CH 180 - University Chemistry I

Fulfills SUNY General Education – Natural Sciences.

Course Outcomes
At the completion of this course, the student should be able to:

• describe the scientific method and the evolution of scientific knowledge, including fundamental principles of chemistry;
• categorize matter according to state (solid, liquid or gas) and class (pure substance or mixture), and distinguish between physical and chemical properties and changes;
• solve measurement problems using mathematical fundamentals including uncertainty in measurements (precision and accuracy), the metric (SI) system, English-metric conversions and dimensional analyses;
• relate the properties of compounds to the ionic or covalent nature of their chemical bonds;
• name simple inorganic compounds and simple organic functional groups;
• use atomic theory to describe the periodic relationships among the elements, and interpret the descriptive chemistry of the groups of the periodic table;
• write and balance molecular and ionic chemical equations and use them to solve stoichiometric problems;
• calculate and manipulate solution of stoichiometry problems;
• apply a simple quantum mechanical approach to atomic structure in order to describe stable electronic configurations of atoms and common ions;
• explain the relationship between electronic configuration, the periodic table and the properties of the elements;
• solve enthalpy problems;
• predict the structure, geometry, and polarity of molecules using the valence shell electron pair repulsion (VSEPR), valence bond and molecular orbital theories of chemical bonding; and
• apply the empirical gas laws and the kinetic molecular theory to solve problems involving the parameters of the gaseous state.