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CHEM-1026: Introduction to Chemistry Laboratory

Description: Virtual laboratory exercises and reading and writing assignments designed to accompany 1015 and 1016, as applicable. Illustrates and elaborates on principles addressed in lecture, including history and fundamental concepts, theories, contexts, with an emphasis on sustainability issues and ethical consequences of decision- making in chemistry. Students will identify foundational concepts in chemistry, enumerate parameters likely to influence the outcome of an experiment, analyze the ways that values and beliefs influence progress in the discipline and communicate chemical concepts to a lay audience.

Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 1 credit

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.71 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 82.06%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.27%

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Grade Distribution Over Time

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