Chemistry
Perhaps you already know your area of interest. Research Scientist. Dentist. Chiropractor.
Medical Doctor. Veterinarian. Pharmacist. Engineer. You may want to work on cancer
research, environmental solutions or study the natural world. You may be drawn to
ecology, forensic or molecular sciences, or physics. All of these interests involve
the study of Chemistry including the General and Organic chemistry sequences offered
at Wenatchee Valley College.
By starting at WVC, you can complete your first two years of a bachelor’s degree while
enrolled in small classes (such as 20 rather than 200 students), with highly qualified
and experienced faculty members (professors rather than teaching assistants), and
at a lower cost.
Explores the basis of drug action, major categories of drugs, as well as risks and
benefits of drug use from an individual, social and economic viewpoint. Other topics
include historical perspective and ethno pharmacology; delivery, absorption, distribution,
metabolism and elimination of drugs; modern drug development and regulation. Prerequisites:
ENGL& 101 (Recommended: MATH 097 or MATH 098).
Chemical concepts course for the nonscience student. Basic chemical principles and
laboratory techniques are applied to contemporary topics such as nuclear chemistry,
energy use and pollution. While not intended for students planning to take additional
chemistry classes, course may be helpful for students with limited chemistry background.
Includes laboratory.
Inorganic chemistry for allied health students or for individuals needing a general
science transfer credit. Includes laboratory. Prerequisites: MATH 097 or MATH 099
or MATH 100A or equivalent or appropriate assessment score.
General introductory Organic and Biochemistry course satisfying allied health and
agriculture program requirements. Study of reactions and nomenclature and their applications
to living systems. Includes laboratory. Prerequisites: CHEM&121 or equivalent.
Study of states of matter, molecular structure, thermodynamics and reactions. For
science majors, engineers and other student requiring a year or more of college chemistry.
Includes laboratory. Prerequisites: a year of high school chemistry or CHEM& 121 and
MATH 105 or MATH& 141 (preferred) or equivalent, or appropriate math assessment score,
or instructor permission.
Study of periodic trends, molecular structure, chemical bonding, liquids and solids,
kinetics, solutions, equilibrium and acid base chemistry. Prerequisites: CHEM& 161.
Descriptive chemistry of metals, aqueous chemistry, equilibria related to solubility
and thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Discussion and measurement of the qualitative
and quantitative chemistry of common cations and anions. Includes two laboratories
per week. Prerequisites: CHEM& 162.
The first of a three-quarter sequence in organic chemistry for university transfer,
intended primarily for science majors and those fulfilling requirements for professional
health science careers such as medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. Topics include structure,
nomenclature, physical properties, reactions and synthesis of the main types of organic
compounds. Lab included. Prerequisites: CHEM& 163.
The second of a three-quarter sequence in organic chemistry for university transfer,
intended primarily for science majors and those fulfilling requirements for professional
health science careers such as medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. CHEM& 262 furthers
the development of the properties, transformations and identification of organic molecules.
Lab included. Prerequisites: CHEM& 261.
The third of a three-quarter sequence in organic chemistry for university transfer,
intended primarily for science majors and those fulfilling requirements for professional
health science careers such as medicine, dentistry and pharmacy. CHEM& 263 furthers
discussion of the properties, transformations and identification of organic molecules,
including biomolecules. Lab included. Prerequisites: CHEM& 262.
