Intended for first-semester students whose academic plans require advanced work in chemistry.
Curriculum includes components of matter, stoichiometry, classes of reactions, gases, thermochemistry, atomic structure, electron configuration, chemical bonding, molecular shapes, covalent bonding, organic compounds, intermolecular forces, equilibrium.
Department enforced prerequisite: one year high school chemistry or CHEM 1021 (min grade C-). Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: natural science.
Students attend small, hands-on lecture (MWF), and work in groups on discovery learning exercises, assisted by undergraduate assistants (TTh).
Students must enroll in CHEM 1114, the laboratory course; they have a choice of three different lab sections