CHEM 141 Essentials of Chemistry
A one-semester general chemistry class for students who require or wish to take just one semester of college chemistry with a laboratory component. Topics will be chosen from the Chemical Principles sequence (CHEM 151-152), and laboratories will introduce students to basic chemistry lab skills and techniques.

CHEM 151, 152 Chemical Principles I, II
General course intended primarily for students concentrating in the science area. Algebra skills are assumed.

CHEM 241 Organic Chemistry I
The first of a two-course sequence that examines the structure and reactivity of compounds containing carbon. Topics include bonding, nomenclature, conformations, stereochemistry, and organic acid/base chemistry. An introduction to reaction mechanism and reaction pathways is achieved through the study of the reactivity of aliphatic hydrocarbons. Spectroscopic identification of organic molecules by IR and NMR spectroscopy is also examined in detail. Three lectures per week, one three-hour lab per week.

J-Term Courses

SCI 125 Great Ideas in Natural Science
A look at how our understanding of the natural world has grown over the past 500 years. This course will examine a set of important concepts selected from the fields of astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, physics, and psychology. Specific topics will include the origin of the universe, the atomic theory of matter, the chemical nature of the physical and biological systems and biological evolution. The growth of each topic will be traced through the accumulation of experimental evidence and the formulation of theories. Similarities and distinctions among topics will be highlighted.