| 1 | Symmetry Elements and Operations | |
| 2 | Operator Properties and Mathematical Groups | |
| 3 | Similarity Transforms, Classes and Representations | |
| 4 | Characters and Character Tables | |
| 5 | Molecular Point Groups I | |
| 6 | Molecular Point Groups II | Problem set 1 due |
| 7 | LCAO and Hückel Theory I | |
| 8 | Hückel Theory II | Problem set 2 due |
| 9 | N-Dimensional Cyclic Systems | |
| 10 | From Molecular Orbitals to Bands | |
| 11 | Band Theory | Problem set 3 due |
| 12 | Frontier Molecular Orbitals: σ Ligands | |
| Exam 1 | |
| 13 | Frontier Molecular Orbitals: π Ligands | |
| 14 | ML6 σ Complexes | |
| 15 | ML6 π Complexes | |
| 16 | Angular Overlap Method and M-L Diatomics | |
| 17 | AOM for MLn Ligand Fields | Problem set 4 due |
| 18 | Spectrochemical Series (Oh) / Descent in Symmetry | |
| 19 | Multiply Bonded Metal-Ligand Complexes | |
| 20 | Sandwich Compounds | Problem set 5 due |
| 21 | Bent Cp Complexes | |
| 22 | Metal-Metal Bonding: Single Bonds | |
| 23 | Metal-Metal Bonding: Quadruple Bonds | Problem set 6 due |
| 24 | Spectroscopy Introduction | |
| 25 | Central Field Approximation | |
| Exam 2 | |
| 26 | One Electron Crystal Field Energies | |
| 27 | Many Electron States: Russell Saunders Coupling | |
| 28 | Atomic State Wave Functions and Energies | |
| 29 | Weak and Strong Field Approximations | |
| 30 | Tanabe Sugano Diagrams | |
| 31 | Electronic Selection Rules | Problem set 8 due |
| 32 | Vibrational Spectroscopy and the IR | |
| 33 | Normal Coordinate Analysis | Problem set 9 due |
| Exam 3 | |