CHEM& 121: Introduction to Chemistry

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Class Program

Chemistry

Credits

Weekly Contact Hours

Course ID

091530

Meets Degree Requirements For

Natural Science with Lab

Description

Inorganic chemistry for allied health students or for individuals needing a general science transfer credit. Includes laboratory. Prerequisites: MATH 099 or a grade of '3' or higher on the Smarter Balanced exam or appropriate assessment score.

Grading Basis

Graded

Prerequisites

MATH 99 or a grade of 3 or higher on the Smarter Balanced exam or appropriate assessment score

Course Learning Outcomes

Understand and use basic mathematics and the factor-unit method to solve unit conversions and one unknown equations applied to chemistry problems

Apply an understanding of atomic and molecular theory and the scientific method to communicate chemical principles in written course assessments

Apply a knowledge of ionic and covalent bonding, electronegativity, and intermolecular forces, to understanding chemical reactions and chemical phenomena

Develop skills in manipulating laboratory equipment and reagents to investigate chemical changes and relate those changes to the fundamental concepts of chemistry

Make careful observations in a controlled laboratory setting, and be able to communicate those observations effectively in writing

Gain experience in manipulating laboratory equipment and reagents to investigate chemical changes through application of the scientific method, either with a lab partner or in a small group setting

Core Topics

Matter, metric system, measurements, dimensional analysis
Lab: Check in and experimenting with the gas burner
Energy, atomic structure, isotopes, and Bohr model of the atom.
Lab: Metric system and measurement
Quantum model of atom, periodic table, periodic law, formation of ions.
Lab: Finish metric system
Compounds, ions, molecules, bonding, VSEPR.
Lab: Model Building
Chemical reactions, ionic and covalent bonding, ionic and binary covalent nomenclature, and mole concept.
Lab: Copper to Copper
Solids, liquids and gases; intermolecular forces
Lab: Kitchen Chemistry
Polarity, solutions, electrolytes, non-electrolytes.
Lab: Electrolytes
Reaction rates, exothermic and endothermic reactions, equilibrium, Le Chatlier's principle.
Lab: No Lab
Acid and base theory, neutralization, salts, autoionization of water & pH scale, buffers, pH in the body.
Lab: Acids and bases
Nuclear Chemistry, radioactivity, nuclear transmutation.
Lab: Radioactivity and check out