Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus Course Prefix/Number/Title: CHEM 121 Number of Credits: 4 semester hours Course Description: This class will provide students with a foundation in chemical concepts and principles. This course consists of three one hour lectures and one two hour lab each week. Course Objectives: General Chemistry I is designed to provide a firm foundation in chemical concepts and principles so that students will develop an appreciation of the vital role that chemistry plays in their everyday lives. 1. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of the nature of atoms, ions, and molecules. 2. Students will gain a detailed understanding of the quantitative relationships governing chemical reactions, including the ability to perform a variety of stoichiometry calculations. 3. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of the behavior and properties of ideal gases. 4. Students will gain an understanding of elementary thermochemistry (Hess’ Law calculations, heats of reaction, heats of formation, etc.) 5. Students will gain an elementary understanding of electronic structure of atoms, including a bit of quantum theory, and periodic relationships of the chemical elements. 6. Students will gain an understanding of chemical bonding, including knowledge of different types of bonding, predictions of molecular geometry from VSEPR theory, and hybridization. 7. Students will be able to identify fundamental reaction types, especially acid base, precipitation, and oxidation reduction, as well as descriptive chemistry of simple inorganic ions and molecules. Instructor: Angie Bartholomay Office: NSC 111 Office hours: MW 9-10:00am Phone number: 228-5471 Email : angela.bartholomay@dakotacollege.edu Lecture Schedule: 10:00 -11:50am MWF NSC 124 Lab Schedule: T10:00-10:50am & 8:00-9:50am Thursday NSC 120 Textbook: Chemistry 10 th Edition by Raymond Chang Student Email Policy: Dakota College at Bottineau is increasingly dependent upon email as an official form of communication. A student’s campus-assigned email address will be the only one recognized by the campus for official mailings. The liability for missing or not acting upon important information conveyed via campus email rests with the student. Course Requirements: