Chemistry Courses

CHEMISTRY NOTE: Students who have not successfully completed Chemistry 100 must take a Chemistry Placement Test before enrolling in Chemistry 101. This test can be taken in the Testing Center. Test results will help place a student correctly into the MCC chemistry sequence.

CHEM 100 LEC Fundamentals of Chemistry—4 Cr. Hrs. – 4 Contact Hrs. Prerequisite: MATH 050 or its equivalent as determined by the Math Placement Test. Co-requisite: CHEM 100A. A course emphasizing fundamentals, symbols, formulae, nomenclature, oxidation states, atomic structure, the periodic law, writing and balancing equations, stoichiometry, solutions, and gas law problems.

CHEM 100A Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory—1 Cr. Hr. – 3 Contact Hrs. Co-requisite: CHEM 100 LEC. Laboratory theory and practice of topics included in CHEM 100.

CHEM 101 LEC General and Inorganic Chemistry—4 Cr. Hrs. – 4 Contact Hrs. Prerequisites: CHEM 100 or its equivalent as determined by the Chemistry Placement test and MATH 109 or 111 or equivalent. Co-requisite: CHEM 101A. Course topics are: the physical states of matter, structure of matter, bonding, quantitative relationships involving mass and energy, solutions, ideal and real gases, gas mixtures, oxidation-reduction, and elementary thermodynamics.

CHEM 101A General and Inorganic Laboratory—1 Cr. Hr. – 3 Contact Hrs. Co-requisite: CHEM 101 LEC. Laboratory theory and practice of topics included in CHEM 101.

CHEM 102 LEC General and Inorganic Chemistry—4 Cr. Hrs. – 4 Contact Hrs. Prerequisite: CHEM 101 and CHEM 101A. Co-requisite: CHEM 102A. Topics of the course are kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acid-base chemistry, nuclear chemistry, electrochemistry, some introductory organic chemistry as well as advanced topics from thermodynamics (including entropy, spontaneity and free energy). Successful completion of CHEM 102A is required for transfer credit in CHEM 102.

CHEM 102A General and Inorganic Laboratory—1 Cr. Hr. – 3 Contact Hrs. Co-requisite: CHEM 102 LEC. Course divided between elementary qualitative analysis and laboratory theory and practice of topics covered in CHEM 102 LEC.

CHEM 109 LEC Chemistry for Health Science - 4 Cr. Hrs. - 4 Contact hrs. Prerequisite: MATH 040 and 041, or MATH 040 and MATH 050, or its equivalent as determined by the Math Placement Test.  Co-requisite:  CHEM 109A.  This is a chemistry course for non-science majors and some students going into specific health programs which do not require general Chemistry 101 and 102.  The course is designed to provide students insight into the chemical sciences, technology, and the environment.  Conversions, atomic structure, bonding, the periodic table, chemical reactions, energy, organic chemistry, nuclear chemistry, acids and bases, carbohydrates and lipids (biochemistry) are covered.  This course is not equivalent to a two semester general, organic, biochemistry course.

CHEM 109A Chemistry for Health Science Lab - 1 Cr. Hr. - 3 Contact Hrs.  Prerequisite:  MATH 040 and 041, or MATH 040 and MATH 050, or its equivalent as determined by the Math Placement Test.  Co-requisite:  CHEM 109 LEC.  Laboratory theory and practice of topics included in CHEM 109.

CHEM 120 LEC General, Organic, and Biochemistry I—4 Cr. Hrs. – 4 Contact Hrs. Prerequisite: CHEM 100 and 100A or their equivalent and MATH 109 or 111 or their equivalent. Co-requisite: CHEM 120A. This is an introductory level general and organic course designed particularly for allied health science students. The course stresses the basic understanding of general and preparative level organic chemistry which is required in the allied health and biological sciences. The course curriculum includes a discussion on the electronic structure of atoms, chemical bonding, chemical reactions, rates of chemical reactions and the chemical equilibrium. Also discussed is bonding in organic compounds, e.g. covalent and pi bonding in aliphatic hydrocarbons and benzene rings and their derivatives, and the preparation and properties of various organic compounds and studies on their chemical reactivity.

CHEM 120A General, Organic, and Biochemistry I Laboratory—1 Cr. Hr. – 3 Contact Hrs. Corequisite: CHEM 120 LEC. Laboratory theory and practice of topics included in CHEM 120.

CHEM 130 LEC General, Organic and Biochemistry II—4 Cr. Hrs. – 4 Contact Hrs. Prerequisite: CHEM 101 LEC, CHEM 101A. Co-requisite: CHEM 130A. This is an introductory level organic and biochemistry course designed for allied health science students. The course stresses the basic understanding of preparative level organic and biochemistry which is required in the allied health and biological sciences. The course curriculum include a discussion of chemical bonding as well as study of the preparation of and reactivity of simple organic compounds, such as alcohol, ethers, and carboxylic acids. The knowledge of basic organic chemistry obtained in this course is then used to develop an understanding of the structure of lipids, polypeptides, proteins and nucleic acids, and their important roles in metabolic processes.

CHEM 130A General, Organic and Biochemistry Laboratory—1 Cr. Hr. – 3 Contact Hrs. Corequisite: CHEM 130 LEC. Laboratory theory and practice of topics included in CHEM 130.

CHEM 201E Organic Chemistry Lecture—4 Cr. Hrs. – 4 Contact Hrs. Prerequisite: CHEM 101 LEC, CHEM 101A, CHEM 102 LEC, CHEM 102A. Co-requisite: CHEM 201F. Course covers the nomenclature, preparation, properties and reactions of saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, acids and their derivatives. Stereochemistry and IR, ultraviolet spectroscopy are also introduced.

CHEM 201F Organic Chemistry Laboratory—1 Cr. Hr. – 4 Contact Hrs. Co-requisite: CHEM 201E. Laboratory work includes the synthesis of compounds representing typical reactions, together with study of the chemical and physical properties and IR spectra of the substances prepared. Both macro and microscale techniques are employed.

CHEM 202F Organic Chemistry Lecture—4 Cr. Hrs. – 4 Contact Hrs. Prerequisite: CHEM 201E and CHEM 201F. Co-requisite: CHEM 202G. A continuation of CHEM 201. Course covers nomenclature, preparation, properties and reactions of aromatic hydrocarbons, phenols, organic nitrogen and sulfur-containing compounds, carbohydrates, proteins and synthetic polymers. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy are also introduced.

CHEM 202G Organic Chemistry Laboratory—1 Cr. Hr. – 4 Contact Hrs. Co-requisite: CHEM 202F. Laboratory work includes Diels Alder and ylid reactions, a multi-step synthesis, qualitative analysis of typical organic compounds using spectral evidence as well as simple tests.