All information below is shown as a sample only. It is not binding. Complete and updated syllabus information is found on our course Canvas page.
Grading in the Course:
75% lab investigations (weekly quizzes, notebook pages, worksheets, etc.)
5% Ethics in Science Analysis
20% exams (two mid-term exams)
Sample course schedule (academic year):
| Week | Lab Activity |
| 1 | Course Overview and Safety |
| 2 | “Finding Scientific Information” Module |
| 3 | Uncertainty and Measurement & Faster, Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz |
| 4 | Atomic Emission |
| 5 | Physical and Chemical Changes |
| 6 | Determination of Water Hardness by Titration |
| 7 | Bonding and properties of water |
| 8 | Scientific Ethics |
| 9 | Midterm Exam 1 (Weeks 1-7) |
| 10 | Fundamentals of Chromatography |
| 11 | Investigating Chemical Reactions |
| 12 | Single replacement reactions: Stoich and percent yield |
| 13 | Enthalpy of a Reaction Using Hess’s Law |
| 14 | Gases |
| 15 | Midterm exam 2 (Weeks 8-14) |