Communication skills are developed through written laboratory reports and the proper use of a laboratory notebook. One laboratory or lecture session will be held per week. This is a continuation of CHEM 113. Laboratory projects may include investigations of the properties of acid-base buffers, the investigation of the kinetics of the hydrolysis of a simple drug, chromatographic separation of amino acids, and the synthesis of several polymers. The lecture component includes the fundamentals of acid-base chemistry, simple chemical kinetics, and thermochemistry.
Emphasis is placed on the use of computers for data analysis and reporting.
Communication skills are developed through written laboratory reports.