Fall 2009 Semester
Lecture:  Tuesday and Thursday at 8:30-9:45 pm in 117 Sci.

Course Description:  CHEM 101 is an introductory chemistry course designed to prepare students for college level chemistry courses, such as CHEM 110 or CHEM 202.  Prior study of chemistry is not assumed, so the course introduces the vocabulary of chemistry along with some basic principles of chemical problem solving.

The course covers the following topics: matter and measurement, molecules and molecular compounds, ions and ionic compounds, chemical reaction types, stoichiometry, atomic and molecular weights, the mole, simple quantitative calculations with chemical reactions, the periodic table, nomenclature, electronic structure of atoms, simple periodic properties of the elements, chemical bonding, molecular geometry, and properties of various states of matter, acids and bases, and the basics of chemical equilibrium.