CHEM111-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

General Chemistry A

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

Description

Atoms, molecules and the chemical bond; chemistry of the atmosphere; introduction to physical chemistry; thermodynamics; kinetics; aqueous chemistry; chemical equilibria; electrochemistry.

Restrictions

Equivalent Courses

Course Coordinators

Colin Freeman and Paul Kruger

Lecturers

Peter Harland and Bryce Williamson

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Exam 60%
Laboratory 10%
On-line quizzes 5%
Test 27 Apr 2009 25%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Chang, Raymond; Chemistry ; 9th edition; McGraw-Hill, 2007.

The 8th and 7th editions are acceptable and a number of copies are held on reserve in the Physical Sciences Library.  The bookshop sells the text to students at a discounted price.
(The study guide to Chang is also available at the bookshop, however the Problems Manual, which you will receive when you purchase your laboratory manual, should provide sufficient exercises and supplementary material for most students.)

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $745.00

International fee $3,390.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Chemistry .

All CHEM111 Occurrences

  • CHEM111-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009