CHEM& 139 - General Chemistry Prep

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 5
This course will survey key chemical concepts in inorganic chemistry. It is intended for science majors who have not had chemistry in high school or need the chemical and mathematical preparation for the General Chemistry sequence. It fulfills the general education non-lab science requirements. Topics include atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, solution chemistry, acids, bases, and intermolecular forces.
Prerequisite(s): MATH 021 with a grade of C or higher or appropriate placement; ENGL 087 or AENG 100 with a grade of C or higher or appropriate placement; or permission of the Science Division Chair or designee.
Recommended: READ 088.
Course Outcomes:

Differentiate between major chemical categories: states of matter; metals vs. nonmetals; ionic compounds vs. covalent compounds; solutes vs. solvents.
Solve quantitative problems using discipline-specific tools: scientific units and metric conversion; stoichiometry and dimensional analysis; and solution concentration.
Predict the products formed in selected oxidation-reduction, precipitation, acid-base, and metathesis reactions.
Diagram the atom in terms of the major subatomic particles, their location, masses and charges.
Interpret the arrangement of the periodic table and periodic trends in terms of electron quantization.

Course Topics:

Measurement
Atoms, Elements and Compounds
Molecules and Ions
Chemical Reactions
Stoichiometry
States of Matter
Solutions