Course Syllabus
Chemistry 209 Syllabus
Course Syllabus: Summer 2018 209 syllabus-2.pdf
Meet Your Instructor: Dr. William Nguyen
Course Description & Notes from Instructor:
This is an Introductory Chemistry course designed to prepare students for the next level of Chemistry (Chemistry 210 or Chemistry 219). No previous background in chemistry is required, though experience tells me that if that's the case you'd most likely have to work harder to be successful in this course. You only need algebra level of math for this course, as a pre-requisite, but the stronger math skills you have the easier the quantitative portion of this course will be.
The material in lecture is divided into 5 units (so as you go through the course, keep in mind which unit you are in to identify which area, if any, you struggle with and spend more time studying that portion of lecture material. To make it easier for you to navigate course material in Canvas, there is 1 module for each of these unit
- Unit 1 -Nomenclature (mostly memorize name and formula of compounds and there are a lot of them so start memorizing on day one)
- Unit 2 - Types of Reactions (using formulas to write equations; also you'll need to memorize types of reactions and what products are produced in each type)
- Unit 3 - Chemical Calculations (this unit is heavy with many different types of quantitative concepts in Chemistry; beef up your math before this unit starts)
- Unit 4 - Gas Phase & Solutions (more calculations and concepts)
- Unit 5 - Introductory to Atomic Structure
The first 3 units are intimately related, meaning if you struggle in the first unit you'll struggle and most likely not pass the course. So take the course seriously at the very beginning and work extra hard in unit 1 to memorize names and formulas of compounds, the material of unit 1.
The lab portion of this course is where you can have some fun experimenting with stuff in a chemistry lab. It's also the easier portion of the course in terms of grading as you'll get majority of the points if you do what is asked.
Course Summary:
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