CHEM 112 - General Chemistry II

Units: 3
Fundamental principles of chemistry: solutions, kinetics, equilibrium, acids and bases, entropy and free energy, electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, transition metals, and organic chemistry.

Prerequisites: CHEM 111 and CHEM 111L both with grade C- or better.
Co-requisites: CHEM 112L
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
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:

Explain and analyze important properties of solutions;
Model time-evolution profiles of chemical reactions using the tools of chemical kinetics;
Describe both qualitatively and quantitatively chemical systems at equilibrium;
Infer acid and base properties of chemical compounds. Perform equilibrium calculations based on acid-base properties;
Relate chemical equilibrium to the thermodynamic properties of a chemical system;
Apply methods of electrochemistry to predict cell potentials in oxidation-reduction reactions;
Infer identities of daughter nuclides based on types of radioactive decay of parent nuclides;
Model transition metal centered complex ions using Crystal Field Theory;
Identify simple functional groups in organic molecules based on formulas and structures.