CHEM 111 General Chemistry I*
A thorough study of the fundamentals and principles of chemistry. This course is designed for students majoring in chemistry, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, engineering, or science. The lecture and laboratory will cover inorganic reactions, atomic structure, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, solutions, chemical bonding, and the states of matter.
General Education Competency
Scientific Way of Knowing
CHEM 111General Chemistry I*
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I. General Information
II. Course Specification
Course Type
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General Education Competency
Scientific Way of Knowing
Credit Hours Narrative
5 Credits
Semester Contact Hours Lecture
60
Semester Contact Hours Lab
45
Semester Contact Hours Clinical
0
Corequisite Narrative
CHEM 111L AND MATH 143 OR MATH 147
III. Catalog Course Description
A thorough study of the fundamentals and principles of chemistry. This course is designed for students majoring in chemistry, pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, engineering, or science. The lecture and laboratory will cover inorganic reactions, atomic structure, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, solutions, chemical bonding, and the states of matter.
IV. Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, a student will be able to:
- Define and describe fundamental chemistry concepts such as matter, compounds, elements, mixtures, energy, atoms and molecules.
- Solve a variety of chemistry problems using dimensional analysis and algebra rules. Students will be able to analyze information in a problem, select pertinent data and solve mathematical problems.
- Use the metric system to and perform unit conversions.
- Describe the basic laws and perform mathematical calculations that apply to the composition of chemical compounds including percent composition, molecular and empirical formulas.
- Correctly use the Periodic Table of the Elements to: name elements and chemical compounds, calculate molar mass, identify and explain periodic trends, determine electron configurations, determine valence electrons required for chemical bonding, identify the major classifications of elements and explain selected exceptions to periodicity.
- Classify basic types of chemical reactions and balance chemical equations by inspection. Given the names of reactants, students will be able to generate a complete balanced equation and determine the appropriate phase labels for all species involved.
- Use balanced equations to perform stoichiometry calculations involving mass and solution concentration data.
- Describe the behavior of gases using the concepts of kinetic-molecular theory. Students will be able to perform calculations applying the ideal gas law to different gas sample conditions. Students will be able to use the ideal gas law to determine, densities and molar mass of gases as well as stoichiometric amounts of gases involved in a chemical reaction.
- Describe energy changes as they pertain to chemical reactions. Students will be able to apply the laws of thermodynamics and define thermochemistry related terms such as enthalpy, state function, heat, system and surroundings. Students will be able to calculate the enthalpy of reactions using heat of formation values and bond energy values.
- Describe the current view of atomic structure through the fundamentals of quantum mechanics including the basic concepts of the wave-particle nature of matter and energy, electromagnetic radiation, quantum numbers and orbitals.
- Draw Lewis structures of covalent and ionic compounds. Students will be able to identify and draw resonance structures of molecules and exceptions to the octet rule. Students will use formal charges to identify favored resonance structures.
- Use Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory to predict molecular and electronic geometries of covalent compounds.
- Use valence bond theory to explain molecular shapes through hybridization of atomic orbitals.
- Use molecular orbital theory to describe covalent bonding in simple diatomic homo and heteronuclear molecules. Students will be able to draw simple molecular orbital diagrams.
V. Topical Outline (Course Content)
VI. Delivery Methodologies