Hawaii Pacific University
CHEM 1000 Introductory Chemistry Section ____
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Course description: An introductory survey of chemistry designed to equip students with information
that will enable them to make rational, informed decisions about chemically relevant issues. Includes
fundamental chemical principles as well as applications of chemical knowledge and the interactions
between chemistry and society.
Course prerequisite: One year of high school algebra; high school chemistry is recommended.
General Education Requirement: This course is classified under the Global Systems Theme and meets
the requirement for a course in Global Systems A: Natural Systems.
General Education Student Learning Outcomes and the Five Themes: HPU’s general education
curriculum is focused around five themes. This course emphasizes the Global Systems Theme and
provides students with opportunities to achieve the following related general education student
learning outcomes.
Students will utilize various systems approaches or theories to comprehend natural global
processes. Many aspects of communicating chemistry are system approaches (elements,
symbols, chemical equations, SI units, etc…). Topics covering the structure of an atom,
especially electrons, rely on modern atomic theory.
Students will comprehend the global impact of . . . physical science . . . systems. Recognizing
how matter is classified is a key way of comprehending the impact of chemistry on the world.
Also, certain topics in kinetics, gases, equilibrium, pH, and radioactivity also address global
impact.
Students will understand the importance of global environmental systems and the
interactions between humans and the environment. Topics in chemical reactions, solution
processes, equilibrium, and radioactivity all address how humans and the environment are
impacted by these topics in chemistry and stress their importance.
The course also addresses the Research and Epistemology Theme by providing students with
opportunities to achieve the following related general education student learning outcome:
Students will utilize methods and technologies appropriate to the discipline to investigate
research questions, generate predictions, test hypotheses and/or solve problems. Many
aspects in this course are related to analogy, recognition, and problem-solving. The most
pervasive methodology used is the factor-label method to solve many types of chemistryrelated problems. Recognizing how equilibria are affected by outside factors, how acids and
bases function, and how nuclear reactions occur all require the student to predict how a
situation will respond under a given set of conditions.
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Student Learning Outcomes for CHEM 1000 Introductory Chemistry
By the end of this CHEM 1000 course, each student should be able to:
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Recognize the interdisciplinary nature of chemistry.
Use the factor-label method (dimensional analysis) to solve problems.
Define and use metric units of measurement.
Do conversions between the metric and British systems of measurement.
Express numbers in scientific notation.
Define and use significant figures in calculations.
Name the symbols for common elements given in the periodic table.
Differentiate between protons, neutrons, electrons, atoms, molecules.
Recognize and name chemical formulas for simple compounds (ionic and molecular) and ions.
Determine the atomic weight or molecular weight (molar mass) of a compound using its chemical
formula and the periodic table.
Differentiate between elements, compounds, and mixtures.
Define matter.
Identify the three states of matter.
Differentiate between the physical properties and chemical properties of matter.
Differentiate between a physical change and a chemical change.
Define density and perform calculations involving density.
Define isotope.
Describe the simple structure of an atom, including the nucleus and electron orbitals or clouds.
Recognize how positive and negative ions are formed.
Determine the percent composition of each element in a compound.
Determine the empirical formula and molecular formula of a compound using appropriate data.
Differentiate between metals and non-metals.
Write and balance chemical equations for chemical reactions.
Differentiate between molecular equations and net ionic equations and identify spectator ions.
Identify some common types of chemical reactions.
Determine the oxidation number of each element in a compound.
Define mole and Avogadro's number.
Convert between atoms or molecules, moles, and grams of a substance.
Determine the amount of reactants needed and the amount of products
formed (yield) in a chemical reaction using appropriate data.
Determine the limiting reagent and the excess reagents in a chemical
reaction.
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Define the stoichiometry of a chemical reaction.
Define and determine the percent yield for a reaction.
Define solution and molarity.
Perform calculations involving the molarity of a solution.
Understand and apply the gas laws involving pressure, volume, temperature, and amount of a gas.
State the ideal gas law and perform calculations involving the ideal gas law.
Discuss the Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases.
Understand energy changes in a chemical reaction.
Define the terms exothermic and endothermic.
Define and discuss electromagnetic radiation (waves) and its properties.
Discuss Bohr's Theory of the Hydrogen Atom in simple and general terms.
Differentiate between covalent bonds and ionic bonds.
Draw Lewis electron dot structures for atoms, ions, and simple covalent compounds.
Determine the formal charge for each atom in a compound based on the Lewis electron dot structure.
Define polarity and predict the polarity of chemical bonds.
Use the Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion Theory to predict the shape of molecules and ions.
Predict the polarity of a molecule.
Identify and discuss intermolecular forces.
Discuss factors that affect the solubility of a substance in solution.
Define and discuss colligative properties of a solution (boiling point elevation, freezing point depression,
osmotic pressure, vapor pressure lowering).
Discuss osmosis.
Define and discuss kinetics and rate of reaction in simple terms.
Explain the relationship between reaction rates for each component and stoichiometry of a reaction.
Discuss factors that affect the rate of a reaction.
Define activation energy.
Qualitatively discuss a reaction diagram (energy versus reaction progress) and explain how it relates to a
chemical reaction.
Define catalysis and catalyst, and describe how and why a catalyst affects the rate of a reaction.
Give examples of catalysts and catalytic processes.
Define and discuss and equilibrium system.
Calculate the equilibrium constant for a reaction.
Identify ways of expressing the equilibrium constant for different types of reactions.
Predict the direction of a reaction to reach equilibrium.
Identify and discuss factors that affect equilibrium concentration and the equilibrium constant.
Understand and apply the effect of LeChâtelier's Principle to equilibrium systems.
Define acid and base using several definitions.
Determine conjugate acid-base pairs in a reaction.
Discuss the acid-base properties of water.
Define the ion product (Kw) for water.
Define pH and discuss how it measures the strengths of acids and bases.
Distinguish strong acids, strong bases, weak acids, and weak bases.
Calculate the pH for aqueous solutions of strong acids and strong bases.
Discuss the acid-base properties of salts.
Identify polyprotic acids.
Define and identify a buffer solution.
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Discuss the nature of nuclear reactions.
Balance nuclear equations.
Discuss factors that affect nuclear stability.
Discuss radioactive decay.
Distinguish between and discuss nuclear fission and nuclear fusion.
Discuss applications for the use of radioactive isotopes in science.
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