Chemistry
Chemistry
Highland Community College offers courses in chemistry that provide a strong foundation for students planning to transfer to a four-year institution to complete a bachelor’s degree in chemistry or a related field. There is some variation of this area of study depending on the area of specialization (major in physical chemistry versus a major in organic chemistry).
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Chemistry Courses
5 Credit Hours
This course provides a basic introduction to chemistry, with special emphasis on solution chemistry, acid-base chemistry, organic and biochemistry. The course is recommended for students pursuing non-science and allied health degrees. Students pursuing degrees which require more than one semester in Chemistry should take CHM (PS) 111.
5 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: MAT103 or instructor permission
This course provides a college-level introduction to chemistry and is intended for students going into technological, scientific, or medical fields. The course will focus on chemical compounds, their properties and reactions, and the scientific laws that determine their behavior. Course topics will include basic chemical concepts, calculations with chemical formulas and equations, chemical reactions, thermochemistry, modern theories of the atom and electronic structure, chemical periodicity, and chemical bonds.
5 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CHM (PS) 111
This course continues the study begun in CHM (PS) 111 and is intended for students going into technological, scientific, engineering, or medical fields. The course is required in certain pre-professional programs, such as pre-medicine, pre-veterinary medicine, pre-dentistry, etc. Course topics will include crystals and solids, reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, solution chemistry including acid-base and complex-ion equilibria, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. The course will also include a brief discussion of organic chemistry, biochemistry, and nuclear chemistry.
5 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CHM112 or permission
This course is the first in a two-sequence semester. The course will focus on hybridization, bond and molecular orbitals, stereochemistry, acids and bases, chemical radicals, kinetics, thermodynamics, conformational analysis, and molecular structure. These topics will be applied to alkanes, haloalkanes, alkenes, and alcohols. The course will also include spectroscopic techniques such as NMR, IR, and mass spec, applied to structure determination of organic molecules.
5 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: CHM112 or permission
This course is the second in a two-sequence semester. The course will continue to focus on topics presented in CHM 211 (PS 210) and how they apply to chemical synthesis and structure determination. The topics will be applied to aldehydes and ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, amines, aromaticity, benzene and its derivatives, organometallic compounds, conjugated and unconjugated unsaturated systems, and pericyclic reactions. Selected applications to biochemistry, medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry, and industrial chemistry will also be discussed.