CH 120 - Chemistry and Society I

The primary goal of the course is to present chemical principles and facts at a level sufficiently rigorous that a student successfully completing the course can act as an informed citizen and consumer. Among the topics considered: chemistry of the atmosphere; solution chemistry; energy and the laws of thermodynamics; important industrial processes; nuclear chemistry; plastics and polymers; drugs; and consumer chemistry. The course will not fulfill any requirement satisfied by CH130 or CH131, other than the College’s laboratory science requirement. The course will not fulfill any requirement satisfied by CH 130 or CH 131, other than the College’s laboratory science requirement.

Three hours of lecture/discussion and two hours of laboratory each week. Four credits.