CHEM 101 - General Chemistry I

    Recent Professors
    R. Gibbons, S. Hayes, J. Daniels, D. Szeto, S. Kuruvilla, E. Ekanayake, D. Stekovic, M. Bani Khaled and 1 more
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026
    Class Size
    28 students
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    MATH-105 (with a grade of C or better) or completion with a C or better of MATH-110 , MATH-135 , MATH-C2210 , MATH-213 , MATH-215 , or MATH-218 meets the prerequisite or placement into MATH-C2210 or higher meets the prerequisite., AND CHEM-100 (with a grade of C or better) or one year of high school chemistry (with a grade of C or better).
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    This course covers principles of chemistry with special emphasis on atomic structure, stoichiometry, chemistry of aqueous solutions, balancing reactions, thermochemistry, periodic relationships among the elements, chemical bonding, geometry of molecules, hybridization and molecular orbital theory.
    Usually Held
    Tue Thu 5:00pm–7:50pm, Mon 10:00am–11:50am, Mon Tue Wed Thu 10:00am–1:15pm, Mon Tue Wed Thu 2:00pm–5:15pm