Chemistry

Degrees and Certificates

Courses

CY 104/CHEM 12104: Chemistry I for Health Sciences: Introduction to Chemistry (fall semester)

Common Course Number
CHEM 12104
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/CHEM 11353: General Chemistry (Selected Topics)

Common Course Number
CHEM 11353
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 11003 (MATH 1103), College Algebra, prior approval of both instructor and Dean.

CY 114/CHEM 14104: General Chemistry I

Common Course Number
CHEM 14104
Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4
ACTS Equivalent Course Number
CHEM 1414

General Chemistry I 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 11003 (MATH 1103)) and applied mathematics for students of science (MS 213/MATH 21373).

CY 123/CHEM 12353: General Chemistry (Selected Topics)

Common Course Number
CHEM 12353
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 dean.

CY 124/CHEM 14204: General Chemistry II

Common Course Number
CHEM 14204
Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4
ACTS Equivalent Course Number
CHEM 1424

General Chemistry II is a continuation of CY 114/CHEM 14104 (CHEM 1414). This course treats in detail the states of matter, the energy relationships involved in physical and chemical changes, equilibrium and kinetics. The laboratory emphasizes quantitative analysis.

CY 134/CHEM 10004: Chemistry I for General Education/Non Majors

Common Course Number
CHEM 10004
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/CHEM 12204: Chemistry II for Health Sciences: An Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry (spring semester)

Common Course Number
CHEM 12204
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 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/CHEM 21353: Organic Chemistry (Selected Topics)

Common Course Number
CHEM 21353
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/CHEM 21454: Organic Chemistry

Common Course Number
CHEM 21454
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/CHEM 22454: Organic Chemistry

Common Course Number
CHEM 22454
Lecture Hours 3 Lab Hours 3 Credits 4

A continuation of CY 214/CHEM 21454, emphasizing structure-reaction relationships and mechanistic pathways.