the areas of organic, inorganic, physical and analytical. Basic electronics.

GRADUATE LEVEL COURSE WORK:

1. ADVANCED PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: Includes topics such as properties of matter, thermochemistry, chemical thermodynamics, chemical equilibria, kinetics and electrochemistry.
2. THERMODYNAMICS: The application of thermodynamics to real gases, non- electrolytes, electrolytic solutions, and multi-component solutions. Calculations of equilibria, estimation of thermodynamic qualities and knowledge of calculation of thermodynamic properties from spectroscopic and other molecular data.
3. EXPLOSIVE-PROPELLANT CHEMISTRY: Chemical and physical properties of explosives as they are related to modes of behavior and physical principles of use. Basic principles of testing and evaluation of explosives. Trends in new developments. Manners of initiating, sensitivity, brisance power, heats of explosion and combustion. The kinetics of high speed (free radical) reactions and their products.
4. ADVANCED ORGANIC OR MACROMOLECUALR CHEMISTRY: The chemistry of organic compounds, bonding, organic mechanisms and synthetic techniques.

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