CHEMISTRY ACROSS THE PERIODIC TABLE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CHEM 104 , 109 , or 116 Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness + Lab Breadth - Physical Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Construct and use appropriate chemical models and structural representations to explain observed differences in the physical and chemical properties of substances in terms of electrostatics, orbital overlap and energy. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct and use appropriate models of chemical bonding and reactivity (e.g., acids/bases, redox, complexation) and relative energies to justify why a particular reaction system is likely to produce the product formed most quickly or which is most stable. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and use molecular symmetry to predict a molecule’s chemical and physical properties (e.g., chirality, polarity, and vibrational spectroscopy). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the nature of solid-state compounds and their atomic arrangements and use their structures to predict and rationalize their chemical and physical properties. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Conduct, modify, and analyze experiments for the synthesis and characterization of inorganic compounds, using inorganic laboratory techniques, apparatus, and instrumentation. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Obtain, analyze, evaluate, and effectively communicate scientific research findings orally and in written form (ex: abstract, introduction, procedure, results, discussion, and references). Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Construct and use appropriate chemical models and structural representations to explain observed differences in the physical and chemical properties of substances in terms of electrostatics, orbital overlap and energy. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Construct and use appropriate models of chemical bonding and reactivity (e.g., acids/bases, redox, complexation) and relative energies to justify why a particular reaction system is likely to produce the product formed most quickly or which is most stable. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Identify and use molecular symmetry to predict a molecule’s chemical and physical properties (e.g., chirality, polarity, and vibrational spectroscopy). Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the nature of solid-state compounds and their atomic arrangements and use their structures to predict and rationalize their chemical and physical properties. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Conduct, modify, and analyze experiments for the synthesis and characterization of inorganic compounds, using inorganic laboratory techniques, apparatus, and instrumentation. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Obtain, analyze, evaluate, and effectively communicate scientific research findings orally and in written form (ex: abstract, introduction, procedure, results, discussion, and references). Audience: Undergraduate