Chemistry

Course summary

First year: Students cover atomic structure and bonding, kinetics, energy changes, redox reactions, periodicity and groups 2 and 7. They also look at naming organic compounds, alkanes, alkenes, haloalkanes and alcohols. Second year: Students cover kinetics and thermodynamics in more depth. They also meet equilibria and pH, transition metals, carbonyl compounds, aromatic compounds, amines and amino acids and organic structure determination. Units covered: The two years of the course each contain units on physical, inorganic and organic chemistry.