![]() In comparison to Chem 121, this lab requires writing formal lab reports that have greater detail and research in understanding underlying mechanisms involved in the experiments. This means that students are given a week to prepare for the lab during the dry week. This course similarly to Chem 121, has a lab component that involves biweekly wet labs. It also looks at different types of reactions that may occur such as SN1 and SN2. This focuses heavily on stereochemistry of different reactions (cis/trans isomers, enantiomers and diastereomers). The latter portion of this course begins an introduction into Organic Chemistry which will then lead into the course Chem 233. The kinetics components emphasizes the rate of reactions and looking at different factors that may effect reaction speed. This course focuses on equilibria, Hess law, Entropy, Spontaneous/Non-spontaneous reactions and free energy. This course had it’s own custom textbook, which contains many practice examples, and explanations. Midterms (1 and 2): 15% (2.5% of each came from group component)ĬHEM 123: Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Organic Chemistry The mark from this group portion is added into the exam mark in lieu of your individual mark if it benefits your overall grade. After completing the exam individually, students form groups of 3-4 in which they are able to answer multiple choice questions similar to those that were on the exam. The exams in this course consisted of multiple choice and short answers. The lab also has its own final that takes place during the lab session, in which you are randomly placed to do an experiment similar to one that was already tested before, so make sure to pay attention and ask lots of questions beforehand! The lab involves graphing and the calculation of statistical properties such as mean, standard deviation and uncertainty. This course has an associated weekly lab, in which you get to conduct hands on experiments in topics related to that being tested. This course has Mastering Physics, which consists of numerous practice questions, these are key to succeeding in this course, as many questions on the midterm and final are derivatives of these types of questions. This course builds upon knowledge that should have been taught in Grade 12 physics. But overall, it's not a bad course, it's pretty interesting to see how far our little planet, Earth has come since it's beginning, 4.56 Billion years ago! I definitely recommend it to any science student (Only students pursuing a degree in Science or something Science-related such as Forestry and Kinesiology can take this course) looking for an upper-level, breadth elective! The topics aren't hard, because it's like a History class, but there's just a lot of material.This course focuses on sound, waves, motion, and biological applications. It's a very detailed-oriented course, much like my Seed Plant course, it's really easy to overlook tiny details and then lose a mark.or two on the exams because you skipped over it. ![]() It was a lot of work for an elective, we had readings every week with reading quizzes, the quizzes were not very easy, even though the answers were straight from the book, it took some searching to find the correct one. I chose this course because it's a 300-level course and I needed more upper level credits and breadth electives. I've always wanted to take an EOSC course for an elective, partly because everyone kept on raving about how "easy" they are haha. It was also really neat to meet students from other faculties like LFS and Forestry, it was cool to learn about their programs and get to sort of see things in their perspective, there actually weren't a lot of Science students in this class. There were only about 50 people enrolled and the professors, especially the lab professor (Shona Ellis), knew everyone's names. Plant courses don't tend to be very popular, so it was really nice to have the experience of being in a small class. This course has a large focus on families and species. The structure was different from 210, where we focused on more comparative studies between different Classes, Orders and some Families. ![]() One thing that was a bit of a pain was that we had to memorize a lot of different characteristics for a lot of species, very specific details, but other than that, the course was good. This course focused mostly on the flora we can find in the Pacific Northwest, but nonetheless, it was really interesting. ![]() Plants are so much more diverse than I've ever thought, especially after learning about all those amazing Seed Plants out there. Definitely my favourite course this semester! I only took this course because of having a great experience in Biology 210, Vascular Plants, a course I took second semester of my second year. ![]()
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