Welcome to CHEM 101 ONLINE at SBCC!
Welcome to CHEM 101 ONLINE at SBCC!
Spring 2023 - Syllabus
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Your Instructor: Raeanne L. Napoleon, PhD
Your Instructor: Raeanne L. Napoleon, PhD
I'm Dr. Raeanne Napoleon, and I will be your lecture instructor this summer. I am an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and this is my 10th year at Santa Barbara City College. I’ve been teaching at the college level since 2004.
I'm Dr. Raeanne Napoleon, and I will be your lecture instructor this summer. I am an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and this is my 10th year at Santa Barbara City College. I’ve been teaching at the college level since 2004.
I am an east coast transplant who moved to Santa Barbara, California, in 2012. After growing up in Rochester, NY, I moved to Philadelphia to attend the University of the Sciences. I lived and learned there for six years and consider Philly to be the world's greatest city. I moved to Boston after Philadelphia to attend Boston University for my graduate work and it's there that I started riding and racing bicycles, while completing my PhD in theoretical physical chemistry. Though some days it feels like I have this teaching chemistry thing figured out, I am constantly trying to improve my teaching. I try to center my chemistry curriculum around making chemistry accessible to everyone and demystifying science.
I am an east coast transplant who moved to Santa Barbara, California, in 2012. After growing up in Rochester, NY, I moved to Philadelphia to attend the University of the Sciences. I lived and learned there for six years and consider Philly to be the world's greatest city. I moved to Boston after Philadelphia to attend Boston University for my graduate work and it's there that I started riding and racing bicycles, while completing my PhD in theoretical physical chemistry. Though some days it feels like I have this teaching chemistry thing figured out, I am constantly trying to improve my teaching. I try to center my chemistry curriculum around making chemistry accessible to everyone and demystifying science.
I'm also a mom, a wife, an activist, and covered in tattoos.
I'm also a mom, a wife, an activist, and covered in tattoos.
What is CHEM 101?
What is CHEM 101?
This course serves as an introduction to the subject of chemistry and the chemical laboratory. Everyone who enrolls in this course has the goal of learning chemistry, and there are many ways to be successful in this course. This course is recommended as a preparatory course for CHEM 155 or non-science majors as a science with a laboratory component. You may not think of yourself as a scientist (or "not good at science") when you start this class, but success will happen for you when you create a new identity for yourself and one that is in contrast to the one that you built for yourself or that others have built for you. The chemical and physical sciences have flourished in the last 100 years, and further advances in science and technology will continue to impact society profoundly. Students must understand modern chemistry to become engaged, informed citizens and competent, confident professionals. You are capable of learning chemistry, and I am excited to be part of you realizing that.
Please know: Being proficient in high school algebra is necessary for this course.
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