General Chemistry I and II

Two four-hour courses in introductory inorganic chemistry. These courses cover fundamental laws and theories: the atom and the nature of the chemical bond, stoichiometry, phases of matter, solution chemistry, kinetics, equilibria, electrochemistry, coordination complexes and an introduction to thermodynamics. Three lectures plus one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: two years of high school mathematics plus high school chemistry. CHM 101 is a prerequisite for 102.