CHEM 151 - General College Chemistry I
Credit Hours: 4
Billable Contact Hours: 6
Prerequisites: MATH 105 or MATH 151 or qualifying score on accepted placement tests and CHEM 150 or one year of high school chemistry.
C1 General Education Natural Sciences Satisfier Y
MTA Natural Sciences Satisfier Y
Session Cycle: FW
A study of the basic principles of general chemistry including classification and characterization of chemical particles, chemical bonding and molecular structure, chemical reactions, oxidation-reduction processes, reaction stoichiometry, inorganic nomenclature and the qualitative behavior of common metals and their cations. Course requires laboratory work.
Notes: Science Mathematics Division
Theory Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 45
Learning Outcomes:
1. Define and apply the steps of the Scientific Method.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A and B.
2. Show how experimentation led to an understanding of the structure of the atom.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, D, and E.
3. Determine empirical formulas from experimental data.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, D, and E.
4. Predict a limiting reagent using initial masses and the theoretical yield.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
5. Show how the kinetic theory explains Boyle’s, Charles’, Avogadro’s, and Dalton’s laws.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, D, and E.
6. Calculate enthalpy changes with respect to the stoichiometry of chemical equations.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, D, and E.
7. Show how the quantum mechanical model provides the basis for an understanding of the electron structure of the atom.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, D, and E.
8. Show how the electron structure of the atom provides the basis for an understanding of chemical bonding.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, D, and E.
9. Show how Lewis structures can be used to predict molecular geometry and physical properties of molecules.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, D, and E.
10. Use qualitative analysis techniques in the laboratory to determine the verity of a hypothesis.
Applies to General Education Natural Sciences Competency Objectives A, B, C, D, and E.
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