Chemistry
PS 107 General Chemistry (5)
This is a one semester course for students who have not had the equivalent of one year of high school chemistry. The course includes a survey of chemistry with special emphasis on solutions and biochemistry. It is a chemistry course for students majoring in scientific and technological fields such as allied health and agriculture. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab.
PS 111 College Chemistry I (5)
Prerequisite: MAT103 - Intermediate Algebra, TST005 - Instructor Permission
This course is a college-level introduction to chemistry. It is intended for those students majoring in technological and scientific fields such as engineering, pre-medical, pre-veterinary, pre-pharmacy, pre-dentistry, etc. It is also the prerequisite course for further chemistry studies in organic chemistry, biochemistry, etc. Emphasis will be placed on the study of chemical compounds, their properties and reactions, and the scientific laws which determine their behavior. Topics include basic chemical concepts, calculations with chemical formulas and equations, chemical reactions, thermochemistry, modern theories of the atom and electronic structure, chemical periodicity, and chemical bonds. This is the first semester of a two-semester sequence.
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PS 112 College Chemistry II (5)
Prerequisite: PS 111 - College Chemistry I
This course is a continuation of the first-year chemistry course for students whose studies will continue in science or engineering. It is also a part of the required pre-professional courseload (eg, pre-medicine, pre-veterinary, etc.). Topics include crystals and solids, reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, solution chemistry including acid-base and complex-ion equilibria, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. There is also a brief discussion of organic chemistry biochemistry, and nuclear chemistry.
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PS 210 Organic Chemistry I (5)
Prerequisite: PS 111 - College Chemistry I, PS 112 - College Chemistry II, TST005 - Instructor Permission
This course is the first semester of a 2-semester sequence. Fundamental topics studied will include hybridization, bond and molecular orbitals, stereochemistry, acids and bases, chemical radicals, kinetics, thermodynamics, conformational analysis, and molecular structure. These topics will be applied to alkanes, haloalkanes, alkenes, and alcohols. Spectroscopic techniques including NMR, IR, and mass spec will be applied to structure determination of organic molecules.
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