What the hell do you think you are doing acomponent of the course. For most of you, this class may refresh your experience with chemistry in high school, and for some, a brand new introduction. Your instructor, the staff, and I wish each of you the best for the coming semester and the academic year. We are here to help you do your best to learn, understand, and achieve in GenChem. We urge you to utilize all available resources to attain your goals: printed course materials, Blackboard (Bb), your colleagues, your instructor, etc. Make full use of your time in recitation and lab: come with questions, listen to the dialogue, be a participant. Experience has taught that students fare well when they kept pace with lecture and came prepared for lab. In doing so, learning was easier and stress was minimized. These are some suggestions for your success. Again, we welcome each of you, and look forward in helping you achieve and maximize your potential.

Learning Goals

Coherent with your lecture course, this class aims to provide a foundation in Chemistry, specific to the laboratory experience. Where the lecture introduces, explores, and expands concepts, through a dialogue with your lecture professor; the laboratory is where you are the active participant: performing experiments, collecting data, analyzing data, and conveying your findings through written reports. The lecture and the lab act in concert, in synergy, where you achieve a holistic understanding of Chemistry, of science. This is the scientific process – idea, testing, refinement, understanding/discovery. This is what scientists do, this is what your professor does. All these aspects embody the knowledge and the skills you are expected to learn and master on finishing your year of GenChem. You will set foot, move forward, and complete your journey with given