CH 200A - Chemistry I

4 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits

Course Description
This is a general chemistry course for students in engineering and nursing degree programs. Students will design and conduct experiments, analyze and interpret data and relate experimental results to theoretical understandings of chemical phenomena. Specifically, students will more thoroughly understand such subjects as basic chemical calculations, nomenclature, atomic structure, intra- and intermolecular forces, kinetic molecular theory, properties of gases, and solutions. Not for credit for students who have credit for CH 100, CH 103, CH 310, CH 200 or CH 200B. This course is designed for students who did not take chemistry in high school or need a refresher course because they took a chemistry class more than five years ago. (prereq: the course is for students without a background in chemistry)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Plan and create structured experiments
Write proficiently in technical communications
State potential procedural errors, differentiating between precision and accuracy, after conducting a laboratory experiment
Interpret data and isolate trends
Write chemical names based on chemical formula and vice versa
Write chemical reaction equations
Explain their understanding of the periodic table including, electron configurations, trends in atomic radii, ionization energy, electron affinity, and electronegativity
Describe and illustrate the formation and properties of ionic, covalent, and metallic bonding, including Lewis dot structures
Describe and illustrate molecules using molecular geometry
Explain the difference between intramolecular and intermolecular forces
Explain the law of conservation of mass and solve stoichiometric problems, including limited reagent and percent yield
State the gas laws including the kinetic theory of gases and solve gas law stoichiometry
Understand the energy considerations in material changes, both physical and chemical/endothermic vs. exothermic
Understand colligative properties of solution including solubility of gases
Understand solution chemistry, including molarity, dilutions, pH, acid-base properties

Prerequisites by Topic

None

Course Topics

Nomenclature (naming compounds)
Dimensional analysis and stoichiometry
Mass relationships and chemical reactions
Solutions, molarity, pH and solubility of gases
Classification and properties of matter, atomic structure, periodic relationships, etc.
Chemical bonding, Lewis dot structure, molecular geometry, dipole moments and polarity
Properties of gasses
Heat of reaction-endothermic and exothermic reactions

Laboratory Topics

Determination of percent recovery of metal
Determination of chemical formula of hydrates
Determination of unknown compound via physical properties
Gases- Charles’ law
Determination of the atomic mass of aluminum
Determination of the heat of reaction
Intermolecular forces
Determination of composition of a mixture

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Dr. Anne Alexander

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