General Chemistry I: Professional Track (Lecture)

3 units

General Chemistry I: Professional Track introduces the general principles of chemistry for students planning a professional career in pharmacy, a related science, or the health professions. This course covers atomic structure, periodic relationships, chemical bonding and geometry, moles, solutions, stoichiometry, types of chemical reactions, gas laws, and thermochemistry. Students are introduced to the physical world they live in through the eyes of a chemist; they will explore how and why atoms form bonds, the multiple ways that bonds are formed, the geometric patterns that atoms take when bonded, and the physical manifestations of these combinations. Intermolecular interaction is a key concept in explaining the physical properties of matter, so students will explore different types of intermolecular forces. Students will explore the concepts of moles, solutions, and stoichiometric calculations of different types of chemical reactions. They also will be confronted with the states of matter, gas laws, and thermochemistry.