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CHEM-1035: General Chemistry

Description: First chemistry course for students in science curricula. Applications of reasoning in the natural sciences using chemical laws in an applied context and in the student’s own discipline. Overview of the universal aspects of chemistry and of application of chemistry to address global challenges. 1035: Problem-solving, elements and periodic table, stoichiometry of chemical reactions, gas phase of matter, energy flow and chemical change, atomic structure, and theories of chemical bonding. 1036: Properties of the three states of matter alone and in mixtures, kinetics, aqueous equilibrium, thermodynamics, electrochemistry. (Duplicates 1015-1016.) Students may bypass prerequisites for 1035 through testing alternatives listed in the Registrar’s Timetable.

Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 684

Average GPA: 2.48 (B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 13.35%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 9.02%

Jeannine E Eddleton202415.4%27.5%26.1%11.0%6.2%13.8%2.3682
John G Dillard200725.1%34.3%26.8%8.0%5.9%0.0%2.6511
Gordon T Yee20229.2%18.3%27.4%12.2%11.7%21.2%1.9917
Joseph S Merola201618.6%25.5%29.5%12.7%7.7%5.9%2.3720
Jared N Spencer201712.1%29.7%34.0%9.9%5.3%9.0%2.3526
Furong Sun201229.4%41.2%29.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.021
Alec T Wagner202423.9%31.2%21.4%7.6%5.0%10.8%2.6456
Candace E Wall202424.7%29.1%21.8%7.8%3.8%12.7%2.6844
Shamindri M Arachchige202320.8%32.0%24.3%8.5%4.9%9.5%2.59117
Edward B Orler20245.1%26.6%31.9%10.8%6.8%18.8%2.145
Kurt A Neidigh202311.0%26.6%26.5%12.2%7.9%15.8%2.2325
Preston L Durrill201519.3%33.5%29.2%9.1%5.3%3.6%2.5518
Guoliang Liu20176.1%20.5%25.7%15.1%12.3%20.2%1.886
Feng Lin20199.7%22.3%24.1%11.2%11.9%20.7%2.0715
Gary L Long202224.7%35.8%23.9%8.3%4.3%3.0%2.6811
Michael A Berg201614.7%35.8%26.2%9.3%6.2%7.8%2.4519
Patricia G Amateis202117.6%33.1%27.5%11.5%5.4%4.9%2.48127
Harry C Dorn200516.8%38.3%26.3%10.9%7.7%0.0%2.457
Larry T Taylor200718.1%32.6%28.3%12.2%8.9%0.0%2.397
Ketan M Trivedi201028.5%37.7%23.7%3.8%5.5%0.8%2.7820
Amanda R Wilmsmeyer201317.9%25.0%39.3%7.2%10.7%0.0%2.331
Christine F Hermann201128.0%35.5%19.0%10.2%6.6%0.8%2.713
Cindy A Burkhardt200417.1%40.0%25.7%8.6%8.6%0.0%2.491
Davis Katharine A Davenport200525.7%45.7%14.3%8.6%5.7%0.0%2.801
Matthew R Vincent201810.0%32.5%25.0%7.6%15.0%10.0%2.131
Herve Marand200622.5%25.0%25.0%25.0%2.5%0.0%2.331
Abdulaziz Kaya200922.0%19.5%34.1%12.2%12.2%0.0%2.221
David B Hobart20166.4%44.2%23.7%14.9%7.5%3.2%2.302
Hayati Celik200712.5%22.9%35.4%22.9%6.3%0.0%2.241
Alan R Esker202033.3%40.7%14.7%1.8%5.6%3.7%3.021
Catherine A Sarisky200516.6%33.8%31.8%12.3%5.7%0.0%2.492
Brian E Hanson201611.9%30.2%28.6%15.3%5.2%8.9%2.324
Paul A Deck201416.0%30.4%31.2%11.2%5.8%5.3%2.426
Carla Slebodnick200513.6%32.0%29.6%16.9%7.9%0.0%2.262
Cynthia Cribbs201216.2%26.0%34.5%6.6%3.3%13.4%2.504
Jimmy W Viers20048.5%29.9%37.2%17.1%7.3%0.0%2.151
Krishnan Rangan200819.3%28.9%33.7%14.5%3.6%0.0%2.431
Robert B Moore200915.5%34.5%29.0%14.6%6.3%0.0%2.402
Eduard F Valeyev200915.7%35.5%25.0%16.9%7.0%0.0%2.371
Brent D Viers200811.9%33.5%30.1%18.8%5.7%0.0%2.291
Aaron Geller202318.5%37.6%24.2%7.9%3.9%7.9%2.622
Johnathan M Bowen202322.8%35.1%19.0%7.8%4.7%10.6%2.703
Diego Troya200919.2%33.8%27.7%11.4%7.9%0.0%2.422
Philippe Bissel201119.0%34.5%27.4%9.1%3.7%6.2%2.592
Maggie B Bump201717.3%30.4%22.2%9.1%4.3%16.8%2.553
Brian M Tissue200514.2%29.6%29.0%18.9%8.2%0.0%2.221

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