Chemistry Program & Courses

Chemistry 110

110
ELEMENTS OF GENERAL CHEMISTRY
5.0 Units
CHEM 110 is a basic course in the fundamental principles, laws, and computations of chemistry emphasizing the descriptive phases and including a brief introduction to the chemistry of the carbon compounds. Lecture 4 hours/Laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: MATH 90 or 90+, or the equivalent, or one year of high school algebra with a grade of C or better. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC

Chemistry 101

101
GENERAL CHEMISTRY
5.0 Units
CHEM 101 is the first course in a two semester sequence which covers important chemistry concepts including physical properties of matter, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, electronic structure of atoms, quantum mechanics, chemical bonding, and the three phases of matter. Lecture and laboratory activities are integrated into one cohesive lecture-lab section. The latter part of the course covers solution chemistry with emphasis on chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Laboratory activities supports the above-mentioned topics, including both qualitative and quantitative analysis of data and propagation of errors. Lecture 3 hours/Laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite: 1) ENGL 100, ENGL 191, or ESL 141.
                      2) MATH 90, MATH 90+, MATH 90EF, or high school algebra 2 with grade of “C” or better.
                      3) CHEM 110 or 1 year of laboratory based high school chemistry with a grade of “C” or better
                        and a satisfactory score on Chemistry Placement Exam.

Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/ Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID CHEM 110)

Chemistry 102

102
GENERAL CHEMISTRY
5.0 Units
CHEM 102 is the second course in a two semester sequence which covers important chemistry concepts including physical properties of matter, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, electronic structure of atoms, quantum mechanics, chemical bonding, and the three phases of matter. Lecture and laboratory activities are integrated into one cohesive lecture-lab section. The latter part of the course covers solution chemistry with emphasis on chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Laboratory activities supports the above-mentioned topics, including both qualitative and quantitative analysis of data and propagation of errors. Lecture 3 hours/Laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite: CHEM 101. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (CHEM 101 & 102 C-ID CHEM 120S)

Chemistry 105

105
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
5.0 Units
CHEM 105 is an introductory study of the compounds of carbon, including the preparation, properties, and reactions of both aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, halogen derivatives, alcohols, and ethers. Methods of synthesis are stressed, and reaction mechanisms and modern structural principles are introduced. Note: Required of pre-medical and pre-dental students, recommended for majors in chemistry, petroleum engineering, sanitary and municipal engineering, and pharmacy, and for certain home economics, public health and agriculture majors. Lecture 3 hours/Laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite: CHEM 102. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID CHEM 150)

Chemistry 106

106
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
5.0 Units
CHEM 106 is a study of the preparation, properties, and reactions of aliphatic, and aromatic acids, amines, aldehydes, ketones, carbohydrates, heterocyclic compounds, amino acids and proteins. Analysis as well as synthesis of compounds is stressed. Lecture 3 hours/Laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite: CHEM 105. Course Typically Offered: Fall/ Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC (CHEM 105 & 106 C-ID CHEM 160S)

Chemistry 120

120
FUNDAMENTALS OF COLLEGE CHEMISTRY (INORGANIC)
5.0 Units
CHEM 120 is a course in the fundamentals of chemistry with the emphasis on health science related examples. This course and CHEM 121 are designed for health science (e.g. nursing), home economics, physical therapy, and other majors that need a year of college chemistry that includes inorganic, organic and biochemistry. CHEM 120 covers inorganic chemistry. CHEM 120 does not involve the level of mathematical applications that are found in CHEM 101. Note: This course is not for science majors. At Glendale Community College CHEM 120 satisfies the prerequisite for CHEM 121 only. Lecture 4 hours/Laboratory 3 hours. Prerequisite: MATH 141 or 146 or 246B or 2 units of MATH 246 or one year of algebra in high school. Course Typically Offered: Winter/Spring/ Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC

Chemistry 121