12/3/2024 9:21:47 AM	CHEM 3B Course Outline as of Fall 2025	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CHEM 3B	Title:  GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2
Full Title:  General Chemistry Part 2
Last Reviewed:8/26/2024

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	5.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	5.00	Lab Scheduled	6.00		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	105.00
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	9.00			Contact Total	157.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 262.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:

In this course, students will learn concepts of chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, nuclear chemistry, electrochemistry, coordination compounds and bonding, and selected topics in descriptive chemistry. The laboratory emphasizes methods of analytical chemistry and quantitative work. This is the second semester of general chemistry.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of CHEM 3A AND CHEM 3AL; OR CHEM 1A; or equivalent

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

In this course, students will learn concepts of chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, nuclear chemistry, electrochemistry, coordination compounds and bonding, and selected topics in descriptive chemistry. The laboratory emphasizes methods of analytical chemistry and quantitative work. This is the second semester of general chemistry.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of CHEM 3A AND CHEM 3AL; OR CHEM 1A; or equivalent
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 2020	Inactive:
Area:	C	Natural Sciences
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	B1	Physical Science		Fall 2020
	B3	Laboratory Activity
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	5A	Physical Sciences		Fall 2020
	5C	Fulfills Lab Requirement
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2020	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2020	Inactive:
C-ID:
CID Descriptor: CHEM 120S	General Chemistry for Science Majors Sequence A	SRJC Equivalent Course(s): CHEM1A AND CHEM1B OR CHEM4A AND CHEM4B OR CHEM3A AND CHEM3AL AND CHEM3B

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Analyze and solve chemical systems using quantitative models.  

2. Relate the concepts of chemical equilibrium and free energy.  

3. Apply the principles of quantitative analysis in a laboratory setting.  

4. Analyze unknown samples using advanced instrumentation.  

5. Write comprehensive laboratory reports to effectively analyze data and communicate results and conclusions.

 

Objectives:

At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Solve for the concentrations or pressures of various species in a chemical equilibrium.

2. Apply the concepts of chemical equilibrium to acids and bases, buffers, titration, solubility, electrochemistry, and metal complex formation.

3. Determine the free energy change for a physical or chemical process at nonstandard conditions.

4. Apply the principles of electrochemistry in the construction and analysis of voltaic and electrolytic cells.  

5. Use kinetics to describe the rate and possible mechanisms of a reaction.  

6. Describe isomerism and bonding in transition metal complexes.

7. Describe the kinetics and other phenomena related to nuclear chemistry and radioactivity.

8. Identify and control factors that influence experimental error in gravimetric and volumetric analysis.

9. Use advanced instrumentation, such as ultraviolet-visible and infrared (IR) spectroscopy, gas chromatography (GC), and atomic absorption (AA) in analysis of unknowns.  

10. Analyze experimental error qualitatively and with statistical methods.  

11. Identify and describe practical applications of chemical principles.

Topics and Scope

I. Colligative Properties

    A. Vapor pressure lowering

    B. Freezing point depression

    C. Boiling point elevation

    D. Osmosis

II. Kinetics

    A. Reaction rates and rate laws

    B. Determining rate laws

    C. Integrated rate laws

    D. Activation energy and the Arrhenius equation

    E. Reaction mechanisms

    F. Catalysis

III. Chemical Equilibrium

    A. Equilibrium constants (K) and quotients (Q)

    B. Le Chatelier's principle

    C. Dependence on temperature

    D. Methods and approximations for solving equilibrium systems

IV. Aqueous Equilibria

    A. Weak acids and bases

    B. pH, pKa, buffers, and titration

    C. Polyprotic acids

    D. Solubility equilibria

    E. Common ion effect

    F. Complex ion equilibria

V. Entropy and Free Energy

    A. Second law of thermodynamics

    B. Change in entropy

    C. Free energy and work

    D. Free energy, equilibrium, and direction of reaction

VI. Electrochemistry

    A. Balancing oxidation-reduction reactions

    B. Voltaic cells

    C. Standard reduction potentials

    D. Concentration cells and the Nernst equation

    E. Batteries

    F. Electrolysis

VII. Coordination Chemistry of Transition Metals

    A. Coordination compounds

    B. Types of isomerism

    C. Ligand Field Theory

VIII. Nuclear Chemistry

    A. Types of radioactive decay

    B. Kinetics of decay

    C. Applications

    D. Fission and fusion

IX. Introduction to Organic Chemistry

    A. Basic structures and nomenclature

    B. Isomerism

    C. Functional groups

X. Laboratory Topics

    A. Lab safety and maintaining a lab notebook

    B. Colligative properties

    C. Determining rate law and activation energy

    D. Determining an equilibrium constant

    E. Buffers

    F. Indicators

    G. Potentiometric titration

    H. Solubility products

    I. Determination of an unknown

    J. Voltaic cells

    K. Electrolytic cells

    L. Synthesis and analysis of a metal complex

    M. Nuclear chemistry

    N. Techniques and skills

         1. Use of spreadsheet software

         2. Instrumental analysis

         3. Use of calibration curves

         4. Writing laboratory reports

 

All topics are covered in the lecture and lab portions of the course.

Assignments:

Lecture-Related Assignments:

1. Reading and study assignments from the lecture textbook (10-30 pages per week)

2. End-of-chapter problems (15-20 per week)

3. Exams (2-5), quiz(zes) (0-4), final exam

 

Laboratory-Related Assignments:

1. Laboratory experiments, data analysis, and accompanying reports (13-18)

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 5 - 15%
Lab reports
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 15 - 25%
Lab analysis, end-of-chapter homework assignments
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 10%
Laboratory experiments
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 50 - 80%
Quiz(zes), exams, and final exam
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change. 9th ed. Silberberg, Martin and Amateis, Patricia. McGraw-Hill. 2020.

Chemistry. 14th ed. Chang, Raymond and Overby, Jason. McGraw-Hil. 2022.

General Chemistry. 4th ed. McQuarrie, Donald and Rock, Peter and Gallogly, Ethan. University Science Books. 2010. (classic).

Chemistry. 6th ed. Gilbert, Thomas and Kirss, Rein and Bretz, Stacey and Foster, Natalie. W. W. Norton. 2020.

Chemistry: A Molecular Approach. 6th ed. Tro, Nivaldo. Pearson. 2024.

 

Lab Manuals

Instructor prepared materials.

Laboratory Experiments for Chemistry: The Central Science. 14th ed. Brown, Theodore and LeMay, H. and Bursten, Bruce and Murphy, Catherine and Woodward, Patrick and Stoltzfus, Matthew. Pearson. 2018. (classic).

Laboratory Manual for Chemistry: A Molecular Approach. 5th ed. Tro, Nivaldo and Vincent, John and Livingston, Erica. Pearson. 2019. (classic).

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