General Chemistry
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| Design, construct, and interpret graphs accurately
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2.
| Solve quantitative chemistry problems and demonstrate reasoning clearly and
completely as applied to stoichiometry and molarity, gas laws, and
thermodynamics. Integrate multiple ideas in the problem solving process.
Check results to make sure they are physically reasonable.
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3.
| Write balanced general chemical and net ionic equations, classify types.
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Chemistry 102 – General Chemistry |
1.
| Solve quantitative chemistry problems and demonstrate reasoning clearly and
completely as applied to equilibria, chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, and
solutions. Integrate multiple ideas in the problem solving process.
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2.
| Apply models of atomic behavior to explain general properties of matters such as
colligative properties of solutions, crystal field theory, collision theory, and
entropy.3) Identify ions in solution using qualitative analysis.
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Chemistry 105 – Organic Chemistry
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1.
| Predict and explain the expected chemical and physical behavior of an organic
compound based on its functional group(s) and geometry.
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2.
| Discern chirality in an organic compound, draw stereoisomers in the standard 3-
dimensional conventions, and determine relationships between pairs of
stereoisomers drawn in these conventions, including conformational
stereoisomers.
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3.
| Outline a rational synthesis of a small target organic compound using reactions,
reaction conditions and mechanisms learned in the course.
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4.
| Write a rational mechanism to explain a given transformation of an organic
compound, including proper use of the directed-arrow convention.
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5.
| Apply the theory and practice of laboratory techniques used in the preparation,
purification, separation and identification of organic compounds including the
proper use of specialized glassware and output from instruments such as HNMR,
CNMR, FT-IR, GC, refractometer, polarimeter, Mel-Temp, etc.
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6.
| Practice safety in the organic chemistry laboratory including personal safety and
deportment, safe deployment and use of glassware and apparatus, as well as the
proper handling of hazardous chemicals and management of chemical waste.
Instructor observations; laboratory quizzes; frequency of student injuries
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7.
| Maintain a complete and organized record of laboratory experimental data and
observations in accordance with the format of the scientific notebook.
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Chemistry 106 – Elements of General Chemistry
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1.
| Expand, reinforce, and apply all of the concepts and skills acquired in the first
semester of organic chemistry to organic compounds containing additional
functional groups including arenes, amines, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids
and the derivatives of carboxylic acids.
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2.
| Outline multi-step syntheses of more complex organic compounds using
reactions learned to date via serial and convergent strategies.
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3.
| Understand the basic physical, chemical, and stereochemical properties of
organic compounds of biological importance.
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4.
| Apply and reinforce the laboratory techniques learned in Chemistry 105 to the
synthesis and characterization of a variety of organic compounds.
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5.
| Using a combination of classical and modern spectroscopic tools, identify an
unknown organic compound.
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6.
| Handle laboratory glassware, equipment, chemicals, and generated waste using
guidelines and basic knowledge about the hazards associated with operations in
an organic chemistry laboratory.
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7.
| Maintain a complete and organized record of laboratory experimental data and
observations in accordance with the format of the scientific notebook.
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Chemistry 110 – Fundamentals of College Chemistry: Inorganic
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1.
| Solve quantitative problems and check answers to make sure that they are
physically reasonable as applied to areas such as unit conversions,
stoichiometry, and gas laws.
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2.
| Apply IUPAC naming rules to acids, salts and molecular compounds.
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3.
| Explain qualitative chemical concepts and trends.
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4.
| Perform laboratory experiments correctly using appropriate techniques and
safety procedures.
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5.
| Describe, model and analyze microscopic behavior to explain macroscopic
properties as applied to such areas as chemical bonding, gas laws, atomic
theory, acids, bases, nuclear chemistry, and oxidation-reduction.
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6.
| Write and predict the products of chemical reactions. Classify chemical reactions
as to type.
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Chemistry 120 – Fundamentals of College Chemistry: Organic and Biochemistry
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1.
| Analyze the structure of the atom to identify elementary particles, their charges,
and how they are involved in chemical reactions.
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2.
| Identify fundamental particles of the atom that are involved in radioactive decay
and how they may affect the human body.
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3.
| Apply the structure of the periodic table to the structure of atoms and their
chemical reactivity.
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4.
| Apply the dimensional analysis method to calculations of solution concentrations,
quantities involved with chemical reactions, buffers, etc.
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Chemistry 121 – Fundamentals of College Chemistry: Organic and Biochemistry
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1.
| Given the IUPAC names for organic reactants, students will identify or draw the
structural formulas and for the reaction, predict products, provide organic
structures and their IUPAC names.
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2.
| Differentiate physical and chemical properties of organic functional families and
correlate them with the structure.
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3.
| Construct models of organic molecules using ball and stick models
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4.
| Differentiate composition, properties, and chemical reactions of the biologically
important compounds: Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids.
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5.
| Identify the functions of biomolecules in biological systems and their metabolic
pathways.
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