<p>Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Introduction to chemical principles: numbers, measurements, chemical calculations, gas laws, solutions, acids, bases, and salts, molecular structure, and nomenclature. Collaborative learning and problem solving; introduction to chemistry laboratory practice. P/NP or letter grading.</p>

Chemistry and Biochemistry

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College of Letters and Science

Chemistry is concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of substances, the transformations of these substances into others by reactions, and the kinds of energy changes that accompany these reactions.

General Catalog

Chemical Principles

CHEM 17

4 units