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2025-2026 College Catalog 
    
2025-2026 College Catalog

CHEM 1090 - General Chemistry I

4 credit(s)
Prerequisite (taken before): MATH 1140 - Intermediate Algebra  or higher or appropriate test score.
This is the first course of a comprehensive chemistry sequence. Topics include nomenclature, atomic structure, chemical reactions, essentials of bonding, periodic properties, Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory (VSEPR) theory, modern bonding theories, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, and the chemistry of solids, liquids, gases.
Contact Hours: Class- 45 Practical Lab- 30 Clinical- 0 Internship- 0