Introductory Chemistry

Course Description

Survey of fundamentals of measurement, molecular structure, reactivity, and organic chemistry; applications to textiles, environmental, consumer, biological, and drug chemistry. Notes: For elementary education, business, and liberal arts majors; Students cannot receive credit for both CHE 101 and either CHE 111 or CHE 103; CHE 110 is recommended as corequisite.

Syllabus

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

MAC Category and SLOs

  • Apply quantitative analysis to understand the natural world.
  • Analyze and interpret quantitative data to evaluate and test hypotheses about the natural world.
  • Construct and interpret data tables, charts, graphs, or other representations of scientific data.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure Percentage/Points
Exam 1,2 and Final Exam – assesses your knowledge of the learned chemistry concepts 30%
Interactive Activities- allows students to investigate and apply learned chemistry concepts in a real world applications and/or simulated experiment. 25%
Weekly Homework, including problem sets, skill builders and quick concept checks- allows students to practice and learn course objectives. 45%

Grading Scale

Percentage Letter Grade
93-100%A
90-92%A–
87-89%B+
83-86%B
80-82%B–
77-79%C+
73-76%C
70-72%C–
67-69%D+
63-66%D
60-62%D–
<60%F

Attendance/Participation:

This is an online, asynchronous course. A schedule has been posted listing the due dates of your assignments. It is expected that students keep pace with the posted schedule.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Text: Catalyst Spark, ISBN 13 : 9781963259018

Scholarly Perspectives

This course engages diverse scholarly perspectives to develop critical thinking, analysis, and debate and inclusion of a reading does not imply endorsement.