FACULTY OF SCIENCES - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRYCOURSE SYLLABUS
ENGLISH ARABIC CREDITS
COURSE TITLE
CODE/NO CODE/NO. Th. Pr. Tr. Total
General Chemistry I CHEM 110 110ﻛﻢ 3 3
Pre-requisites: None
Course Role in Curriculum
Required Course
(Required/Elective):
Catalogue Description:
It provides an introduction to the general principles of chemistry for students planning a
professional career in chemistry, a related science, the health professions, or engineering. By the
end of this course the student will be able to understand the following: Significant figures,
scientific notation and units, stoichiometry, atomic structure & periodic table, chemical bonding,
gases, ionic equilibrium, basic principles of organic and basic principles of biochemistry.
Textbooks:
1. Chemistry, by Chang, 9th. ed., 2007, McGraw-Hill.
2. Chemistry, by Steven S. Zumdahl, 6th ed., Houghton Mifflin, College Div.
Supplemental Materials:
1. Chemistry, by Mortimer, 6th ed., Wadsworth Inc.
Course Learning Outcomes:
By the completion of the course the student should be able to:
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1. Demonstrate understanding of Significant figures,
2. Demonstrate understanding of Scientific notation and units,
3. Demonstrate understanding of Stoichiometry,
4. Demonstrate understanding of Atomic structure & periodic table,
5. Demonstrate understanding of Chemical bonding,
6. Demonstrate understanding of Gases,
7. Demonstrate understanding of Ionic equilibrium,
8. Demonstrate understanding of Basic principles of organic chemistry
9. Demonstrate understanding of Basic principles of biochemistry.
Topics to be Covered:
1. Significant figures,
2. Scientific notation and units,
3. Stoichiometry,
4, Atomic structure & periodic table,
5. Chemical bonding,
6. Gases,
7. Ionic equilibrium,
8. Basic principles of organic and biochemistry
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FACULTY OF SCIENCES - DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRYCOURSE SYLLABUS
ENGLISH ARABIC CREDITS
COURSE TITLE
CODE/NO CODE/NO. Th. Pr. Tr. Total
General Chemistry Lab CHEM 281 281ﻛﻢ 3 1
Pre-requisites: CHEM 110
Course Role in Curriculum
Required Course
(Required/Elective):
Catalogue Description:
Safety rules, Chemical nomenclature, Acid radicals; Dil. HCl group Acid radicals; Conc.
H2SO4group General group, General scheme for testing acid radicals + unknown, Basic radicals
(1-6), General scheme for testing base radicals + unknown; Determination of the molecular
weight of the volatile solution's vapor; Determination of percentage and number of molecules of
water of crystallization; Titration using different indicators; 1- Determination of solubility
product of sparingly soluble salt, 2- effect of common ion effect on the solubility
Textbooks:
1. Chemical principles in the Laboratory with quantitative analysis, Slowiski. Wolsey.
Masterton 6th ed., 1997 Brooks/Cole.
Supplemental Materials:
1. Practical Experiments in Chemistry, Kim Gogarty, Col Harrison, Grahame Dobinson,
1st ed., Blake Education 2007.
Course Learning Outcomes:
By the completion of the course the student should be able to:
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1. Demonstrate understanding of basic knowledge and principle in chemistry labs
Topics to be Covered:
1. Safety rules,
2. Chemical nomenclature,
3. Acid radicals;
4, Dil. HCl group Acid radicals;
5. Conc. H2SO4group General group,
6. General scheme for testing acid radicals + unknown,
7. Basic radicals (1-6),
8. General scheme for testing base radicals + unknown;
Determination of the molecular weight of the volatile solution's vapor;
9. Determination of percentage and number of molecules of water of
crystallization;
10. Titration using different indicators;
11. Determination of solubility product of sparingly soluble salt,
12. Effect of common ion effect on the solubility
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