General Chemistry I

Catalog description

The first course of a two-semester general chemistry sequence for science and pre-professional students. The fundamental principles and concepts of moles, unit-conversions, stoichiometry, atomic structure, bonding and molecular geometry are discussed. The laboratory portion of this first semester course emphasizes techniques such as gravimetric analysis, pipetting, graphing, performing titrations, and qualitative analysis. The fundamental principles and concepts of chemistry are presented from the standpoint of atomic and molecular structure with illustrative examples from descriptive chemistry. The laboratory portion of the first semester illustrates physical and chemical properties in a quantitative manner, and the laboratory portion of the second semester illustrates the principle of ionic equilibria including quantitative inorganic analysis. Lecture, three hours Prerequisite: CHEM 121: MATH 105 (College Algebra and Trigonometry) or Math SAT greater than 500. Students must register concurrently for CHEM 121R and CHEM 121L.