Course Overview
This course is now recognized by the Ministry of Education of B.C. to meet all the requirements of the ABE Advanced Level Chemistry curriculum (grade 11 chemistry). It meets the Chemistry 11 entrance requirement of BCIT programs and also serves to provide upgrading/refreshing for those whose chemistry background is weak or not recent. Students complete the lecture materials online and the laboratory component in a 2-week period, usually scheduled either in June or December. Students must complete the laboratory component within one calendar year of completing the lecture portion of the course.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
0.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Correctly use laboratory equipment and use proper techniques in basic chemical measurements and analyses.
- Apply the metric system and scientific notation in chemical measurements and calculations.
- Identify the fundamental particles of matter and differentiate between physical and chemical properties.
- Predict the behaviour of the elements from their positions on the periodic table and their electronic configurations.
- Predict the types of chemical bonds which occur in compounds by calculating the difference in electronegativity between the atoms.
- Name and write the chemical formula for common cations, anions, polyatomic anions, and compounds such as salts, acids, bases, and hydrates.
- Draw electron-dot diagrams to explain chemical bonding between atoms.
- Calculate the empirical formula and molar mass of compounds.
- Balance chemical equations.
- Predict the solubility characteristics of ionic and molecular compounds.
- Solve stoichiometric problems.
- Calculate solution concentration problems.
- Assign oxidation numbers and apply these to solve redox reaction problems.
- Write net ionic equations and identify 'spectator ions'.
- Explain the role of electrolytes, the ionization of water, and the pH scale.
- Describe the properties of acids and bases and carry out calculations involving them.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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