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Syllabus

Publication Date

Spring 2024

Course Description

Chem 260 provides an introduction to several core concepts in the areas of physical chemistry and analytical chemistry. Because these areas, even at an introductory level, are too broad to cover in a single semester, our content-specific goals are relatively modest. By the end of the course you will be able to... predict the favorability of a reaction and how temperature affects that favorability determine the composition of a reaction mixture—the concentrations of reactants and products—when it is at equilibrium evaluate how a reaction progresses as a function of time and elucidate a possible pathway by which it occurs design and carry out experiments to solve an analytical problem. In addition to these content-specific goals, we also have several growth-oriented goals that align with university learning goals, which are important to your development as a student in STEM and as an informed citizen; these are to... identify and solve well-defined and ill-defined problems both collaboratively and individually, and apply these skills to problems facing humanity demonstrate competency with varied forms of data analysis including organizing, interpreting, and drawing conclusions from quantitative and qualitative information love learning and exude a commitment to continued learning throughout their lives become more comfortable working in the laboratory, particularly as part of a collaborative Chem 260 Home syllabus class schedule lab schedule additional resourc become more comfortable working in the laboratory, particularly as part of a collaborative team, and to communicate better the results of your work in lab. Together, these content-specific goals and growth-oriented goals will aid you in meeting one of the department's learning goals for its majors: the ability to develop and execute actionable, quantitative approaches to problems and projects of a chemical or biochemical nature, drawing both from fundamental content knowledge and an understanding of how science is done.

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