Chemistry - Bucks County Community College

Chemistry from Bucks County Community College is a Campus Associate Chemistry degree that prepares you for a Science career. The Chemistry major provides a broad but quantitative understanding of matter and the physical and chemical transformations of matter, based on an understanding of chemical, physical, and mathematical principles. The major is for students planning to transfer to baccalaureate majors in chemistry, chemical engineering, and other fields requiring a high emphasis on chemistry such as environmental science, forensic science, and oceanography. Students planning to enter medical school could also enter this major and select additional courses in biology. Prospective students with inadequate academic preparations should be aware that they may need additional time to acquire the necessary academic background. Prerequisites and corequisites for the required courses must be followed. Graduates of this program are able to: * demonstrate an understanding of chemical, physical and mathematical principles as pertaining to the study of matter; * compute with proficiency and confidence as to be able to obtain numerical solutions to chemistry problems; * analyze and make reasoned judgments dealing with chemistry problems; * develop a chemical knowledge as to be able to relate its application to other disciplines, i.e. biology, environmental science, engineering, pharmacy, health sciences, etc.; and * demonstrate proficiency in laboratory skills as they pertain to: chemical information, safe handling, use and disposal of compounds; synthetic procedures including isolation, purification and structure elucidation of obtained products; stoichiometry and use of instrumentation; and writing of laboratory notebooks and reports in accordance with current scientific journals styles. View more details on Bucks County Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Chemistry courses.