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Course description

This course is a comprehensive survey of chemistry for the general student that emphasizes the principles underlying the formation and interaction of chemical substances: stoichiometry, states of matter, thermochemistry, atomic and molecular structure, intermolecular forces, solutions, thermodynamics, kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, electrochemistry, and environmental chemistry. This course fulfills the requirement of two semesters of inorganic chemistry for entrance to medical school.
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Instructors

Gregg Tucci

Senior Lecturer on Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies, Harvard University.

Justin McCarty

Head Teaching Fellow in General Chemistry, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
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