Chemistry 101
General Chemistry

Welcome to Chemistry 101! Chemistry is often referred to as the central science. Chemistry touches many other scientific fields such as biology, physics, medicine, agricultural science, environmental science, materials science and nanotechnology among others. Chemists ask questions like: What are the properties of this substance? Why do these substances differ in their properties? How can we control these properties? How can we use what we know about substances and their properties to make new medicines, new building materials, innovative electronics, efficient power plants and automobiles that do not rely on gasoline? In this course we will be asking some of these questions and exploring some of the most fundamental concepts in chemistry. Chemistry is an experimental science, so we will be exploring chemical concepts in the laboratory as well as in lecture. This course satisfies The Natural World General Education Requirement. Catalog Description: CHM 101 Open to any non-science major, including nursing, education and business. The principles of general and nuclear chemistry including atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, gas laws, solutions, equilibrium, acids, bases, buffers and oxidation- reduction are applied to laboratory work. Laboratory experiments center on the properties of compounds and solutions. Headlines from major news media are interspersed throughout this syllabus to illustrate the links between the course content and the rest of the world.