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CHEM 1020 Interpretive Chemistry, 4 credits

(Meets MnTC Goal 3)

Prerequisite: MATH 0200 with a grade of C or better, appropriate score on math placement test, or equivalent.

Introductory course in chemistry emphasizing elementary principles and applications intended for nonscience and allied health majors and preparation for the Principles of Chemistry sequence. Topics include matter, measurement, atomic theory, bonding theory, nomenclature, organic chemistry, stoichiometry and the mole concept, reactions, liquids and solids, solutions, and acid-base chemistry. Three lecture hours and one two hour laboratory per week.

Offered fall, spring, and summer, day and evening, at both campuses. Reduced seat time online available from both campuses.

CHEM 1061 Principles of Chemistry I, 4 credits

(Meets MnTC Goal 3)

Prerequisites: MATH 0210 with a grade of C or better, appropriate score on math placement test, or equivalent. A grade of C or better in CHEM 1020, high school chemistry or equivalent. MATH 1200 recommended.

The first semester of a two-semester sequence for students majoring in science and engineering, or studying for careers in allied health professions such as medicine,pharmacy, or chiropractic. Topics include measurement, atomic theory, nomenclature, reactions, chemical calculations, solutions, gases, thermochemistry, quantum theory, periodicity, bonding, and molecular geometry. Three lecture hours and one three-hour laboratory per week.

Offered fall, spring, and summer, day and evening at the Coon Rapids campus. Offered fall, day at the Cambridge campus.

CHEM 1062 Principles of Chemistry II, 4 credits

(Meets MnTC Goal 3)

Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in CHEM 1061 and MATH 0210 required, or appropriate math placement score, or equivalent. MATH 1200 highly recommended.

The second semester of a two-semester sequence for students majoring in science and engineering, or studying for careers in allied health professions such as medicine, pharmacy, or chiropractic. Topics include organic chemistry, intermolecular forces, liquids, solids, colligative properties, kinetics, equilibria, acids and bases, solubility equilibria, thermodynamics, oxidation-reduction, and electrochemistry. Three lecture hours and one three-hour laboratory per week.

Offered fall, spring, and summer, day and evening at the Coon Rapids campus. Offered spring, day at the Cambridge campus.

CHEM 2061 Organic Chemistry I, 5 credits

Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CHEM 1062 or equivalent.

The first semester of a two semester organic chemistry sequence for students majoring in chemistry, chemical engineering, or biology, or studying for careers in the health sciences such as pharmacy, medicine, veterinary, and chiropractic. Topics include structure and bonding, acids and bases, alkanes and cycloalkanes, reaction energetics, stereochemistry, nucleophilic substitution and elimination, alkenes, alkynes, NMR and IR spectroscopy, alcohols, and introduction to multistep synthesis. Four lecture hours and one four-hour laboratory per week.

Offered fall, day and evening at the Coon Rapids campus.

CHEM 2062 Organic Chemistry II, 5 credits

Prerequisite: Grade of C or better in CHEM 2061 or equivalent.

The second semester of a two semester organic chemistry sequence for students majoring in chemistry, chemical engineering, or biology, or studying for careers in the health sciences such as pharmacy, medicine, veterinary, and chiropractic. Topics include UV-visible and IR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and derivatives, chemistry of aromatic compounds, enolate chemistry, polyenes, free radicals, amines, introduction to carbohydrates and peptides, and multistep synthesis. Four lecture hours and one four-hour laboratory per week.

Offered spring, day and evening at the Coon Rapids campus.

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Chemistry 2062