Chemistry

Degrees and Certificates

Courses

CY 104: Chemistry I for Health Sciences: Introduction to Chemistry (fall semester)

Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4
This is an algebra based course designed for majors in the health sciences or students with basic skills needs in general chemistry. The course content includes nomenclature, atomic and molecular structure, bonding, and reactions. This course is appropriate only as a review course for chemistry, other science or pre-professional majors.

CY 113: General Chemistry (Selected Topics)

Lecture Hours 3 Credits 3
A lecture course covering the subject matter of the first semester of general chemistry. No laboratory practice is required. This course offering is contingent upon a 19 on ACT and enrolled or have taken, MS 123 (MATH 1103), College Algebra, prior approval of both instructor and Dean.

CY 114: General Chemistry I

Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4
ACTS Equivalent Course Number
CHEM 1414
General Chemistry I, CY 114 (CHEM 1414), covers the basic principles of chemistry with emphasis upon stoichiometry, periodic properties of the elements and the correlation between electronic configurations of the elements and these properties. The laboratory emphasizes both the qualitative and quantitative aspects of chemistry. Corequisites for this course are college algebra (MS 123 (MATH 1103)) and applied mathematics for students of science (MS 213).

CY 123: General Chemistry (Selected Topics)

Lecture Hours 3 Credits 3
A lecture course covering the subject matter of the second semester of general chemistry. No laboratory practice is required. This course offering is contingent upon prior approval of both instructor and division chairman.

CY 124: General Chemistry II

Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4
ACTS Equivalent Course Number
CHEM 1424

General Chemistry II, CY 124 (CHEM 1424), is a continuation of CY 114 (CHEM 1414). This course treats in detail the states of matter, the energy relationships involved in physical and chemical changes, equilibrium and kinetics. Prerequisites for this course are MS 123 (MATH 1103) (College Algebra), CY 114 (CHEM 1414) (General Chemistry I), and MS 213 (Applied Math for Science Students) or departmental approval. The laboratory emphasizes quantitative analysis.

CY 134: Chemistry I for General Education/Non Majors

Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4
ACTS Equivalent Course Number
CHEM 1004

This survey course introduces Chemistry as it applies to the real world. Includes basic topics of scientific method, measurement, states of matter, atomic structure, periodic table, chemical properties, and chemical reactions. Appropriate for general education. Not appropriate for science majors. Lab required. This is an algebra-based chemistry course and it is strongly recommended that the student should have completed College Algebra with a “C” or better.

CY 204: Chemistry II for Health Sciences: An Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry (spring semester)

Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4
ACTS Equivalent Course Number
CHEM 1224

Chemistry II for Health Sciences: An Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry, CY 204 (CHEM 1224), is a one-semester survey course treating simple nomenclature, the chemical and physical prop-erties of organic compounds and the structure and function of the major classes of physiologically important compounds. This course is designed to give students of health sciences a basic knowledge of organic and biochemistry. A text that combines inorganic, organic and biochemistry is used. Some knowledge on the part of the student of inorganic chemistry is assumed.

CY 213: Organic Chemistry (Selected Topics)

Lecture Hours 3 Credits 3
A lecture course covering the subject matter of the first semester of organic chemistry. No laboratory practice is required. This course offering is contingent upon prior approval of both instructor and Dean.

CY 214: Organic Chemistry

Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4
A unified course designed to provide the student with a knowledge of aliphatic and aromatic carbon compounds. Their nomenclature, classification, derivatives, and general reactions are emphasized.

CY 224: Organic Chemistry

Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4
A continuation of CY 214, emphasizing structure-reaction relationships and mechanistic pathways.