Chemistry

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• define chemical technology practice.
• describe the history and development of the field of chemical technology, including current trends.
• compare and contrast the diverse types of laboratory practice and employment settings within the field of chemical technology.
• describe ethical responsibilities of chemical technicians.
• describe typical responsibilities of chemical technicians in the workplace.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• apply principles and information from prior classroom study to tasks required of a lab technician through on-the-job experience.
• describe the duties and expectations of a lab technician.
• demonstrate soft skills that can be carried over into any position.
• explain how they value and embrace diversity in the workplace including gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and age.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• reinforce and complement classroom study through application of planned and supervised on-the-job training.
• fulfill tasks assigned by the immediate laboratory staff and/or supervisor and follow safety procedures.
• understand basic etiquette and rules in non-verbal, verbal and written communication to effectively and accurately convey meaning.
• value and embrace diversity in the workplace including gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and age.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate oral and written communication skills necessary to report and discuss chemistry laboratory processes with other scientifically trained personnel.
• perform basic chemical laboratory procedures using common laboratory equipment and analyze the data collected.
• acquire knowledge of solution and concentration, acids and bases, pH, dimensional analysis, computer, and basic statistics for lab data.
• demonstrate an understanding of safety practices, including proper chemical waste disposal procedures.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate various techniques of analytical measurements.
• demonstrate safe laboratory skills.
• learn practical theory for key laboratory equipment and perform calibration of instruments.
• use, maintain, and troubleshoot key laboratory equipment.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• discuss, plan and outline a proposal of study with fellow researchers qualified within the discipline.
• demonstrate the ability to conduct a variety of qualitative and quantitative, inorganic and organic laboratory techniques using a variety of chemistry instrumentation such as; atomic absorption spectroscopy, gas chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography–mass spectrometry.
• analyze and evaluate scientific data in the laboratory by methods such as; measured versus theoretical comparisons (evaluation of accuracy) , reproducibility of results (precision evaluation) and benefits of aggregate data vs. individual data.
• participate in regular research discussions with fellow researchers concerning theoretical background to the research, results and conclusions from experimental work, and develop plans for ongoing research.
• prepare and maintain a structured laboratory notebook.
• analyze and interpret chromatographic data.
• set up and perform basic organic chemical isolation and purification procedures.
• prepare a written and/or oral report, summarizing the results achieved from research work.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• apply chemical theories to a variety of elements and compounds.
• solve chemical word problems involving pressure, temperature, volume, concentration, moles, and grams.
• draw structures for chemical compounds based on molecular formulae.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• apply basic science study skills in learning chemistry concepts.
• demonstrate a basic understanding of matter, energy, atomic theory and structure, chemical composition, chemical reactions, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, intermolecular forces, and solutions.
• perform basic chemical laboratory procedures using common laboratory equipment and to analyze the data collected.
• apply knowledge of quantitative chemical methods to chemical calculations, including application of the mole concept to stoichiometry and the use of dimensional analysis.
• name selected elements, ions, common ionic compounds, and binary covalent compounds, given their chemical formulae, and develop chemical formulas from chemical names.
• solve basic chemical word problems.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate a knowledge of introductory chemical concepts (as listed below) and relate them to everyday life and the health sciences.
• develop chemical formulas from chemical names and vice versa for elements, ions, acids, ionic compounds, and molecular compounds.
• apply knowledge of quantitative chemical methods to chemical calculations, including application of the mole concept to stoichiometry and the use of dimensional analysis.
• demonstrate the ability to perform basic chemical laboratory procedures using common laboratory equipment and to analyze the data collected.
• formulate balanced chemical reaction equations and predict states of matter from solubility rules.
• develop a general knowledge of the make-up of the atom and how it relates to periodic trends in chemical properties and chemical bonding.
• characterize the three states of matter, the role of intermolecular forces in liquids and solids, and quantitative relationships of variables affecting behavior of gases.
• identify the properties of acids and bases (and their conjugates) with the ability to convert back and forth between acid concentration and pH.
• demonstrate a basic understanding of nuclear chemistry and its applications to medicine.
• interpret simple organic chemical formulas and structures in relationship to the Valence-Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• construct and name organic molecules.
• differentiate between the various organic functional groups and describe their physical and chemical properties as well as their intermolecular forces.
• compare the structure, function, and uses of important carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.
• perform basic organic and biochemical laboratory experiments such as organic synthesis, enzyme activity, and lipid extraction.
• evaluate and present a current biochemical topic.
• demonstrate a knowledge of the interdisciplinary and real world applications of organic chemistry and biochemistry.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• apply significant figures to measurements of mass, volume, distance, pressure, and temperature and apply unit analysis and/or 1 equation with 1 unknown algebra to calculations with unit conversions, density, molar mass, Avogadro’s number, solution concentrations, dosages, dilutions, pH, specific heat, calorimetry, and reaction energies.
• relate atomic structure to nuclear decay and nuclear medicine.
• distinguish between ionic bonds, non-polar covalent bonds, polar covalent bonds, and intermolecular forces (IMFs).
• apply Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) Theory and electronegativity to organic compounds to determine molecular polarity, IMFs, and non-covalent interactions of biological molecules.
• name and write the chemical formulae of cations, anions, inorganic compounds, and organic compounds.
• identify and predict the movement in the phenomena of diffusion, osmosis, dialysis, tonicity, and transport through cell membranes.
• apply IMFs and/or non-covalent interactions to relative physical properties of organic compounds and the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure of proteins, nucleic acids, membranes, and lipoproteins.
• convert between Lewis structures, condensed structures, and bond-line structures of organic compounds and biological molecules.
• recognize structural and stereoisomers in organic compounds and biological molecules.
• identify functional groups in organic compounds and biological molecules to predict their physical and chemical properties.
• recognize and predict the chemical reactivity of inorganic and organic acids and bases with emphasis on buffer systems.
• apply reaction kinetics, thermodynamics, and equilibrium to functional group reactions of biochemical pathways and buffer systems.
• compare and contrast the structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
• explain and interpret the processes of DNA replication and transcription and mRNA translation.
• identify the functional group reactions (hydration, dehydration, oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis, synthetic dehydration, and isomerization) and the catabolic pathways of glycolysis, beta-oxidation of fatty acids, citric acid cycle, electron transport chain, and oxidative phosphorylation.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• apply analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills as these relate to the study of chemistry.
• demonstrate quantitative, qualitative, and descriptive problem solving skills as they relate to the study of chemistry.
• apply study habits that enable mastery of chemistry.
• demonstrate and increase competence in his/her problem solving strategies through practice.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• evaluate environmental processes from the perspective of basic chemical principles of matter and energy.
• deduce the impact of human activity on environmental processes, including air, water, and biological systems, based on basic chemical principles.
• examine environmental information provided by popular culture, including consumer products, advertisements, movies, newspaper stories, etc., with respect to environmental claims.
• interpret laboratory data generated during laboratory experiments.
• apply safe handling practices to both laboratory chemicals and consumer products.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• describe the basic structure of the atom.
• apply the Laws of Conservation of Mass and Conservation of Energy to chemical systems.
• classify a chemical reaction as precipitation, acid-base, or redox given a chemical equation.
• predict the products of a precipitation, acid-base, or oxidation-reduction reaction given the reactants in an aqueous system.
• classify given organic compounds based on key functional groups (e.g., hydrocarbons, amines, alcohols, aldehyde, ketone, etc.).

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate an understanding of core chemical concepts including but not limited to classification and measurement of matter, atomic structure, chemical bonding, molecular structure, acid/base and reduction/oxidation reactions, and nuclear chemistry.
• recognize the function of chemicals in everyday items using knowledge of basic chemistry and chemical nomenclature.
• evaluate various physical and chemical tests.
• show simple unit conversions and calorie calculations.
• apply basic science study skills.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• apply the scientific method to investigate matter and energy.
• measure the chemical and physical properties of materials and model these measurements to predict the properties of the materials under new conditions.
• design a method that simultaneously optimizes multiple variables.
• analyze scientific principles important in natural phenomena.
• interpret the results of experiments and apply the results to formulate new experiments.
• diagram a process with multiple inputs and outputs.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• apply the basic principles of chemistry to the major classes of artist's materials (paints, clay, metals, dyes, fabric, photography, etc).
• apply the principles of the scientific method to investigate the characteristics of various artist's materials.
• predict the characteristics of various artist's materials using basic chemistry.
• explain the relationship between advances in chemistry/technology and art materials, especially throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
• interpret content labeling of substances commonly used in art using knowledge of basic chemistry and chemical nomenclature.
• assess a particular art material or process using library and internet resources.
• analyze basic safety issues regarding the use of common artist's materials.
• evaluate some instrumental and analytical techniques used in art conservation and art analysis.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• evaluate chemical theories and their relationship to chemical properties. For example, understand modern atomic theory (including basic principles of quantum theory) as it applies to the electronic organization of atoms, chemical bonding, and periodic properties.
• demonstrate problem solving and critical thinking skills in the application of basic chemical principles to the solution of problems with multiple steps and/or intermediate conclusions and successfully apply reasonable approximations to the solution of experimental and theoretical problems.
• analyze significant figures, correct units of measurement, experimental errors as they apply to chemical calculations such as stoichiometry and thermochemistry.
• conduct laboratory experiments, successfully selecting and operating common laboratory equipment to quantitatively and qualitatively demonstrate chemical principles with results recorded in a properly formatted laboratory notebook.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• explain the basic concepts and theories of kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, acid/base chemistry, coordination chemistry, nuclear chemistry, and introductory organic chemistry; and cite examples of their importance and relevance in the world.
• evaluate and solve quantitative and qualitative problems in kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, acid/base chemistry, coordination chemistry, and nuclear chemistry through mathematical application of basic principles.
• conduct a variety of qualitative and quantitative inorganic laboratory experiments using a variety of chemistry instrumentation such as pH meters, spectrophotometers, and automated data loggers.
• analyze and evaluate scientific data in the laboratory by methods such as measured versus theoretical comparisons (evaluation of accuracy) and reproducibility of results (precision evaluation), hand and electronic graphing, benefits of aggregate or group data vs. individual student data, Beer's Law analysis, etc.
• organize and prepare written laboratory reports describing and interpreting the results of practical laboratory exercises, including answering thought-provoking questions on the experiment.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• design an experimental method in response to a given analytical problem.
• uncover the underlying chemical theories of a specified analytical problem.
• evaluate the validity of experimental data.
• demonstrate safe, accurate, and precise laboratory skills.
• draft a laboratory notebook in conformance with a given standard operating procedure.
• critique in writing and orally the results obtained from an experiment.
• apply fundamental laboratory skills at a level commensurate with a science professional.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• integrate the fundamental concepts of general chemistry into the structure and reactivity of organic compounds.
• explain the fundamental concepts of organic chemistry and predict the products of chemical reactions.
• design multiple-step syntheses to prepare organic compounds.
• deduce the structure of organic compounds from chemical reactivity and spectroscopic data.
• prepare a structured laboratory notebook.
• set up and perform basic organic chemical isolation and purification procedures; operate a variety of modern instrumentation (GC, GC-MS, HPLC, FT-IR); analyze and interpret experimental data.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• name organic compounds according to IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) nomenclature rules.
• integrate the fundamental concepts of general chemistry and first semester organic chemistry into second semester organic chemistry.
• apply the theories of structure and reactivity to the following functional groups: conjugated dienes, ethers, aromatic compounds, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, aldehydes, ketones, amines, phenols, diazonium salts, and some biologically important polyfunctional groups.
• predict the major product(s) of chemical reactions and relate theory to real life examples.
• design multi-step syntheses to prepare organic compounds.
• set up and perform basic organic chemistry laboratory experiments and operate a variety of modern chemical instruments.
• analyze and interpret experimental and chromatographic data.
• deduce the structure of organic compounds from chemical reactivity and spectroscopic data.
• prepare and maintain a structured laboratory notebook.
• explain reaction mechanisms using the relative stability of reaction intermediates.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• understand the reactivity of organic functional groups based on structural and bonding theories.
• name key fundamental groups and classes of organic molecules using the system developed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
• predict mechanisms and intermediates of fundamental reactions of organic chemistry.
• use spectroscopic methods and calculations of unsaturation numbers to identify key functional groups in organic compounds.
• differentiate between structural isomers and stereoisomers, and resonance forms of molecules.
• analyze the effects of reagents, solvents, catalysts, temperature, and pressure in organic reactions.
• develop potential sequences of reactions to convert one functional group to another, or to synthesize simple organic molecules.
• evaluate biochemical molecules (carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids) and biochemical processes using fundamental principles of organic chemistry.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• develop an integrated understanding of the nomenclature and molecular structure of specific types of organic compounds, associate reactions with specific functional group chemistry, and predict the chemical reactions of specific organic molecules given their chemical structures.
• demonstrate deductive intuition relating to the mechanistic reaction synthesis themes and characteristic reactivities of the major classes of organic compounds studied.
• deduce outcomes of given reactions and, given a target product, outline the synthetic steps necessary to produce that compound.
• investigate and analyze interdisciplinary and real world applications of organic chemistry as applied to biological systems.
• cite and compile physical property and toxicological data from literature for chemicals used in the laboratory.
• document, set up, perform, and evaluate experiments employing standard organic chemistry techniques.
• utilize instrumental methods such as gas chromatography to determine the composition of a mixture of compounds, and infrared spectroscopy and refractometry for investigating the identity of compounds.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate the ability to name, associate, and draw organic molecules, including but not limited to carbonyl compounds, aromatic compounds, amines, and biomolecules.
• utilize knowledge of specific reagents associated with reactions involving different classes of compounds and predict the products of reactions.
• analyze, outline, and integrate multiple mechanistic reaction themes and reaction pathways.
• assemble complex laboratory apparatus to perform experiments such as multi-step synthesis, execute and document experiments, independently operate instrumentation and analyze subsequent data to characterize and quantify products.
• apply reasoning towards understanding how organic chemistry principles are associated with pathways and pharmacology of biological systems.
• summarize and outline factual information about current chemical topics, and compile and cite peer reviewed chemical literature.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• demonstrate an advanced understanding of the principles involved in general inorganic chemistry.
• confirm a variety of chemical theories experimentally.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• discuss knowledge of the material presented in the course.
• compare and contrast issues related to the research topic.
• develop analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills as they relate to the field of chemistry.
• acquire and interpret data.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.
• submit an abstract of original research to an Honors conference.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• discuss knowledge of the material presented in the course.
• compare and contrast issues related to the research topic.
• develop analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills as they relate to the field of chemistry.
• acquire and interpret data.
• apply fundamental chemistry principles to concrete issues affecting society.
• submit an abstract of original research to an Honors conference.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• discuss knowledge of the material presented in the course.
• compare and contrast issues related to the topic of the course.
• develop analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills as they relate to the field of chemistry.
• acquire and interpret data.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• discuss and outline a proposal of study (that can be accomplished within one semester term) with a supervising instructor qualified within the discipline.
• demonstrate competence in the skills essential to mastery of the major discipline of study that are necessary to accomplish the independent study.
• prepare a written and/or oral report summarizing the results achieved from the independent study.
• apply fundamental chemical principles to concrete issues affecting society.