Chemistry 151 Schedule – Sections 2 and 4 Fall 2026

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This is the schedule for the class this semester. It will be updated regularly, so please check back often. The schedule will contain planned topics to be covered each week in class, dates of all tests, links to pre-lectures and other sites that may be useful to you, and other important information regarding the class.
Textbook: Interactive General Chemistry 2.0 Reactions First Macmillan Learning, 2023 (accessed via Achieve)
 

Use the link in Canvas to access the Achieve system for reading, pre-lecture and homework assignments and quizzes. Note that the schedule below shows deadlines for homework assignments and quizzes, but you should always check Achieve for upcoming deadlines.

Supplemental Instruction (SI) Sessions:

Section 002: SI Leader Gianna Morrison, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30-6:45 pm, SHB Room 211

Section 004: SI Leader Bianca Virgen, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:00-5:15 pm, SHB Room 211

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Recitations: Wednesdays 4:00-4:50 p.m. in SHB Room 212 and Thursdays 4:00-4:50 p.m. in SHB Room 433.



Monday Class Wednesday Class Friday Class
Week 1
8/24-28

Introduction to Class

Read Chapter 1, Sections 1.1-1.4 (will not be covered in class)

Before today's class: Read textbook sections assigned on Achieve before class (not for credit)

You must have Aktiv Chemistry set up on a device (phone, tablet, laptop) starting today to do assignments during class. Register for Aktiv using the link in Canvas

Lecture: Dimensional Analysis and Density (Chapter 1, Sections 7-8)

Before today's class: Read Section 1.6 on Significant Figures, watch asynchronous lecture video and take pre-lecture quiz on Achieve before class.

Lecture: Measurements and Significant Figures; Dimensional Analysis (Chapter 1, Sections 5-8)

Math Review homework assignment due tonight on Achieve before midnight

Week 2
8/31-9/4

Lecture:  Atoms and The Periodic Table (Chapter 2)

Lecture:  Naming Compounds (Chapter 3, Sections 1-6)

Second Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

Thursday is the last day to drop classes

Lecture:  Names and Formulas (contd.) and the Mole Concept (Chapter 3, Sections 1-7)

Quiz 1 due on Achieve before midnight

Week 3
9/7-11

No Class - Labor Day Holiday

Lecture: Molar Mass and Percent Composition (Chapter 3, Sections 8-9)

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

Lecture:  Calculating Formulas (Chapter 3, Sections 10-11)

Quiz 2 due on Achieve before midnight

Week 4
9/14-18

Lecture:  Balancing Chemical Equations and Aqueous Solutions (Chapter 4, Sections 1-3)

Lecture:  Precipitation Reactions and Net Ionic Equations (Chapter 4, Section 4)

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

Lecture:  Stoichiometry (Chapter 5, Sections 1-2)

PhET Stoichiometry Simulation

Quiz 3 due on Achieve before midnight

Week 5
9/21-25

Lecture:  Limiting Reactants and Yields (Chapter 5, Sections 3-4)

No pre-lecture work for today's class!

Review for Exam 1

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

EXAM 1

Week 6
9/28-10/2

Lecture:  Molarity and Solution Stoichiometry (Chapter 5, Sections 5-6)

Lecture:  Acid-Base and Redox Reactions (Chapter 4, Sections 5-6) and Titrations (Chapter 5, Section 9)

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

Lecture: Introduction to Thermochemistry (Chapter 6, Sections 1-4)

Quiz 4 due on Achieve before midnight

Week 7
10/5-9

Lecture:  Heat Capacity and Calorimetry (Chapter 6, Sections 5-6)

Lecture:  Enthalpy of Reactions (Chapter 6, Section 7)

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

Lecture:  Hess's Law and Enthalpies of Formation (Chapter 6, Sections 7-8)

Quiz 5 due on Achieve before midnight

Week 8
10/12-16

Lecture:  Quantum Theory: Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation (Chapter 8, Section 1)

Lecture:  Quantum Theory: Atomic Spectra and the Bohr Model of the Atom (Chapter 8, Section 2)

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

Lecture:  Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Orbitals (Chapter 8, Section 3)

Quiz 6 due on Achieve before midnight

Week 9
10/19-23
Lecture: Electron Configurations (Chapter 8, Sections 4-5)

No pre-lecture work for today's class!

Review for Exam 2

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

EXAM 2

Week 10
10/26-30

Lecture:  Valence Electrons and Periodic Trends (Chapter 9, Sections 1-3)

Lecture:  Covalent Bonding and Lewis Structures (Chapter 10, Sections 1-2)

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

Lecture:  Lewis Structures, Resonance, Electronegativity and Formal Charge (Chapter 10, Sections 2-3)

Quiz 7 due on Achieve before midnight

Week 11
11/2-6

Lecture:  Exceptions to the Octet Rule; Polar Bonds (Chapter 10, Sections 4-5)

Lecture:  Bond Lengths and Enthalpies (Chapter 10, Section 6)

VSEPR - Shapes of Molecules (Chapter 11, Section 1)

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

Lecture:  Polarity of Molecules and Valence Bond Theory (Chapter 11, Sections 2-4)

Quiz 8 due on Achieve before midnight

Week 12
11/9-13

Lecture: Gases (Chapter 7, Sections 1-6)

No Class - Veterans' Day Holiday

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

Lecture: Gas Mixtures and Gas Stoichiometry (Chapter 7, Sections 7-9)

Quiz 9 due on Achieve before midnight

Week 13
11/16-20

Lecture:  Kinetic Molecular Theory of Gases (Chapter 7, Sections 10-11)

Lecture:  Intermolecular Forces and Properties of Liquids (Chapter 12, Sections 1-2)

Review for Exam 3

Homework on Achieve due Thursday night before midnight

EXAM 3

Week 14
11/23-27

Lecture:  Phase Changes, Heating Curves and Phase Diagrams (Chapter 12. Sections 3 and 5)

Lecture:  Phase Changes, Heating Curves and Phase Diagrams (Chapter 12. Sections 3 and 5)

Homework on Achieve due
Thursday night before midnight

No Class - Thanksgiving

No Quiz this week

Week 15
11/30-12/4

Lecture:  Solutions (Chapter 13, Sections 1-3)

Lecture:  Colligative Properties (Chapter 13, Sections 4-5)

Lecture:  Solutions and Colligative Properties (Chapter 13)

Review for Final Exam

Homework on Achieve due tonight before midnight

Quiz 10 due Sunday night on Achieve before midnight

Today is the last day to withdraw from classes (drop with a "W" grade)

Finals Week

Final Exam:  Tuesday December 8th, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon. 

The location of the Final Exam will be announced in class and posted on Canvas