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Specific Course Information
Course Area and Number
CHM 405WI
Institution
Berry College
Location
Mount Berry, Georgia
Textbook
Inorganic Chemistry, 6th edition, by D. F. Shriver, and others, W. H. Freeman and Co., New York, 2014
Course Meetings and Time
Number of meetings per week
2 meetings / week
Time per meeting (minutes)
75 min / meeting
Number of weeks
14 weeks
Lab Associated
Yes, required, concurrently
Average Class Size
5 to 15
Typical Student Population
This course is required all chemistry majors and all ACS-certified biochemistry majors. It is also an elective for non-ACS-certified biochemistry majors.
Categories
Prerequisites
Organic Chemistry
Corequisites
No Corequisites
Course Level
Upper Division/Graduate
Topics Covered
Acid-base chemistry
Bonding models: Discrete molecules
Chemical literature
Coordination chemistry
Descriptive chemistry
Laboratory course information
Description

Theoretical and descriptive inorganic/bioinorganic chemistry. Examines molecular structure and other properties of crystals, coordination compounds, and organometallic compounds. Topics include the roles of metal complexes as acids and bases, in oxidation-reduction reactions, and in biochemical systems. Laboratory in which main group and transition metal compounds are synthesized and studied. This course counts towards the Writing Across the Curriculum requirement.

File attachments
HokeCHM405syllabusS19.pdf
Learning Goals

Students will know key topics of inorganic chemistry, including the foundations of coordination chemistry, solid state chemistry, and organometallic chemistry. 

Students will also learn more sophisticated applications of general chemistry topics in acid-base and oxidation-reduction chemistry.

 

How the course is taught
Lecture and short in-class assignments done in groups
VIPEr LOs used in course
Symmetry Resources at Otterbein University
High Energy Density Materials: A laboratory and literature investigation (Christe)
A discussion on "Electrochemical formation of a surface-adsorbed hydrogen-evolving species"
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