CHEM 101 – Chemistry & Society

DETAILS Semester-hour credits: 3 Tuition: $448.50 DVD/Videotape: $75 Methods: DESCRIPTION Chemical discoveries and their impact on our way of life. Thirteen video broadcasts of one hour each with correlated assigned readings from the course text. Investigations of nature and accompanying human-caused changes have produced the world that we live in today. Applications of chemical knowledge fundamentally affect our every day life. The body of knowledge that we call chemistry is a rich and fascinating field of theory and fact which has been accumulated through laboratory experimentation. Chemistry explains life itself. This course is a celebration of that body of knowledge. REQUIRED MATERIALS & TEXTBOOKS World of Chemistry Essentials, 3rd Ed., Melvin D. Joesten, James L. Wood and Mary E. Castellion, Thomson/Brooks Cole Publishing, 2004. ISBN 0-534-55910-7 Required COURSE REQUIREMENTS The course consists of thirteen broadcast lessons of 60 minutes each on general topics. Broadcasts are tied to text and study guide readings. The video and the reading are meant to be complementary, not exact duplicates of one another. Examinations: There will be two (2) 100-point examinations: a mid-term over the first 6 lessons and a final over the last 7 lessons. Exams will be questions based on the assigned readings and videos. The exams are open-book, open notes. Paper: Choose a topic from the list and provide 3 pages, double-spaced, typed essay paper (font size = 10 or 12) to be received no later than lesson 10. The paper will be graded on the basis of significance to the subject matter, organization, clarity, grammatical usage and spelling. DISCLAIMER: Tuition, credits, medium, description, instructors, books, materials, homework assignments, grading scale, and availability are subject to change without notice. For the most up-to-date status, please contact the Continuing Education staff.