CHEM 130 - General Chemistry I

    Recent Professors
    mkoutroulis@riohondo.edu, aleung@riohondo.edu, cmolina@riohondo.edu, jvincent@riohondo.edu
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026, Summer 2026, Spring 2026, Fall 2025, Summer 2025
    Class Size
    24 students
    Credits
    5
    Prerequisite
    CHEM 120
    Fall 2026 Sections
    View Fall 2026 sections of CHEM 130
    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 is the first semester of a two-semester sequence designed for students intending to major in science and engineering. The lecture course covers classical and modern chemistry, with applications in stoichiometry and classical atomic theory of chemistry, periodic properties, gas laws, modern quantum theory of atomic and molecular structure and periodic properties, thermochemistry, liquids and solids, and solution chemistry. The laboratory introduces experimental chemistry with examples from all areas of chemistry.
    Usually Held
    Mon Wed 11:15am–12:40pm, Tue Thu 11:15am–2:20pm, Tue Thu 2:30pm–3:55pm, Mon Wed 8:00am–11:05am