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CHEM-1036: 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: 730

Average GPA: 2.54 (B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 14.17%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 6.97%

Patricia G Amateis202219.4%33.1%26.9%9.7%4.4%6.4%2.56211
Kurt A Neidigh202113.9%33.4%26.8%10.2%5.6%10.2%2.4281
Gordon T Yee200525.8%34.8%38.5%0.9%0.0%0.0%2.892
Brian E Hanson20137.4%21.5%29.1%14.3%12.5%15.1%1.967
Johnathan M Bowen202419.0%31.4%27.0%9.2%4.2%9.0%2.5539
Alan R Esker201021.5%33.8%32.4%9.3%1.4%1.5%2.657
Preston L Durrill201615.9%28.3%32.6%11.4%5.0%6.7%2.40136
Alec T Wagner202315.2%30.6%26.4%10.7%5.6%11.4%2.4345
Cynthia Cribbs201217.2%26.0%31.0%6.5%8.6%10.7%2.3912
Paul A Deck202318.4%32.4%26.4%10.1%4.9%7.8%2.5415
Victoria K Long200736.6%39.6%18.8%3.7%1.4%0.0%3.0514
Candace E Wall201916.7%35.0%28.4%6.9%4.4%8.6%2.5815
Shamindri M Arachchige202424.5%33.7%23.8%7.8%3.7%6.5%2.7178
Joseph S Merola201825.7%30.3%26.1%6.8%3.1%7.9%2.7712
Ketan M Trivedi201134.1%38.9%22.7%1.7%1.9%0.7%3.0230
John G Dillard200810.8%36.1%39.2%11.1%2.9%0.0%2.414
Mary C Tam200713.6%26.1%31.6%18.4%10.3%0.0%2.133
Brent D Viers200813.5%40.5%27.0%16.2%2.7%0.0%2.451
Amanda R Wilmsmeyer201315.3%35.4%28.9%9.6%10.8%0.0%2.352
Jared R Brown201026.6%28.8%28.5%7.6%6.1%2.2%2.682
Joseph Wirgau201115.2%35.3%33.0%7.9%7.9%0.7%2.413
Stephanie E Hooper200741.5%34.0%15.1%7.5%1.9%0.0%3.061
Jared N Spencer201116.9%25.5%35.6%15.3%3.4%3.4%2.381
Owen W Lofthus200410.3%31.0%34.5%12.1%12.1%0.0%2.151
Guoqing Zhang201410.9%48.3%26.4%5.9%7.5%0.8%2.472
Larry T Taylor200620.5%26.4%35.8%13.1%4.2%0.0%2.482
Christine F Hermann200814.3%28.6%33.3%16.7%7.1%0.0%2.251
Timothy J Fuhrer201212.8%40.4%27.7%10.6%6.4%2.1%2.411
Susanne M Dana200525.5%32.7%29.1%9.1%3.6%0.0%2.671
Louis A Madsen200920.8%42.8%25.8%8.2%2.5%0.0%2.701

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