CHEM 3110 - History of Chemistry

3 hours

Prerequisites: CHEM 1211 or CHEM 1151 with a grade of “C-” or better.
This course is designed to provide students with an overview of the development of chemistry from antiquity to the present. Students will learn about key personalities in the development of chemistry and see the social contexts surrounding their discoveries. Topics of interest include early alchemy, atomic theories, elements, the periodic table, the phlogiston theory, Lavoisier and the chemical revolution, Cannizzaro and the Karlsruhe congress, and the development of modern quantum theories.