CHMY 121NL - Introduction to General Chemistry

Credit(s): 4

Prerequisite(s): appropriate placement test score on chemistry placement exam, or grade of “B-” or better in CHMY 105 within past two years, or Chemistry Pre-requisite Coordinator consent.
As the first semester of an introduction to general, inorganic, organic and biological chemistry, this course covers measurement systems, atomic structure, chemical periodicity, bonding, chemical reactions, acid-base chemistry, electrochemistry, and nuclear chemistry. Laboratory included. (All Semesters)

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course, students will be able to

Solve chemical problems and evaluate answers, including gas law applications and concentration units, to determine physical plausibility.
Apply standard scientific methods and significant figures to measurements, and dimensional analysis with significant figures to calculations.
Write the electronic configurations of atoms and ions and correlate them to the periodic table.
Identify and differentiate between ionic and covalent bonding, name simple inorganic compounds, and predict their formulas from their names.
Draw Lewis structures of chemical species and determine their geometries.
Balance chemical equations, classify reactions, and perform basic stoichiometric calculations.
Describe chemical kinetics, and apply LéChatelier’s principle to systems in chemical equilibrium.
Describe acid/base theory, perform pH calculations, and determine the pH of buffers.
Assess oxidation and reduction processes and their application to an electrochemical cell.
Describe the particles associated with nuclear chemistry, radioactivity, and use half-life to calculate the age of an object
Maintain an accurate laboratory notebook that encompasses data from the entire semester and construct a scientific laboratory report including analytical analysis of the work.
Utilize the scientific method to design and critically evaluate an experimental approach to solve an inquiry-based laboratory experiment.