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HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

FORM 335

Course Form 335 must be updated at least every five years per AP 765 to include, at a minimum, the following elements. [§335.2]

1. Digital Description (Insert new/revised digital description below):

Credit hours: 3.0

Lecture hours: 3.0

Lab hours: 2.0

BL: [ ]⅓ [ ]½ [ ]⅔ [40% ] Other (Indicate fraction or percent)

2. Catalog Description (Insert new/revised description below):

For students desiring an introduction to chemistry or requiring a course to update their knowledge of chemistry. Fundamentals stressed are atomic structure, bonding, molecular structure, solutions, acids and bases, chemical nomenclature, and stoichiometry. A laboratory fee is required. (Core C)

Minimum Grade Required

3. Prerequisites: MATH 051 C

Corequisites: None

Other: Completion of all reading courses as required by the College Testing and Placement Program.

4. Learning Outcomes

[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential

knowledge and skills embodied in the program’s educational objectives.]

Upon successful completion of the course the student will be able to:

• Perform unit conversions

• Apply the scientific method in the world around them

• Name compounds by using their knowledge of chemical nomenclature

• Demonstrate the usefulness of the periodic table

• Predict chemical properties of elements using the periodic table

• Draw the electron arrangement of atoms

• Draw the molecular structure of simple molecules

• Write balanced chemical equations

• Predict product(s) of a chemical reaction

• Solve quantitatively a variety of chemical word problems

• Apply gas laws

• Apply stoichiometry to chemical reactions

• Specify concentrations of solutions in various units

• Identify acids, bases, conjugate acids, and conjugate bases

• Distinguish between a strong or weak acid/base

• Calculate the ph of simple solutions

• Develop quantitative problem solving skills which can be systematically applied to the areas of chemistry and problems encountered in everyday life

• Apply concepts to explain occurrences in everyday life

• Demonstrate basic laboratory skills and techniques

5. Planned Sequence of Instruction

[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]

Topic Hours

Measurement 4

Properties of Matter 2

Elements and Compounds 3

Atomic Theory and Structure 5

Periodic Table 3

Chemical bonding 4

Nomenclature and Equations 5

Chemical Calculations 6

Gases and Gas Laws 4

Solutions 5

Acids and Bases 4

Laboratory

Laboratory Safety

Density

Mixtures: Separation

Formula of a Hydrate

Formula Writing and Nomenclature

Ionic Reactions and Conductivity

Classification of Chemical Reactions

Lewis Structures and Molecular Models

Gas Laws

Acid-Base titration

Balancing Chemical Equations

Double Displacement Reactions

Problem Solving Techniques

6. Assessment of Student Learning

[Methods of assessment should be appropriate for Learning Outcomes listed above.]

Assessment of student learning outcomes for the course, as required by AP 765, is part of regular curriculum maintenance and/or improvement. The specific plan has been determined by the pertinent faculty involved and is kept on file in the division office.

The assessments correspond to the Learning Outcomes listed in Item 4

• Several examinations

• Quizzes

• Comprehensive final examination

• 1500 minutes of laboratory experiments

• Failure to attend three or more experiments constitutes a failure for the course, not just the lab.

• The laboratory component is 15% of the final grade.

• Failure to successfully complete the lab with grade of 60% or higher will result to an F in the course.

7. List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials (code each item based on instructional use): C-Lecture/Laboratory, A-Lecture, B-Laboratory, LC-Lecture/Clinical, CLN-Clinical, I-Online,

BL-Blended, D-Independent Study, P-Private Lessons, E-Internship,

F-Cooperative Work-Study, FE-Field Experience. [These resources must be easily accessible to students.]

[C] Tro, Introductory Chemistry, Latest Edition, Prentice Hall.

[C] In-house Lab Manual, Latest Edition.

[C] Scientific Calculator capable of exponential function.

8. Prepared by Faculty Member: D. Dugah/N. Turaki Date: 9/30/12

9. Approved by Department Chairperson: Ronald A. Dowey Date: 12/4/12

10. Approved by Academic Division Dean: Jennifer Baar Date: 2/4/13

This course meets all reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A / B.

This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with the college mission.

If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and universities.

11. Director, Curriculum Compliance: Erika Steenland Date: 2/6/13

12. Provost & VP, Academic Affairs: James E. Baxter, P.G. Date: 2/7/13

13. Original Date of course approval by the college: 200220

14. Date(s) of subsequent reviews [Indicate change: Learning Outcomes; textbook(s)]:

9/23/11

9/30/12 – Sequence of instruction & Assessment of Student Learning.

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