Goals and Objectives for General Education Courses in Chemistry

( Chemistry 101/102, 103, 104, 105/106 )

The University'sGeneral Education program is designed to assist students in developing:

1. Effective written and oral communication
2. Skills related to critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity
3. Heightened intellectual, cultural, and humane understanding and sensitivity
4. The ability to manipulate symbol systems and use quantitative methods
5. Skills associated with the scientific method including rational inquiry, data collection, analysis, theory formulation and hypothesis testing
6. An understanding of world history, civilizations, and political processes
7. An understanding of economics and social sciences
8. An understanding of the interdependence of humankind and the natural world
9. An understanding of the principles of mathematics and the sciences
10. An understanding of literature, the arts, and systems of human thought
 

goal
 specific objectives
2
 use reference data to solve problems
4
 use chemical symbols and formulas for compounds

write balanced chemical equations

draw and interpret Lewis structures

create 3 dimensional models from Lewis structures

use algebraic equations to calculate properties

interpret a graph 
5
 make observations

generate a hypothesis

design experiment to test hypothesis

carry out experiment and collect data 

analyze results of experiment
8
 know natural sources of chemicals

know methods to transform natural chemicals
9
 classification of matter

atomic structure

measure samples

use the Periodic Table

conservation of matter / balance equations

types of chemical bonds

interaction of light with matter

role of energy in structure and reactivity
                                    

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Last updated: December 20, 2004