Teaching

These are the courses that I teach:

• CHE 111-112. Principles of Chemistry for the Life Sciences I-II. A survey of chemical principles with application to the life sciences and with special emphasis on organic chemistry and biochemistry. This course is not intended as a prerequisite for any other chemistry course. It will not satisfy the general education requirement for science. Four one-hour lectures per week in the first semester. The course consists of three 1-hour lectures per week. First time registrants must take both the lecture component and the lab component concurrently. Prerequisites: MAT 140 or MAT 143 (may be taken concurrently) and successful completion of ENG 101/RCA 021 or a satisfactory score on the placement exam, or satisfactory SAT score for exemption. 

• CHE 141. Introductory Chemistry.  This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of basic chemistry and is tailored for students with little or no science background – more specifically for students who are enrolled in the two-year Process Technology Program.  The material to be covered includes an introduction to the principles of chemistry, atomic structure, molecular structure, chemical bonding, ionic materials, covalent materials, nomenclature, energy relationships in reaction, rates of chemical reactions, equilibrium, acids and bases, stoichiometry, periodic relations and relations to chemical properties.  Four hours of lecture and 3 hours of laboratory per week. This course will require you to have mastered basic algebra skills.  It is extremely important that you are able to manipulate fractions easily – add, subtract, multiply, and divide them – and rearrange basic algebraic equations to solve for an unknown variable. Prerequisites: Successful completion of basic skills requirements in Mathematics and English and completion of MAT 140. 

• CHE 151. General Chemistry 1. An introduction to chemical principles emphasizing atomic and molecular structure. Topics include the principal states of matter, atoms, molecules and ions, stoichiometry, types of chemical reaction and solution stoichiometry, gases, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, and application of aqueous equilibria. Four hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. This course will require you to have mastered basic algebra skills. It is extremely important that you are able to manipulate fractions easily and rearrange basic algebraic equations to solve unknown variable. Prerequisites: Successful completion of ENG 101/RCA 021 or a satisfactory SAT Verbal score (greater than 500) for exemption. MAT 140 or MAT 143, which may be taken concurrently.

• CHE 152. General Chemistry 2. An introduction to chemical principles emphasizing atomic and molecular structure. Topics include the principal states of matter, atoms, molecules and ions, stoichiometry, types of chemical reaction and solution stoichiometry, gases, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, and application of aqueous equilibria. Four hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. This course will require you to have mastered basic algebra skills. It is extremely important that you are able to manipulate fractions easily and rearrange basic algebraic equations to solve unknown variable. Prerequisites: Successful completion of CHE 151.

• CHE 253. Organic Chemistry 1. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to gain an in-depth understanding of organic chemistry concepts. Students will use structure, nomenclature, physical, chemical, and spectral properties of various classes of organic compounds to predict reaction outcomes and synthetic schemes. A systematic scrutiny of reaction mechanisms and thermodynamic vs. kinetic energy will be a fundamental theme in the course. Prerequisites: Successful completion of CHE 152.

• CHE 254. Organic Chemistry 2. Upon completion of this course, students are expected to gain an in-depth understanding of organic chemistry concepts. Students will use structure, nomenclature, physical, chemical, and spectral properties of various classes of organic compounds to predict reaction outcomes and synthetic schemes. A systematic scrutiny of reaction mechanisms and thermodynamic vs. kinetic energy will be a fundamental theme in the course. Prerequisite: successful completion of CHE 253.