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 CHEM 1405.
Introductory Chemistry I. (Core
030)
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History
of chemistry; the metric system, the structure of atoms and molecules; weight
and volume calculations from chemical equations; certain laws governing chemical
and physical changes in matter; the chemical and physical properties of a select
group of elements and compounds; the periodic table; and properties of gases.
Prerequisite: THEA reading requirement met or concurrent enrollment in READ
0307. [Offered fall and spring semesters; offered summer I semester at Sugar
Land.]
CHEM
1407. Introductory Chemistry II.
(Core 030)
4:3:2
Continuation
of CHEM 1405. Includes the following topics: solutions, acids, bases, and
ionic equations; chemical equilibrium; electrochemistry; ionic equilibria.
Introduction to organic chemistry including petroleum, chemicals in the
home, plastics, vitamins and drugs, fertilizers.
Introduction to nuclear chemistry. Prerequisite:
CHEM 1405 or 1411. [Offered when demand requires.]
CHEM 1411.
General Chemistry I (w/lab). (Core
030)
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Topics
include fundamental laws and their everyday application; chemical and physical
properties; uses of common elements and compounds; structure of matter;
properties of gases and solutions; the periodic table and valence; ionization,
oxidation and reduction, electrolysis, and the modern theory of acids and bases.
Prerequisites: High-school chemistry or CHEM 1405 or college GPA of 3.3.
Satisfactory completion of the THEA reading and math requirements.
[Offered fall, spring and summer I semesters.]
CHEM 1412.
General Chemistry II (w/lab). (Core
030)
4:3:4
Continuation
of CHEM 1411. Topics include oxidation, reduction, and electrochemistry;
molecular and ionic equilibria; introduction to chemical kinetics and chemical
thermodynamics; introduction to organic chemistry, radioactivity and atomic
energy; and qualitative analysis of common ions. Prerequisite:
CHEM 1411. [Offered spring and summer II semesters.]
CHEM 2423. Organic Chemistry I.
(Core 030)
4:3:4
Survey
of organic chemistry with emphasis on present-day theories and chemical
principles that relate to everyday phenomena.
Topics include hydrocarbons, benzene, stereochemistry, spectroscopy, and
halogen compounds. Prerequisite: CHEM 1412. [Offered fall semester at Wharton.]
CHEM
2425. Organic Chemistry II.
(Core 030)
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Continuation
of CHEM 2423. Topics include compounds containing unlike substituents,
carbohydrates, derivatives of hydrocarbons, diazo compounds, phenols, quinones,
heterocylic compounds, proteins, carbonyl compounds, amines, NMR, and
spectroscopy. Prerequisite: CHEM
2423. [Offered spring semester at Wharton.]
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