CHEM 1109 General Chemistry I
This course is intended for students whose major interest is science or medicine. It offers a rigorous introduction to the principles of chemistry with special emphasis on quantitative relationships and chemical equilibrium and the structures of atoms, molecules, and crystals. The properties of the more common elements and compounds are considered against a background of these principles and the periodic table.
Course overview
- Department
- Chemistry
- School
- MCAS
- Credits
- 3
- Level
- Undergraduate
- Offered
- Every Fall
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- One year of high school chemistry.
- Corequisites
- CHEM1111
- Satisfies core
- Natural Science
Requirements fulfilled
- Geological Sciences B.S.: (D) Corequisite: two semesters of Chemistry with labs (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Environmental Geoscience B.S.: (E) Corequisite: two semesters of Physics with labs, or two semesters of Chemistry with labs, or three semesters of Biology (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Biochemistry B.S.: CHEM1109 General Chemistry I and CHEM1111 Laboratory (or CHEM1117 and CHEM1119) (4 credits) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Biology B.A.: Chemistry corequisites (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Biology B.S.: Chemistry corequisites (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Human-Centered Engineering B.S.: Corequisite Courses (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Physics B.S.: Corequisite: Chemistry (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Neuroscience B.S.: Foundation (24 Credits) — General Chemistry I with lab (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Mathematics B.S.: Natural science, computer science, or economics corequisites (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Computer Science B.S.: Required science component (two-semester laboratory sequence) (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
- Psychology B.S. (Class of 2027 and Before): Science Corequisites — four of the following courses (12 or more credits) (Class of 2027 and Before)
- Psychology B.S.: Science Corequisites — four of the following courses (12 or more credits) (Class of 2028 and After)
- Chemistry B.S.: Two semesters of general chemistry lecture and laboratory (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)
Official evaluation summary
3.20 / 5
Data freshness
Instructors
- Clarissa Keen
- Daniel Fox
- Nathaniel Hartmann
- Akinwande Akinniyi
- Brooke Elander
- Esma Ucar
- Gavin Giardino
- James Wilkes
- Jillian Platt
- Jin Ook Ahn
- Jing Wan
- Joseph Morabito
- Kaitlyn Szalay
- Khalil Mimouni
- Konara Pamunuwa
- Ling Cheng
- Malavika Asokan Nair
- Mariah Tedder
- Michael Goldstein
- Paul Lee
- Richard Michaud
- Shoma Mukai
- Shoshana Reich
- Yiling Zhu
Sections
- Section 01
- Section 02
- Section 03
- Section 04
- Section 05
- Section 06
- Section 07
- Section 08
- Section 09
- Section 10
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Section 13
- Section 14
- Section 15
- Section 16
- Section 17
- Section 18
- Section 19
- Section 20
- Section 21
- Section 22
- Section 23
- Section 24
- Section 25
- Section 26
- Section 27
- Section 28
- Section 29