CHEM110 — Chemistry and Society
4.0 HR. (TC) Prerequisite: Approved reading placement score or equivalent, and completion of MATH 098 or MATH 099 with a grade of C or better, or high school Algebra 2, or high school Transitional Math. This course is intended to establish an understanding of the role of chemistry in modern society by developing the principles of chemistry in the context of their social, environmental, and cultural impact. Typical discussions will include: energy sources and transformations, drugs and health care, agricultural and food chemicals, air and water pollution, toxic wastes and their disposal. At a technical level, it surveys basic principles of chemistry: experimental measurements, matter, chemical symbols, atomic and molecular structure, the chemical bond, temperature, heat and energy conversions, the gas laws, solution chemistry, and basic chemical calculations. Credit will not be granted to those students who have already earned credit in a previous college level chemistry course of comparable or higher level. Recommended as a general education course for liberal arts majors. Three lecture and two laboratory hours per week. (P1 903L)