This course covers the laboratory aspects of BIO 107 & BIO 211. It is a one-credit course that has two hours of lab session/week. Topics covered include but are not limited to: methods for measuring the environment, calculations for determining species density using different indexes, methods for sampling the environment, food webs, food chains, and trophic levels of organisms
- Teacher: Christian Pech
The cytology course is intended to teach about cell stucture and function along with cell history and tissue formation. The students will study cell history followed by cell structure and function. Then lastly they will study cell division and DNA and its role in cell division and adaptation.
- Teacher: Christian Pech
This course provides a comprehensive survey of Inorganic Chemistry, focusing on the systematic study of chemical elements and their compounds. Emphasis is placed on understanding the properties and trends of elements across periods and groups, with particular attention to how atomic structure and bonding influence the physical and chemical properties of inorganic compounds. The course also explores the chemical and physical trends of inorganic elements and compounds and includes qualitative analysis techniques for identifying cations and anions.
Key areas of study include the elements and compounds of Period 3, Groups I and II, Group VII, Group IV and first-row transition elements. The course is highly relevant to various fields, including petroleum refining, pharmaceutical production, photovoltaics, polymers, semiconductors, nanomaterials, biochemistry, and catalysis. The fundamental principles of inorganic chemistry introduced in this course provide essential knowledge for students pursuing further studies in chemistry, biochemistry, medicinal chemistry, materials chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, and pharmacy.
- Teacher: Kayla Vansen
A fundamental course that provides a broad coverage of the basic principles of Physical Chemistry. (This course covers many of the topics covered by University students in General Chemistry II) The concepts covered will introduce and describe the kinetics of chemical reactions, including the derivation of rate laws, describing the concentration, temperature and other dependences of a chemical reaction, and the subsequent formulation of reaction mechanisms will be explored in detail for simple chemical reactions. This course emphasizes major topics such as chemical and ionic equilibrium, electrochemistry and reaction kinetics
- Teacher: Kayla Vansen
This course is intended to cover General Chemistry concepts and principles in depth. The course is divided into four main areas: the atom and subatomic particles, forces of attraction between and within molecules, the mole concept of atoms and molecules and basic chemical reactions. The major topics that will be covered in this course include relative masses of atoms and molecules, atomic structure, chemical bonding, states of matter, thermochemistry, chemical energetics and nuclear reactions. There will be a stronger emphasis on a quantitative description of chemical phenomena. Moreover, the course assumes that students have had a strong exposure to high school chemistry. Students are encouraged to review the concepts of atomic structure, ions, electronic configurations of atoms and ions, ionic and covalent bonding, mole concept for atoms and molecules, chemical equations and stoichiometry.
- Teacher: Kayla Vansen
This course provides an in-depth introduction to modern instrumental techniques used in chemical analysis, emphasizing their theoretical foundations, modes of operation, and real-world applications. The course is organized into four main areas: uncertainty in measurement and data analysis, classical titrimetric and gravimetric methods, spectroscopic techniques, and separation methods. Topics include various types of titrations, spectroscopic methods such as UV/Visible, infrared (IR), mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and various chromatographic approaches including paper, thin-layer, gas-liquid, and high-performance liquid chromatography. While the course does not include a laboratory component, students may gain exposure to analytical instrumentation through case studies and field visits to institutions and industries where these techniques are actively used. The course is designed for students who have completed introductory chemistry and provides essential theoretical and practical preparation for careers or further studies in analytical, industrial, or environmental chemistry.
- Teacher: Kayla Vansen
