This class is an accelerated first semester general chemistry class for chemical science majors and for those who need a strong background in the physical sciences. The average student who takes it will have had two years of high school chemistry and placed into 107 via the chemistry proficiency exam given to incoming freshmen. Topics covered in the class are gas law, stoichiometry, acid-base chemistry, and bonding models. The class includes two lectures per week in which Dr. Zumdahl gives a general overview of the class material. There is also a TA run quiz section twice a week that goes a bit deeper into the subject matter.
Quizzes are about once a week.
The key to success in this class, as with all classes, is to study and go to class. Studying means working extra problems that use several chemical concepts to solve, reading all of the assigned reading, and working through old exams. Aspects of the class that make it worth taking are having the excellent lecturer, Dr. Zumdahl, who has written many chemistry textbooks used across the country at many high schools and major universities. You will learn a lot of valuable chemistry in this class. Of course there are some downfalls to the class.