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Description:
Fundamental chemical principles with an emphasis on physical and chemical properties, stoichiometry, chemical reaction types, thermochemistry, modern atomic theory and atomic structure, chemical bonding and bonding theory, and molecular shapes. Laboratory component parallels lecture topics and also includes chemical nomenclature, basic chemical equations, stoichiometry, unknown analysis, and fundamentals of oxidation and reduction.
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Prerequisite:
Prerequisites: Satisfactory score on the chemistry placement test or CHEM 25; Intermediate Algebra or equivalent.
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Corequisite:
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Advisory:
Advisory: MATH 48A or equivalent Precalculus I course; not open to students with credit in CHEM 1AH.
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Repeatability:
Not Repeatable.
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Hours:
3 hours lecture per week, 6 hours lab per week. 108 hours total per quarter.
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Foothill GE Area:English
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Transferability:
Both
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Transfer GE:
Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
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Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Department Note:
CHEM 1A, 1B, 25, 30A, 30B: If you have not taken the prerequisite(s) at Foothill College, you will not be allowed to register without an equivalency form from the counseling office or waiver from the division office.