120 FUNDAMENTALS OF CHEMISTRY             4 UNITS

Prerequisite: MATH 110 or equivalent
3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory

Elementary principles of chemistry approached from a problem-solving perspective necessary to succeed in CHEM 141. Intensive study in the areas of problem solving, stoichiometry, chemical nomenclature, basic atomic theory and bonding, solutions, acid-base chemistry, redox reactions and gas laws. The laboratory will be an introduction to quantitative techniques, descriptive chemistry, gas laws, error analysis and data treatment. Students will not receive credit toward graduation for more than one of the following courses: CHEM 115 and 120.
AA/AS GE, CSU, CSU GE, IGETC, UC, UC credit limit