Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Thank you for considering this course!

Chemistry 221Z is the first of a three term chemistry sequence designed to provide a year of general chemistry to science majors. It will meet transfer school requirements for such science majors as: chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, pre-medicine, and other pre-professional programs. The class consists of online lecture notes and a required corequisite on-campus laboratory section CH227Z. The online lecture notes are used to provide you with the basic chemical concepts and mathematical applications to chemistry. 

Because this is a science major's course, you will need to be able to demonstrate prerequisite math and chemistry skills. You must have successfully completed CH151 or documented equivalent and must have passed college algebra (Math 111).

This section of CH221Z is a hybrid, flipped course. This means that 2 hours of lecture will be completed online and 2 hours of lecture and 3 hours of lab will be on campus. We’ll spend our on-campus time working on activities and experiments that will solidify your learning.  You must register for the linked sections of CH221Z and CH227Z that I teach (CRN 15165 (CH221Z) CRN 15166 (CH227Z). While this class only meets in-person one day a week, it still requires a lot of work. In order to succeed in this course, you will need to be motivated to watch the videos on your own and come to class prepared and ready to learn. If you struggle with the material, you will need to take the initiative to ask questions and/or attend office hours (on Zoom or in-person).

To help you decide if this chemistry class is right for you, here is an outline of what your responsibilities will be. Each week you will have:

• Online lectures in video format with associated textbook readings
• Online reading quizzes
• Homework assignments
• In-class assignments
• In-class quizzes
• Laboratory experiments and activities (Note: you must also register for the linked section of CH227Z, which is the laboratory portion of the course.)

In addition to your weekly responsibilities, you will be required to take:

• Two exams 
• Comprehensive final exam

I will contact enrolled students by email near the beginning of the term with more information on the course. You may contact me at nicole.naibert@pcc.edu [opens in new window] for more information. I look forward to working with you to build a strong chemistry foundation!