ChE Tulsa University

CHEM 1013 General Chemistry I
Required course for ChE program

Catalog Description:  First course in a two-semester sequence dealing with basic phenomena and principles of chemistry.  

Prerequisites:  Three years of high school mathematics

Corequisites:  None

Prerequisites by Topic:  Algebra 

Textbook:  Chemistry The Central Science, Brown, LeMay, Bursten, 10 Edition (Prentice Hall,  2006)

Other Required Material:  None

Course Objectives: To teach students to relate their previous experiences with chemistry.  To illustrate the fundamental properties of atoms and molecules and show the mathematical basis for the prediction of experimental results.

Topics Covered:  Topics covered by all instructors are:  Measurement systems, atomic structure and properties, molecular structure and properties, mole concept, inorganic nomenclature, chemical and physical properties of molecules, gas laws, stoichiometry, limiting reactants, thermochemistry.

Class/Laboratory Schedule:  Lecture meets for three 50-minute sessions each week for 15 weeks.

Professional Component Contribution:  This course is basic science.

Relationship to Program Outcomes: 

• Outcome a:       This course requires the students to apply their understanding of science.

Prepared by:  Gordon Purser (June, 2006)