Chemistry Lecture/Lab (CHMC)
This course will introduce students to the general principles and practical implementation of chemical research. Students will conduct research under the guidance of the instructor and may work individually or in a group. Skills to be learned include, but are not limited to the following: forming testable hypotheses; researching and critiquing literature; designing and conducting scientific experiments; collecting and organizing data; analyzing data and making appropriate conclusions; and presenting research results.
This course defines and illustrates the analytical approach to chemical analysis. It is devoted to the exploration of quantitative analysis, statistical treatment of data, acid-base equilibria and titrations, precipitation and complex formation, electrochemistry, oxidation-reduction, spectro-photochemical analytical methods and chromatographic techniques. This is a combined lecture and laboratory course.