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Dec 03, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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CHEM 0101 - Introduction to Chemistry
Credits: 4
This one-semester course introduces fundamental concepts of modern chemistry in the context of materials and processes that are familiar to students. Current issues and common observations will be used as a gateway to explore chemical principles on an atomic level. The impact of advances in chemistry on society will be investigated. Topics studied will include atomic and molecular structure, physical and chemical changes, acid-base chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry. The context in which these topics are discussed may include the chemical production of energy (electrical, solar, and nuclear), food chemistry, environmental chemistry (acid rain and global warming) and the use of chemistry in solving crimes (forensic chemistry). Three hours lecture, two hours laboratory per week.
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