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CHEM 1A General Chemistry 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Spring 2019
Stoichiometry of chemical reactions, quantum mechanical description of atoms, the elements and periodic table, chemical bonding, real and ideal gases, thermochemistry, introduction to thermodynamics and equilibrium, acid-base and solubility equilibria, introduction to oxidation-reduction reactions, introduction to chemical kinetics.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: High school chemistry recommended

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for CHEM 1A after completing CHEM 1AD or CHEM 4A. A deficient grade in CHEM 1A may be removed by taking CHEM 1AD.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of lecture, 1-1 hours of discussion, and 0-2 hours of voluntary per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6-6 hours of lecture, 2-2 hours of discussion, and 0-2 hours of voluntary per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CHEM 1AD General Chemistry (Digital) 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2016
An interactive general chemistry course that uses modern digital technology, offered in a smaller classroom setting to facilitate student participation and foster an engaging learning environment. Topics cover the Chemistry 1A curriculum, ranging from quantum mechanics and interactions of atoms and molecules to properties and equilibria of bulk materials. The course involves a blend of classroom lectures and peer learning with substantial web-based assignments and resources including web access to lecture videos. Lecture time is also devoted to ChemQuiz peer discussions and live demos of chemical properties and processes, which students generally find to be illuminating and valuable learning experiences.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: High school chemistry recommended

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Chemistry 1AD after completing Chemistry 1A or 4A. A deficient grade in Chemistry 1A may be removed by taking Chemistry 1AD.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 1 hour of discussion per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

Instructors: Pines, Slack

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CHEM 1AL General Chemistry Laboratory 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Spring 2019
An experimental approach to chemical sciences with emphasis on developing fundamental, reproducible laboratory technique and a goal of understanding and achieving precision and accuracy in laboratory experiments. Proper use of laboratory equipment and standard wet chemical methods are practiced. Areas of investigations include chemical equilibria, spectroscopy, nanotechnology, green chemistry, and thermochemistry. Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in 1A is required.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: CHEM 1A, with min grade of C-; or co-enrollment in CHEM 1A; or AP CHEM with min score of 4; or CHEM HL IB with min score of 5; or GCE A-Level CHEM with min grade of C

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 1AL after taking 4A.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture, 3 hours of laboratory, and 0 hours of voluntary per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 2 hours of lecture, 6 hours of laboratory, and 0 hours of voluntary per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

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CHEM 1B General Chemistry 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Summer 2018 8 Week Session, Spring 2018
Introduction to chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, properties of the states of matter, binary mixtures, thermodynamic efficiency and the direction of chemical change, quantum mechanical description of bonding introduction to spectroscopy. Special topics: Research topics in modern chemistry and biochemistry, chemical engineering.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: CHEM 1A and CHEM 1AL with min grades of C-; or CHEM 4A with min grade of C-; or AP CHEM with min score of 4; or CHEM HL IB with min score of 5; or GCE A-Level CHEM with min grade of C

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for Chemistry 1B after completing Chemistry 4B.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 2 hours of lecture, 4 hours of laboratory, and 0 hours of voluntary per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture, 8 hours of laboratory, and 0 hours of voluntary per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CHEM W1A General Chemistry 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2013 10 Week Session, Summer 2013 8 Week Session, Summer 2012 8 Week Session
Stoichiometry of chemical reactions, quantum mechanical description of atoms, the elements and periodic table, chemical bonding, real and ideal gases, thermochemistry, introduction to thermodynamics and equilibrium, acid-base and solubility equilibria, introduction to oxidation-reduction reactions, introduction to chemical kinetics. This course is web-based.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: High school chemistry is recommended

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for CHEM W1A after passing CHEM 1A or CHEM 4A. A deficiency in CHEM 1A may be removed by taking CHEM W1A.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of web-based lecture and 1 hour of web-based discussion per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of web-based lecture and 2 hours of web-based discussion per week

Online: This is an online course.

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CHEM 3A Chemical Structure and Reactivity 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Spring 2019
Introduction to organic chemical structures, bonding, and chemical reactivity. The organic chemistry of alkanes, alkyl halides, alcohols, alkenes, alkynes, and organometallics.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: CHEM 1A with min grade of C-; or AP Chem with min score of 4; or Chem HL IB with min score of 5; or GCE A-Level Chem with min grade of C

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for CHEM 3A after completing CHEM 12A; a deficient grade in CHEM 12A may be removed by taking CHEM 3A- will restrict credit if completed before Chemistry 3A.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 0 hours of voluntary per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 0 hours of voluntary per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CHEM 3AL Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Spring 2019
Introduction to the theory and practice of methods used in the organic chemistry laboratory. An emphasis is placed on the separation and purification of organic compounds. Techniques covered will include extraction, distillation, sublimation, recrystalization, and chromatography. Detailed discussions and applications of infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy will be included.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: CHEM 1A and CHEM 1AL with min grades of C-; or CHEM 4A with min grade of C-; or AP CHEM with min score of 4; or CHEM HL IB with min score of 5; or GCE A-Level CHEM with min grade of C. Corequisite: CHEM 3A with min grade of C- or coenrollment in CHEM 3A

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for CHEM 3AL after taking CHEM 12A.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 8 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

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CHEM 3B Chemical Structure and Reactivity 3 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Spring 2019
Conjugation, aromatic chemistry, carbonyl compounds, carbohydrates, amines, carboxylic acids, amino acids, peptides, proteins, and nucleic acid chemistry. Ultraviolet spectroscopy and mass spectrometry will be introduced.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: CHEM 3A and CHEM 3AL with min grades of C-

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 3B after taking 12B.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture and 0 hours of voluntary per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture and 0 hours of voluntary per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CHEM 3BL Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Summer 2019 8 Week Session, Spring 2019
The synthesis and purification of organic compounds will be explored. Natural product chemistry will be introduced. Advanced spectroscopic methods including infrared, ultraviolet, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectrometry will be used to analyze products prepared and/or isolated. Qualitative analysis of organic compounds will be covered.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: CHEM 3AL with min grade of C-. Co-requisite: CHEM 3B with min grade of C- or co-enrollment in CHEM 3B

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for CHEM 3BL after taking CHEM 12B.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 1 hour of lecture and 4 hours of laboratory per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 2 hours of lecture and 8 hours of laboratory per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

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CHEM N3AL Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Summer 2018 8 Week Session, Summer 2017 8 Week Session, Summer 2015 8 Week Session
Introduction to the theory and practice of methods used in the organic chemistry laboratory. An emphasis is placed on the separation and purification of organic compounds. Techniques covered will include extraction, distillation, sublimation, recrystalization, and chromatography. Detailed discussions and applications of infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy will be included.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: CHEM 1A and CHEM 1AL with min grades of C-; or CHEM 4A with min grade of C-; or AP CHEM with min score of 4; or CHEM HL IB with min score of 5; or GCE A-Level CHEM with min grade of C. Co-requisite: CHEM 3A with min grade of C- or co-enrollment in CHEM 3A. CHEM 4A with approval of instructor

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for CHEM N3AL after taking CHEM 12A.

Hours & Format

Summer: 8 weeks - 2 hours of web-based lecture and 8 hours of laboratory per week

Online: This is an online course.

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.

Instructor: Pedersen

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CHEM 4A General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017
Series is intended for majors in physical, biological sciences, and engineering. It presents the foundation principles of chemistry, including stoichiometry, ideal and real gases, acid-base and solubility equilibria, oxidation-reduction reactions, thermochemistry, entropy, nuclear chemistry and radioactivity, the atoms and elements, the periodic table, quantum theory, chemical bonding, molecular structure, chemical kinetics, and descriptive chemistry. Examples and applications will be drawn from diverse areas of interest such as atmospheric, environmental, materials, polymer and computational chemistry, and biochemistry. Laboratory emphasizes quantitative work. Equivalent to 1A-1B plus 15 as prerequisite for further courses in chemistry.
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Rules & Requirements

Prerequisites: High school chemistry; calculus (may be taken concurrently); high school physics is recommended

Credit Restrictions: Students will receive no credit for 4A after taking 1A. Deficiency in 4A may be removed by successfully completing 1A and 1AL together in the same semester.

Hours & Format

Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture, 4 hours of laboratory, and 0 hours of voluntary per week

Additional Details

Subject/Course Level: Chemistry/Undergraduate

Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.

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CHEM 4B General Chemistry and Quantitative Analysis 4 Units [+]Expand course description

Terms offered: Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017
. Series is intended for majors in physical, biological sciences, and engineering. It presents the foundation principles of chemistry, including stoichiometry, ideal and real gases, acid-base and solubility equilibria, oxidation-reduction reactions, thermochemistry, entropy, nuclear chemistry and radioactivity, the atoms and elements, the periodic table, quantum theory, chemical bonding, molecular structure, chemical kinetics, and descriptive chemistry cture per week

Summer: 8 weeks - 6 hours of lecture per week