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PS 107 General Chemistry (5) test
This course provides a basic introduction to chemistry, with special emphasis on solution chemistry, acid-base chemistry, organic and biochemistry. The course is recommended for students pursuing non-science and allied health degrees. Students pursuing degrees which require more than one semester in Chemistry should take PS 111.
PS 111 College Chemistry I (5)
Prerequisite: MAT103 or instructor permission
This course provides a college-level introduction to chemistry and is intended for students going into technological, scientific, or medical fields. The course will focus on chemical compounds, their properties and reactions, and the scientific laws that determine their behavior. Course topics will include basic chemical concepts, calculations with chemical formulas and equations, chemical reactions, thermochemistry, modern theories of the atom and electronic structure, chemical periodicity, and chemical bonds.
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PS 112 College Chemistry II (5)
Prerequisite: PS 111
This course continues the study begun in PS 111 and is intended for students going into technological, scientific, engineering, or medical fields. The course is required in certain pre-professional programs, such as pre-medicine, pre-veterinary medicine, pre-dentistry, etc. Course topics will include crystals and solids, reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, solution chemistry including acid-base and complex-ion equilibria, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. The course will also include a brief discussion of organic chemistry, biochemistry, and nuclear chemistry.
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PS 210 Organic Chemistry I (5)
Prerequisite: PS 111 and PS 112 or permission
This course is the first in a two-semester sequence. The course will focus on hybridization, bond and molecular orbitals, stereochemistry, acids and bases, chemical radicals, kinetics, thermodynamics, conformational analysis, and molecular structure. These topics will be applied to alkanes, haloalkanes, alkenes, and alcohols. The course will also include spectroscopic techniques, such as NMR, IR, and mass spec, applied to structure determination of organic molecules.
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PS 212 Organic Chemistry II (5)
Prerequisite: PS 210 or permission
This course is the second in a two-semester sequence. The course will continue to focus on topics presented in PS 210 and how they apply to chemical synthesis and structure determination. The topics will be applied to aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines, aromaticity, benzene and its derivatives, organometallic compounds, conjugated and unconjugated unsaturated systems, and pericyclic reactions. Selected applications to biochemistry, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, and industrial chemistry will also be discussed.
