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Course Description:

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This is a one-year course sequence in chemistry intended for majors in the natural sciences (chemistry, biochemistry, biology, physics, pre-medicine), mathematics, and engineering.

 

Student Learning Outcomes:

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The American Chemical Society (ACS) General Chemistry Guide and the General Chemistry examinations provide information on topics and indicate an appropriate level of this sequence of courses, including learning goals and objectives. At the conclusion of this course, each student should be able to employ standard laboratory techniques appropriate to the course content, such as titration.

Course Content:

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  • Nomenclature
  • Atomic Structure
  • Quantum Theory
  • Periodic Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Stoichiometry
  • Gas Laws
  • Molecular Structure and Bonding
  • States of Matter
  • Solutions
  • Topics for second semester:
  • Equilibrium
  • Acids & Bases
  • Electrochemistry
  • Thermodynamics
  • Coordination Chemistry
  • Descriptive Chemistry

Floating Topics to be covered within the sequence. 

  • Kinetics
  • Nuclear Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry

Laboratory Activities:

The laboratory sequence will support the above topics including:

  • both qualitative and quantitative experiments
  • analysis of data
  • error propagation

Textbook:

Great news: your textbook for this class is available for free online!

Chemistry from OpenStax, ISBN 1-947172-09-3

You have several options to obtain this book:

    You can use whichever formats you want. Web view is recommended -- the responsive design works seamlessly on any device.

    Important Notes:

    • All first week assignments need to be completed and submitted by the due date to avoid possibly being dropped from the class.
    • Any student needing accommodations should inform the instructor. Students with disabilities who may need accommodations for this class are encouraged to notify the instructor and contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) [link to your college's DSPS website] early in the quarter so that reasonable accommodations may be implemented as soon as possible. Students may contact the DRC by visiting the Center (located in room A205) or by phone (541-4660 ext. 249 voice or 542-1870 TTY for deaf students). All information will remain confidential.
    • Academic dishonesty and plagiarism will result in a failing grade on the assignment. Using someone else's ideas or phrasing and representing those ideas or phrasing as our own, either on purpose or through carelessness, is a serious offense known as plagiarism. "Ideas or phrasing" includes written or spoken material, from whole papers and paragraphs to sentences, and, indeed, phrases but it also includes statistics, lab results, art work, etc.  Please see the YourCollegeName handbook for policies regarding plagiarism, harassment, etc. [link to your college's academic honesty policies]

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