Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

This section of CH151 is hybrid and "flipped." There is an on-line component and an in-person component. Course content will be presented through interactive videos that you need to watch and interact with on your own time before attending on-campus meetings and labs. Please expect to spend about two hours a week (some weeks may take a little less time and others may take a little more time) watching and interacting with these videos as you work through some practice problems. In addition to watching and interacting with these videos, you will also have online homework, and you will complete several other assignments to help you prepare for some on-campus exams. The online homework and these other assignments will need to be completed outside of class time, so please plan accordingly. 

In-person lectures at the Cascade Campus:

Two hours per week are scheduled on campus for practicing course material and working in small groups. (Tuesdays 10:00 to 11:50 am). You must prepare for and attend these meetings. You must be able to attend BOTH the lecture and laboratory in-person components in order to register for the course. 

In-person labs at the Cascade Campus:

Students will need to attend the lab sessions in person (Tuesdays 12:30 pm – 3:20pm). Labs will reenforce the materials covered in the online lectures through hands on learning and experimentation. There are no remote labs for this course. There are no make up labs for this course. One lab score will be dropped (not including the first lab) to account for illness, emergencies, etc.)   You must be able to attend BOTH the lecture and laboratory in-person components in order to register for the course. 

In-person exams at the Cascade Campus:

Midterm Exams and a Final Exam during finals week) will be given in-person on campus during our regularly scheduled class or lab sessions and during the regularly scheduled Final Exam time for this course. Chemistry is inherently cumulative because many topics build on previous topics. Therefore, all exams are cumulative.  Each subsequent exam will add new material not covered on the previous exam while also including some review questions covering material from earlier in the term. Plan to take the Final Exam during scheduled time according to the College's Final Exam Schedule. 

Required materials:

Your textbook and online homework system are both free and open source. You will not need to purchase a textbook or access to an online homework system!  You will also need a scientific calculator. You may use a scientific calculator that you have already purchased for another course, but it must be capable of scientific notation, logs, exponents, etc.  We also have some you can borrow during exams.  

Please reach out to the instructor if you have any questions. Registered students will receive a welcome email with more details and a syllabus when the term starts. 

The course will be using an OER textbook and WeBWorK homework.  No purchase of these is necessary.  You will be printing the lab report sheets from D2L.  An internet connection and computer will be required.