CHM 110 (College Chemistry I)  

Students will learn to make and work with measurements in the metric system, and to interconvert English and metric system units as part of unit conversion problems.  They will understand how to characterize materials by their chemical and physical properties, expressing these properties in appropriate significant figures.  Students will understand atomic theory, and be able to define atoms, ions, isotopes and molecules, and will also understand the key experiments and observations that led to the development of this theory.  Students will be able to derive important properties of atoms from the Periodic Table, including relative atomic size, reactivity, electron configurations, ionic charges, atomic weights and electronegativity, and will understand the principles of chemical periodicity.  From a knowledge of quantum numbers and electronic configurations they will understand the shape of the Periodic Table, as well as the shapes of molecules, and the types of bonds holding atoms together.  Students will write and balance chemical reactions, predicting the products of these reactions, and will make quantitative calculations based on these equations and the concepts of moles and molecular weight, and will also perform thermodynamic calculations.  Students will learn to calculate the pressure, volume, temperature and density of gases using the gas laws, and will understand the three phases of matter and the nature of phase changes.  Finally, they will know the kinds of intermolecular forces holding molecules together and will use this knowledge to explain differences in boiling point, surface tension, viscosity, and other properties of materials.