CHEM 110 - General Chemistry for Engineering

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-B1, GE-B3
Elementary principles of chemistry including experimentation, laboratory skills, and science practices. Focused on real-world applications, connections to engineering, and systems thinking, including: properties of matter, energy, phase changes, chemical reactions, atomic structure and theory, reaction rates, equilibria, and electrochemistry. Lecture Units: 2; Lab Units: 1.

Co-requisites: MATH 120, MATH 125 or MATH 130.
Credit Restrictions: Not for chemistry major or minor credit.

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-B1 - Lower Division Physical Science, GE-B3 - Lower Division Laboratory Activity
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

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

Explain how chemical reactions can produce electrical current;
Illustrate that release or absorption of energy during a chemical reaction depends upon changes in bond energy;
Explain how changing the temperature or reactant concentration affects reaction rate;
Specify how changing conditions in a chemical system affects the amount of products at equilibrium;
Draw and describe bonding and structure of matter using appropriate theories (Lewis, valence bond theory, and band theory.

B1. Physical Science Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge of scientific theories, concepts, and data about the physical sciences;
demonstrate an understanding of scientific practices, including the scientific method; and
describe the potential limits of scientific endeavors, including the accepted standards and ethics associated with scientific inquiry.

B3. Laboratory Activity Learning Outcomes

Apply their knowledge of scientific theories, concepts, and data about the physical and sciences through laboratory activities;
apply their understanding of scientific practices, including the scientific method in a laboratory setting; and
demonstrate accepted standards and ethics associated with scientific inquiry, while completing laboratory activities.