CHEM 304 - Chemistry of Wine Making

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UDB
The history, chemistry and technology of wine making. Production of standard types of wine from grape varieties. Laboratory illustrates chemical principles as applied to wine making. Lecture Units: 2; Lab Units: 1

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Areas B1-B3.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better; and Area B1.
Credit Restrictions: Not for Chemistry or Biochemistry major or minor credit.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UDB- Upper Division Science Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning
Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Define and explain the basic steps of wine making and the chemical analyses required in wine making;
Perform a simple titration-based analysis of wine acids and sulfite;
Perform an analysis for alcohol using accepted chemical techniques;
Explain the basic principles of a chemical separation;
Describe the history and laws around wine.

UD-B. Upper-division Science Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcomes

demonstrate advanced and/or focused science or quantitative content knowledge in a specific scientific field, using appropriate vocabulary and referencing appropriate concepts (such as models, uncertainties, hypotheses, theories, and technologies);
apply advanced quantitative skills (such as statistics, algebraic solutions, interpretation of graphical data) to scientific problems and evaluate scientific claims;
demonstrate understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry and the experimental and empirical methodologies used in science to investigate a scientific question or issue; and
apply science content knowledge to contemporary scientific issues (e.g., global warming) and technologies (e.g., cloning), where appropriate.