Description
Survey course introducing chemistry. Topics may include inorganic, organic, biochemistry, food/physiological chemistry, and environmental/consumer chemistry. Designed for allied health students and for students who are not science majors.
Upon successful completion, students will be able to: understand the basic concepts of matter and energy including properties and changes; demonstrate knowledge of units and use measurements in problem solving; use the periodic table to explain atomic structure; demonstrate knowledge of covalent and ionic compounds and their nomenclature; demonstrate knowledge of chemical bonding and molecular structure; understand, write, and balance chemical equations; use the mole concept to determine the number of atoms, moles, grams, and solve elementary stoichiometry-based calculations; demonstrate knowledge of gas laws to predict the behavior of gases; understand the principles of solutions and solve associated problems; understand and apply the principles o