First-Year Organic Chem Lab Lecture

1.0 credits

CHEM 173 is the fall semester, one credit laboratory accompanying CHEM 171, an exploration of the basic observations, concepts and practice of organic chemistry, with a focus on the fundamental relationships among molecular structure and chemical reactivity. The exploration will require that students grapple with in depth issues: defining questions, evaluating evidence, weighing arguments, reflecting on epistemological issues, constructing new experiments, etc. The study of organic chemistry will be carefully integrated with a review of the key concepts from general chemistry. Freshman Organic Chemistry is designed for first year students with good preparation in chemistry.