CHEM3011 Quantum Nature of Molecules (UNSW Sydney): rated 4.0/5 overall across 4 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
CHEM3011 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Science in School of Chemistry. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 分子的量子本质
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: School of Chemistry
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
This course builds on previous physical chemistry content and deepens students’ understanding and ability to utilise contemporary computational and experimental methods to solve chemical problems. It will explore the phenomenological nature of matter at the quantum scale.
CHEM3011 has 4 scored reviews: overall 4.0/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.0/5).
On Reddit: "I’ve done the course. It’s a very fun course in my view (but take that with a grain of salt, I’m doing honours in the area with one of the lecturers now). The math in it isn’t necessary and all the lecturers are solid, teaching well in the area. The hardest section is the thermo…"
On Reddit: "CHEM3011 is quite different from 2011 cuz you learn a lot more quantum chem stuff (so you go into more detail on the earlier parts of 2011 where you learnt abt harmonic potentials and things like that). You also touch on things like symmetry, and then later applying the qchem st…"
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Q: Is CHEM3011 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 4 reviews: overall 4.0/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches CHEM3011, and when is it offered?
A: CHEM3011 is taught by the Faculty of Science. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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