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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: 250

Average GPA: 2.53 (rounds to B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 12.98%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 12.33%

Patricia G Amateis202116.6%28.8%24.9%10.1%5.7%13.9%2.4616
Jeannine E Eddleton202419.7%26.3%23.2%10.9%6.6%13.2%2.4352
Shamindri M Arachchige202430.0%31.0%18.2%7.3%4.7%8.9%2.7935
Alec T Wagner202423.8%31.2%21.5%7.4%5.0%11.0%2.6459
Candace E Wall202424.7%29.3%21.7%7.8%3.7%12.8%2.6943
Feng Lin20199.8%22.5%25.2%9.8%14.5%18.1%2.017
Alan R Esker202033.3%40.7%14.7%1.8%5.6%3.7%3.021
Gary L Long202222.3%30.1%27.0%11.2%6.5%2.9%2.504
Kurt A Neidigh20238.4%24.6%27.4%14.5%9.6%15.5%2.0716
Aaron Geller202318.5%37.6%24.2%7.9%3.9%7.9%2.622
Johnathan M Bowen202423.7%36.7%19.4%7.0%3.9%9.3%2.755
Edward B Orler20245.1%26.6%31.9%10.8%6.8%18.8%2.145
Gordon T Yee20227.2%17.0%26.5%11.4%15.0%22.9%1.805

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Summer II 2019Winter 2019Summer I 2020Winter 2020Summer I 2021Winter 2021Summer I 2022Winter 2022Summer I 2023Winter 2023Fall 2024Term050% W