CHEM 102 — Chemistry for Emergency Responders
3 cr. This survey, no -laboratory course is designed to acquaint the student with the broad principles of chemistry as they relate to appl ication and hazards in the fire fighting field. The survey includes basic chemical terminology, structure of matter, atomic bonding, molecu lar theory of matter, chemical and physical change, and the general states of matter, gases, liquids, and solids. Discussion of the more common elements, compounds they form, and the resulting hazards and their uses, completes the course. Prerequisite(s): none Corequisite(s): ENGL-100 or ENGL-101, MATH-130 or MATH-140