Courses
CHM 131 General Chemistry I (4 cr.)
This course is the basic introduction to chemistry. It is the prerequisite to all advanced chemistry courses. It is required for students in most health professions including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing. This is also an appropriate course for non-science majors to use in meeting the laboratory science part of the general education requirement. Principles to be taught include stoichiometry, chemical periodicity, and atomic and molecular structure, with applications in other sciences and the world. The principles learned in class are further applied in the laboratory part of the course, which will count as 20% of the course grade. The use of computer technology and the internet to study chemistry will be an integral part of the course. (Prerequisite: Math 103 with at least a C or its equivalent.) (3 lectures and a 3-hour lab)
CHM 132 General Chemistry II (4 cr.)
This course is the continuation of Chemistry 131 and completes a two-semester course in general chemistry. It is required for students in most health professions including medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy. Principles to be taught include rates of chemical reactions, equilibrium, thermodynamics, and acid-base chemistry, with applications in other sciences and the world. The principles learned in class are further applied in the laboratory part of the course, which will count as 20% of the course grade. The use of computer technology and the internet to study chemistry will be an integral part of the course. (Prerequisite: CHM 131 with at least a C or its equivalent.) (3 lectures and a 3-hour lab)
CHM 241 Organic Chemistry I (4 cr.)
This course is the first of a two-semester study of the chemistry of carbon compounds. It is required for students in most health professions including medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy. Principles to be taught include structure and bonding in organic compounds, nomenclature, reactivity of different functional groups, and reaction mechanisms, with applications in other sciences and the world. The principles learned in class are applied in the laboratory part of the course, which will count as 20% of the course grade. The use of computer technology and the internet to study chemistry will be an integral part of the course. (Prerequisite: CHM 132 with at least a C or its equivalent.) (3 lectures and a 3-hour lab)
CHM 242 Organic Chemistry II (4 cr.)
This course is the continuation of Chemistry 241 and completes a two-semester course in organic chemistry. It is required for students in most health professions including medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy. It focuses on the applications of the principles from CHM 241 to solving problems in structure elucidation, stereochemistry, and synthesis as applied to other sciences and the world. The principles learned in class are applied in the laboratory part of the course, which will count as 20% of the course grade. The use of computer technology and the internet to study chemistry will be an integral part of the course. (Prerequisite: CHM 242 with at least a C or its equivalent.) (3 lectures and a 3-hour lab)
CHM 291-292 Independent Study
CHM 293-294 Directed Study
CHM 295-299 Internship
