SC 230 Chemistry w/Lab

Course title: SC 230 Introduction to Chemistry

Campus: National

Initiator: Peltin Olter-Pelep

Date: 2/13/2020

Course description

This course is an investigation of the fundamentals of general Chemistry and will emphasize the role of Chemistry in modern human life. The laboratory supports the lecture topics, through qualitative and quantitative experiments. The topics include: history of chemistry, scientific method, measurement, matter, energy, atoms, formulas and equations, reactions, gasses, thermochemistry and a basic introduction to organic, inorganic and biochemistry.

Hours per Week

No. of Weeks

Total Hours

Semester Credits

Lecture

3

x

16

x

48

=

3

Laboratory

3

x

16

x

48

=

1

Lecture/Lab

x

x

=

Workshop

x

x

=

Total Semester

Credits

=

4

PSLO#

Program

3.4. Define and explain the scientific concepts, principles, and theories of a field of science.

General Education

3.5. Perform experiments that use scientific methods as part of the inquiry process.

General Education

3. Apply the scientific process to formulate hypotheses, design experiments, and collect and analyze data from which valid scientific conclusions are drawn.

AS degree, Marine Science

4. Acquire a sound scientific background that will allow transfer for a higher degree program related to land resources.

AS degree, Agriculture and Natural Resource Management

2. Demonstrate a solid foundation and basic pathologies of human body.

AA degree, HCOP

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1. Effective oral communication: capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors.

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2. Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum.

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3. Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion.

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4. Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal.

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5. Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts.

[X]

6. Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand.

[X]

7. Foundations and skills for life-long learning: purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence.

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8. Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats.

CSLO (General) 1: Describe the history of chemistry, modern chemistry in today’s world and enumerate the steps of the scientific method.

Student Learning Outcome (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

1.1 Describe the history of chemistry.

6,7

2

Quiz or exam where students describe the history of chemistry.

A scoring rubric will be used.

1.2 Describe modern chemistry.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students describe modern chemistry.

A scoring rubric will be used.

1.3 List and explain applications of Chemistry in the modern world.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students list and explain applications of Chemistry in the modern world.

A scoring rubric will be used.

1.4 Describe the scientific method and list the key steps.

3, 6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students describe the scientific method and list the key steps.

A scoring rubric will be used.

CSLO (General) 2: Apply various measurement techniques used in chemistry.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

2.1 List and describe the common units of measurement used in Chemistry.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students list and describe the common units of measurement used in Chemistry.

A scoring rubric will be used.

2.2 Perform common conversion calculations used in Chemistry.

3,4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students perform common conversion calculations used in Chemistry.

A scoring rubric will be used.

2.3 Perform calculations using scientific notation.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students perform calculations using scientific notation.

A scoring rubric will be used.

2.4 Define density and perform density calculations.

3, 4*, 6, 7, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students define density and perform density calculations.

A scoring rubric will be used.

2.5 Collect, display and interpret data.

3, 4, 6, 8, 7

2

Lab report where students collect, display and interpret data.

A scoring rubric will be used.

CSLO (General) 3: Describe the basic concepts of matter.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

3.1 Define and describe matter.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define and describe matter.

A scoring rubric will be used.

3.2 Define and describe the classification of matter.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define and describe the classification of matter.

A scoring rubric will be used.

3.3 Define the law of conservation of mass and perform calculations using this law.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define the law of conservation of mass and perform calculations using this law.

A scoring rubric will be used.

CSLO (General) 4: Describe the basic concepts of the atomic theory and structure of the atom.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

4.1 Define Dalton’s Atomic theory and describe the 4 key points of this theory.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define Dalton’s Atomic theory and describe the 4 key points of this theory.

A scoring rubric will be used.

4.2 Draw and correctly label the basic structure of the atom including the following parts; nucleus, proton, neutron and electron.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students draw and correctly label the basic structure of the atom including the following parts; nucleus, proton, neutron and electron.

A scoring rubric will be used.

4.3 Define the terms atomic number and atomic mass.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define the terms atomic number and atomic mass.

A scoring rubric will be used.

4.4 Perform calculations to determine the number of protons, neutrons and electrons from atomic number and atomic mass.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz, exam or lab assessment where students perform calculations to determine the number of protons, neutrons and electrons from atomic number and atomic mass.

A scoring rubric will be used.

CSLO (General) 5: Write, balance and use chemical formulas and equations.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

5.1 Define the key types of formulas used in chemistry: chemical formulas, structural formulas and ionic formulas.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define the key types of formulas used in chemistry: chemical formulas, structural formulas and ionic formulas.

A scoring rubric will be used.

5.2 Write the correct formula for a substance using its ions.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students write the correct formula for a substance using its ions.

A scoring rubric will be used.

5.3 Write and balance chemical equations.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students write and balance chemical equations.

A scoring rubric will be used.

CSLO (General) 6: Describe and identify different types of chemical reactions.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

6.1 Write a chemical reaction by performing and completing the following stages; molecular equation, complete ionic equation and net ionic equation.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where write a chemical reaction by performing and completing the following stages; molecular equation, complete ionic equation and net ionic equation.

A scoring rubric will be used.

6.2 List and define the 3 key types of chemical reactions: precipitation, oxidation-reduction and acid/base reactions.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students list and define the 3 key types of chemical reactions: precipitation, oxidation-reduction and acid/base reactions.

A scoring rubric will be used.

6.3 Using the skills learnt in CLSO 6.1, students will be able to predict a precipitation reaction and identify the core reaction involved.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students write their predictions on a precipitation reaction and identify the core reaction involved.

A scoring rubric will be used.

6.4 Describe, perform and identify common oxidation-reduction reactions.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students describe, perform and identify common oxidation-reduction reactions.

A scoring rubric will be used.

6.5 Describe, perform and identify common acid/base reactions and list the common properties of acids and bases.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students describe, perform and identify common acid/base reactions and list the common properties of acids and bases.

A scoring rubric will be used.

CSLO (General) 7: Describe the basic concepts of mass and the mole.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

7.1 Define mass and the mole

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define mass and mole.

A scoring rubric will be used.

7.2 Perform calculations of molecular weight/formula weight.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students calculate molecular weight/formula weight.

A scoring rubric will be used.

7.3 Perform mass calculations using the mole.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students do mass calculation using mole.

A scoring rubric will be used.

CSLO (General) 8: Describe the basic concepts of gasses

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

8.1 Describe gas pressure and how it is measured.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students describe gas pressure and how it is measured.

A scoring rubric will be used.

8.2 Define the following gas laws; Boyle’s Law, Avogadro’s Law, Charles’s Law, Law of Partial Pressure and the Ideal Gas Law.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define the following gas laws; Boyle’s Law, Avogadro’s Law, Charles’s Law, Law of Partial Pressure and the Ideal Gas Law.

A scoring rubric will be used.

CSLO (General) 9: Describe the basic concepts of thermochemistry.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

9.1 Define thermochemistry, energy and heat.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define thermochemistry, energy and heat.

A scoring rubric will be used.

9.2 Define and describe the law of conservation of energy.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define and describe the law of conservation of energy.

A scoring rubric will be used.

9.3 Perform kinetic energy calculations.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students calculate kinetic energy.

A scoring rubric will be used.

9.4 Define enthalpy, exothermic reactions, endothermic reactions, heat capacity and specific heat.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students define enthalpy, exothermic reactions, endothermic reactions, heat capacity and specific heat.

A scoring rubric will be used.

9.5 Perform specific heat calculations.

3, 4, 8

2

Quiz or exam where students calculate the specific heat.

CSLO (General) 10: Describe the basic concepts of nuclear chemistry, organic and inorganic chemistry and biochemistry.

Student Learning Outcomes (specific)

ISLO

PSLO

Assessment Strategies

10.1 Describe and define nuclear, organic, inorganic and biochemistry.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students describe and define nuclear, organic, inorganic and biochemistry.

A scoring rubric will be used.

10.2 Describe the key components of these types of chemistry.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students describe the key components of nuclear, organic, inorganic and biochemistry.

A scoring rubric will be used.

10.3 Describe how organic, inorganic and biochemistry relate to today’s world.

6, 7

2

Quiz or exam where students describe how organic, inorganic and biochemistry relate to today’s world.

A scoring rubric will be used.

SC 230 Introduction to Chemistry