SCIE108 Discoveries in Chemistry: A History Department of
Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics: Science Course
Number and TitleSCIE108 Discoveries in Chemistry: A History
Number of Credits3 credits Minimum Number of Instructional
Minutes Per Semester2250 Other Pertinent InformationNon-Lab
course Catalog Course DescriptionThis course examines the
historical development of chemistry; the personalities, stories,
and experiments behind modern understanding of matter
(specifically elements and compounds), and how that
understanding has led to practical technologies. In addition,
the course explores the nature of scientific thought related to
the historic chemical research explored. Required Course Content
and Direction Learning Goals:Discoveries in Chemistry: A History
is designed to serve as a one-semester course to meet the
science core requirement for the non-science major. Discoveries
in Chemistry: A History covers selected areas of chemistry in a
qualitative manner, but not in as much detail as Gene