# Chemistry (CHEM) courses

Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 9 courses

Source: https://chabot.curriqunet.com/catalog/iq/3973/6079/6083/7528/7553

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Summer 2026, Fall 2026.

### CHEM 1A — General College Chemistry I

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture, 108 Lab
- **Prerequisite:** MTH 55, MTH 55B, CHEM 31, skill level demonstrated through the Chemistry Placement Process.
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/chabot-college/schedule/summer-2026/chem.md); Fall 2026, 5 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/chem.md)
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

Introduction to atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, gases, matter and energy, oxidation-reduction, chemical equations, liquids and solids, solutions, chemical energetics and equilibrium. Laboratory includes both quantitative and qualitative experiments.

### CHEM 1B — General College Chemistry II

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture, 108 Lab
- **Prerequisite:** CHEM 1A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 2 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/summer-2026/chem.md); Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/chem.md)
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

Continuation of Chemistry 1A. Chemical energetics and equilibria, solutions and ionic equilibria, acid-base chemistry, electrochemistry, coordination chemistry, kinetics, nuclear chemistry, organic chemistry, and the chemistry of family groups of the periodic table. Laboratory emphasizes quantitative techniques, including instrumentation, and qualitative analysis.

### CHEM 10 — Introduction to Chemistry

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture, 54 Lab
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/chabot-college/schedule/summer-2026/chem.md); Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/chem.md)
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

A non-mathematical survey of the basic concepts of chemistry that stresses a humanistic approach. Designed for non-science majors. Topics include basic structure, properties and reactivity of matter and energy as they relate to environmental issues, nutrition, medicine, material science and other current topics.

### CHEM 12A — Organic Chemistry I

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture, 108 Lab
- **Prerequisite:** CHEM 1B
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 3 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/chem.md)
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

Hydrocarbons, alkyl halides, alcohols, ethers, and an introduction to aromatic hydrocarbons. Structure, bonding, stereochemistry, conformational analysis, nomenclature, and physical properties in relation to these particular groups of compounds. Emphasis on reactivity and reaction mechanisms. Laboratory work includes microscale, macroscale, spectroscopic, and chromatographic techniques. Chemistry 12A is the first semester in a year long course in organic chemistry designed for students majoring in chemistry and related disciplines.

### CHEM 12B — Organic Chemistry II

- **Units:** 5
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture, 108 Lab
- **Prerequisite:** CHEM 12A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Summer 2026, Fall 2026 schedules
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

Continuation of Chemistry 12A with an introduction to the chemistry of dienes, aromatics, amines, carbanions, carboxylic acids, carboxylic acid derivatives, aldehydes, ketones and biochemical topics focusing on structure, synthesis, and mechanisms of reaction. Laboratory work in basic techniques, synthetic methods, qualitative, spectroscopic, and chromatographic analysis techniques. Chemistry 12B is the second semester in a year course in Organic Chemistry designed for students majoring in Chemistry related disciplines.

### CHEM 30A — Introductory and Applied Chemistry I

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture, 54 Lab
- **Prerequisite:** MTH 65, MTH 65B, MTH 65L, MTH 53, MTH 53B
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 2 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/summer-2026/chem.md); Fall 2026, 8 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/chem.md)
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

Chemistry of inorganic compounds, atomic theory, bonding, equations, gas laws, solutions, acid-base theory and oxidation-reduction. Designed to meet the requirements of certain programs in allied health and technological fields and for general education.

### CHEM 30B — Introductory and Applied Chemistry II

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture, 54 Lab
- **Prerequisite:** CHEM 30A
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/chem.md)
- Grading: Letter Grade Only

Continuation of Chemistry 30A with emphasis on organic and biochemical concepts related to human physiological systems.

### CHEM 31 — Introduction to College Chemistry

- **Units:** 4
- **Hours:** 54 Lecture, 54 Lab
- **Prerequisite:** MTH 55, MTH 55B
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/chabot-college/schedule/summer-2026/chem.md); Fall 2026, 4 sections (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/chem.md)
- Grading: Optional

Elementary concepts of chemistry with emphasis on mathematical calculations; includes nomenclature, stoichiometry, atomic structure, gas laws, and acids and bases. Designed for majors in science and engineering.

### CHEM 201 — Chemistry Jam and Prep

- **Units:** 54
- **Hours:** 54 Lab
- **Offered:** Summer 2026, 1 section (/c/chabot-college/schedule/summer-2026/chem.md); Fall 2026, 1 section (/c/chabot-college/schedule/fall-2026/chem.md)
- Grading: Pass/No Pass/Satisfactory Progress

This fully online and asynchronous course is designed to help students who have minimal high school chemistry experience to prepare for CHEM 1A through a mastery-based approach. This course is also a prerequisite for CHEM 1A for students who have no prior chemistry experience.