Course Outcomes, Competencies, and Supplemental Competencies:
A. Explain the design and significance of experiments that led to the adoption of modern atomic theory.
- Recognize and interpret isotopic notation; demonstrate the relationship between average atomic masses and isotopic masses.
- Relate atomic mass to composition in terms of subatomic particles.
- Relate spectroscopic observation of atoms to quantum mechanical theories.
- Explain the distinction between classical and wave mechanics.
- Describe the radial and angular dependence of solutions to the Schrodinger equation for hydrogen atoms (s, p, d orbitals).
- Using the Aufbau principle, write the electron configuration of atoms with many electrons.
B. Relate the names to formulas for simple ionic and molecular compounds.
- Draw Lewis Dot Structures for atoms as well as simple ionic and molecular compounds.
- Describe the characteristics of ionic and covalent bonding.
- Predict the shape of simple molecules and ions using VSEPR theory.
- Explain how electronegativity differences relate to bond polarity.
- Determine bond orders and relate them to relative bond strength.
- Relate MO concepts to structural, energetic, spectroscopic, and magnetic properties of molecules.
C. Explain how the mole concept relates bulk chemical phenomena to atomic/molecular phenomena.
- Perform calculations that employ relationships involving masses, formula units, and the mole concept.
- Determine empirical and molecular formula from appropriate data.
- Demonstrate the ability to balance chemical equations.
- Write net ionic equations based on solubility rules.
- Determine limiting reagents from stoichiometric data.
- Calculate theoretical yield from stoichiometric data.
- Employ stoichiometric reasoning in calculations involving solution properties such as molarity, reaction enthalpies,
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