(5 credits)
In this course, students explore the fundamental concepts of chemistry and survey important chemical elements and their compounds. They engage in a range of assignments on such topics as chemical measurements, properties of atoms and molecules, chemical reactions, chemical calculations, and properties of gases. Through these assignments, students gain a practical understanding of chemistry needed to describe the structure and components of basic atoms, use the periodic table to locate important chemical information, describe several types of chemical bonds, and manipulate common chemical formulas and equations.