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General Education

The following is fulfilled by this course:

  • Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
Additional Information
Status: Active
SUNY ID: 63574
Full Title: General College Chemistry I
Level: Lower Division (UG)
CIP: 4005 Chemistry

CHEM 121 | General College Chemistry I

0 to 4 credits

A course using chemical principles to explain chemical phenomena. Units, significant figures, dimensional analysis, and math and calculators as tools; chemical symbols, atomic structure, bonding, and the periodic table; anions, cations, molecules, acids, bases, formula writing, and nomenclature; classification of chemical reactions, equation writing, solutions, and stoichiometry. Additional topics to be taken from the gaseous state, the liquid state, the solid state, and thermochemistry.Prerequisite: placement in CHEM 121 or higher and high school algebra, or placement in MATH 102 or higher, or CHEM 101 with a C- or betterCo-requisite: CHEM 121L3 credits (3 lecture hours), fall or spring semesterThis course satisfies the Liberal Arts and Sciences requirement and the SUNY General Education Requirement for Natural Science