Program Description - Pellissippi State Community College

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BUSINESS
★BUS 1010 Basic Business Applications 1 Credit
An online computer literacy course introducing operating system basics, Microsoft
Windows, and Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint computer applications. This course
equips students with the computer skills needed for future classes and helps them become selflearners
in order to adapt to new computer applications. Timed application exams are included.
P/NP credit only. Spring and Fall Prerequisite(s): OST 1100 or equivalent
★BUS 2010 Business Functions 4 Credits
Understanding how business works through application and integration of fundamental
business functions. Includes aspects of marketing, finance, logistics, operations, organizational
behavior and information management. Spring and Fall Prerequisite(s): ACC 2110 and
ECN 2010; and BUS 1010 or equivalent
CHEMISTRY
◆★CHEM 1010 Principles of Chemistry 4 Credits
Atomic structure, periodic law, bonding, gas laws, liquid and solid states, solutions, acids
and bases, oxidation and reduction reactions and equilibrium. Course includes three hours of
lecture and three hours of laboratory applications each week. Spring and Fall Prerequisite(s):
Two years of high school algebra and completion of DSPmath requirements
◆★CHEM 1020 Basic Organic & Biochemistry 4 Credits
Organic chemistry: alkanes and unsaturated and aromatic hydrocarbons, with emphasis on
structure, nomenclature, and functional groups. Biochemistry: amino acids and proteins, carbohydrates,
lipids, nucleic acids. Course includes three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory
applications each week. Spring and Fall Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1010
◆★CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I 4 Credits
Modern atomic theory, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, kinetics. Course includes three
hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory applications each week. Spring and Fall
Prerequisite(s): Two years of high school algebra and completion of DSPmath requirements
◆★CHEM 1110 Honors Chemistry I 4 Credits
An advanced investigation of atomic theory, chemical bonding, chemical structure and reactions.
Applications are made to current chemistry-related issues of environmental importance.
On Demand Prerequisite(s): One year of high school chemistry and completion of DSP
requirements; and ACT composite score of 25; or consent of instructor
◆★CHEM 1120 General Chemistry II 4 Credits
Chemical equilibrium, thermochemistry, electrochemistry, introduction to organic chemistry.
Course includes three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory applications each
week. Spring and Fall Prerequisite(s): CHEM 1110
◆★CHEM 1120 Honors Chemistry II 4 Credits
An advanced investigation of chemical equilibrium and kinetics, electrochemistry, organic
molecules, and nuclear reactions. Applications are made to current chemistry-related issues of
environmental importance. On Demand Prerequisite(s): A grade of C or better in Honors
CHEM 1110
◆CHEM 1310 Concepts of Chemistry 3 Credits
Composition of matter, atomic structure, bonding, gas laws, liquid and solid states, solutions,
acids and bases, chemical reactions, nuclear chemistry and technology, polymers, household
chemistry, and introduction to environmental and organic/medicinal chemistry. Course
includes three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory applications each week. This
course will only count toward the education program at Tennessee Technological University
and Lincoln Memorial University. On Demand
◆ Meets Pellissippi State and Tennessse Board of Regents minimum degree requirements. ★ Transfers as equivalent course to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.