CHEM 100 - Introduction to College Chemistry

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-5A, GE-5C
Elementary principles of chemistry, including experimentation and science practices: measurement, properties of matter, periodic table, energy conversion and transfer, phase changes, chemical reactions, atomic theory, laws of conservation of matter and energy, reaction rates, thermal and chemical equilibria, nuclear reactions. Lecture Units: 3; Lab Units: 1

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-5A - Lower Division Physical and Biological Sciences (Physical) and GE-5C Lower Division Physical and Biological Sciences (Laboratory)
Co-requisites: MATH 115E or MATH 118; or MATH 120, MATH 125, MATH 130, or STAT 100.
Credit Restrictions: Not for chemistry major or minor credit

Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

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

Classify and describe physical and chemical changes.
Explain the periodic properties of elements and the relation to atomic structure.
Quantify the composition of substances.
Rationalize the structure of some simple molecules.
Describe basic nuclear transformations and their application to energy and medicine.
Analyze chemical measurements.
Utilize standard laboratory safety practices.

GE-5A. 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.
Describe the potential limits of scientific endeavors, including the accepted standards and ethics associated with scientific inquiry.

GE-5C. Physical and Biological Sciences (Laboratory) Activity Learning Outcomes

Apply their knowledge of scientific theories, concepts, and data about the physical and life sciences through laboratory or field activities.
Apply their understanding of scientific practices, including the scientific method in a laboratory or field setting.
Apply accepted standards related to safety and ethics associated with conducting and communicating scientific inquiry, while completing laboratory or field activities.