SCI1310 Introduction to Chemistry with Laboratory
This course introduces students to the fundamental aspects of aqueous and solid state chemistry. Topics include stoichiometry, gas laws, atomic structure and bonding, atomic theory, quantum theory, acid/base chemistry, solubility, electrochemistry, kinetics, thermodynamics, and reaction equilibria.
Hours
4-3-5
Notes
SP16: Chemistry in Context: Environmental Milestones, Opportunities, and the Human Condition; 4 credits (Hersey, Martello)
Please note that this course must be taken concurrently with AHSE2199 (4 credits).
People, institutions, and cultures are intricately connected with the natural environment, and these connections are the source of profound scientific and historical insights. Certain combinations of values, technologies, and policies lead to a symbiotic relationship benefiting humans and the natural world. But this relationship often takes a darker turn into natural resource exploitation and environmental degradation, with the potential for catastrophic results. In this course, we will take a holistic look at anthropogenic (human?derived) impacts on the environment, considering the historical, social, and political context surrounding environmental disasters and opportunities at local and global scales, while using chemistry, physics, and engineering to understand the fundamental physical basis of the human?environment relationship (giving particular emphasis to aqueous? and gas?phase chemical processes). Chemistry in Context is being developed and offered for the first time by Rob Martello and Scott Hersey as an eight credit course (4 SCI + 4 AHS credits) that satisfies Olin?s chemistry and materials science requirement. The pioneering students who enroll in Chemistry in Context will participate in the course design process by helping us locate readings, choose different assignments (including at least one project), and design laboratory exercises that you will then carry out. If you join us, you will not merely witness history and science? you will make it!