Description
A survey of first-year chemistry, including quantum mechanics with application to electronic structure, thermodynamics with application to electrochemistry and phase equilibria, and also topics in intermolecular forces, gas law, crystal structure, and aqueous equilibria.

Priority registration in this course is offered to students admitted to the Certificate in Arts and Science (Engineering).

Prerequisite(s): A minimum "B" grade in Chemistry 12 or equivalent; a minimum "C+" grade in CHEM 1118; or CDT results for CHEM 1120; and a minimum "C" grade in Precalculus 12, MDT 75, or MATH 1152. Prerequisites are only valid for three years.