Chemistry

Chemistry

A.A.S. Degree (S)

The Chemistry associate degree provides the graduate with the skills needed to work as a technician in a laboratory in chemical, pharmaceutical, and related industries. Chemical and related industries employ scientists at all degree levels in research, production, quality control laboratories, and in customer service and related areas. The Delaware Tech Chemistry program teaches you to integrate scientific knowledge, laboratory skills, and critical thinking to solve chemical problems.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

1. Apply knowledge of the theories and principles of chemistry.
2. Follow safety procedures.
3. Perform basic laboratory operations and techniques.
4. Keep a laboratory notebook following standard laboratory practices and present data in an organized written format.
5. Prepare common laboratory solutions.
6. Prepare and purify samples using common techniques.
7. Communicate in a professional manner.
8. Analyze samples by common qualitative and quantitative techniques.
9. Use and maintain common laboratory instruments and equipment.
10. Apply mathematical concepts to the solution of scientific problems.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ENG 101	Composition I	3
ENG 102	Composition II	3
MAT 193	Reasoning with Functions II	4
SSC 100	First Year Seminar	1

Select 2 course(s) from:

CLT 110	Cross-Cultural Immersion	3
COM 111	Human Communications	3
ECO 111	Macroeconomics	3
ECO 122	Microeconomics	3
POL 111	Political Science	3
PSY 121	General Psychology	3
SOC 111	Sociology	3

Program/Major Courses

CHM 150	Chemical Principles I	5
CHM 151	Chemical Principles II	5
CHM 240	Organic Chemistry I	4
CHM 241	Organic Chemistry II	4
CHM 250	Analytical Chemistry I	5
CHM 251	Analytical Chemistry II	4
CHM 111	Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry	4
	Or
CHM 265	Biochemistry	4

Program/Major Support Courses

BIO 150	Biology I	4
BIO 151	Biology II	4
BIO 250	Principles of Microbiology	4
BIO 262	Genetics	4
PHY 205	General Physics I	4
PHY 206	General Physics II	4

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100	First Year Seminar	1
Elective	Track Elective	4
CHM 150	Chemical Principles I	5
MAT 193	Reasoning with Functions II	4
ENG 101	Composition I	3

Semester 2

CHM 151	Chemical Principles II	5
ENG 102	Composition II	3
Elective	Track Elective	4
Elective	Track Elective	4

Semester 3

CHM 240	Organic Chemistry I	4
CHM 250	Analytical Chemistry I	5
Elective	Track Elective	4
Elective	Social Science Elective	3

Semester 4

CHM 241	Organic Chemistry II	4
Elective	Track Elective	4
CHM 251	Analytical Chemistry II	4
Elective	Social Science Elective	3

Approved Electives

Track 1 Electives-Biology Concentration

BIO 150	Biology I	4
BIO 151	Biology II	4
BIO 250	Principles of Microbiology	4
BIO 262	Genetics	4
CHM 265	Biochemistry	4

Track 2 Electives-General Science Concentration

BIO 150	Biology I	4
BIO 151	Biology II	4
PHY 205	General Physics I	4
PHY 206	General Physics II	4
CHM 111	Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry	4

Select two (2) social science electives.

COM 111	Human Communications	3
ECO 111	Macroeconomics	3
ECO 122	Microeconomics	3
POL 111	Political Science	3
PSY 121	General Psychology	3
SOC 111	Sociology	3
CLT 110	Cross-Cultural Immersion	3

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 64 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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