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CHEM

7 courses with the subject CHEM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

CHEM 131Survey of Chemistry3

Attributes: LA SC This is a survey course for non-science transfer students and involves lectures, demonstrations, and laboratory experiments relating to the basic facts and principles of chemistry. Discussions of atomic theory, bonding, states of matter, chemical equilibrium, and applied chemistry are included. Two lecture and two laboratory hours per week.

Subject
CHEM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
massasoit.edu
CHEM 151General Chemistry I4

Attributes: LA LS SC This course is designed for students who plan to continue in a science or related area. The major topics covered include atomic structure, stoichiometry, modern chemical bonding, and the gaseous state of matter. The laboratory is both preparative and analytical using classical and spectroscopic techniques. Three lecture and two laboratory hours per week. 099 Introductory Writing, and MATH 003 Preparation for College Math III or MATH 012 Intermediate Algebra; waiver by placement testing results; or departmental approval.

Subject
CHEM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
massasoit.edu
Prerequisite
ENGL 092 Preparing for College Reading II, ENGL
CHEM 152General Chemistry II4

Attributes: LA LS SC This course is a continuation of CHEM 151 General Chemistry I. Major topics covered include thermo-chemistry, thermodynamics, the states of matter, solutions, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, electro-chemistry, and an introduction to organic chemistry. The laboratory includes classical and spectroscopic techniques. Three lecture and two laboratory hours per week. ommunity College 2024-2025 College Catalog | 219

Subject
CHEM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
massasoit.edu
CHEM 153Criminal Justice Forensic Chemistry4

Attributes: LA LS SC This course will introduce students to the principles and techniques in the field of forensic chemistry. Topics will include organic analysis, inorganic analysis, DNA, glass and soil samples, drugs, fire, and blood. Students will learn the techniques for the analysis of compounds, including microscopy, electrophoresis, chromatography, and spectroscopy. Students should gain a basic understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the forensic sciences as they are presently practiced. Three lecture and two laboratory hours per week. MATH 002 Preparation for College Math II or MATH 011 Introductory Algebra.

Subject
CHEM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
massasoit.edu
Prerequisite
CJUS 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice and
CHEM 201Organic Chemistry I5

Attributes: LA LS SC This is a study of the main classes of organic compounds, including an introduction to natural products. The nomenclature, reaction mechanisms, synthesis, and general properties of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, and haloalkanes are discussed. The topics of stereochemistry, nucleophilic substitution, elimination, and radical chain reactions are discussed. The laboratory is both preparative and analytical using classical and instrumental experimental techniques. Three lecture and four laboratory hours per week. permission of instructor.

Subject
CHEM
Credits (min)
5
Credits (max)
5
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
massasoit.edu
Prerequisite
C or higher in CHEM 152 General Chemistry II; or
CHEM 202Organic Chemistry II5

Attributes: LA LS SC This is a continuation of the study of the main classes of organic compounds, including aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amines, and aromatics. The nomenclature, reaction mechanisms, synthesis, and general properties of these compounds will be discussed. The techniques of MS, NMR, and IR spectroscopy will be introduced. IR and NMR spectra will be run and interrupted where appropriate in the laboratory. The laboratory is both preparative and analytical using classical and instrumental experimental techniques. Three lecture and four laboratory hours per week. instructor.

Subject
CHEM
Credits (min)
5
Credits (max)
5
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
massasoit.edu
Prerequisite
CHEM 201 Organic Chemistry I; or permission of
CHEM 400Special Study in Chemistry1-4

Attributes: LA SC This course involves independent work on a selected topic under the direction of members of the Chemistry faculty. Limited to two courses per student. Dean.

Subject
CHEM
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2024-2025
Source
massasoit.edu
Prerequisite
approval of the Department Chair and Division

Source: Massasoit Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61