CHEM 225: General Chemistry III, Honors

Chemistry · 5 credits

An accelerated survey of fundamental chemical principles, including atomic and molecular structure, bonding, chemical thermodynamics, equilibria, kinetics, solution chemistry, nuclear chemistry, and analytical methods. Lab included.

Offered in 7 of the 26 listed terms (Spring 2021 to Spring 2027).

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Prerequisites

CHEM 126 or CHEM 176

Prerequisite tree

Each course's own prerequisites, down to the first courses in the chain.

CHEM 176 General Chemistry II, Honors
requires CHEM 175
- CHEM 175 General Chemistry I, Honors
  requires MATH 114 or MATH 115 or MATH 118 or MATH 124 or MATH 125 or MATH 134 or MATH 135 or MATH 138 or MATH 156 or MATH 157 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus 2 (PC2), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus (PC), score 1.70 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2 or MPT General - Scaled Score, score 158 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 149 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 65
  - MATH 114 Precalculus I
    requires MPT General - Scaled Score, score 153 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 143 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 55 or MATH 112 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 3 or College Algebra (CA), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 1.70
    - MATH 112 Functions and Algebraic Methods
      requires MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 143 or MATH 099 (minimum grade YP) or College Algebra (CA), score 1.70 or Intermediate Algebra (IA), score 1.70 or MPT General - Scaled Score, score 148 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 35 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 2 or MATH 197C (minimum grade S) or MATH 109 (minimum grade S)
      - MATH 099 Introductory Algebra
        requires ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 1
      - MATH 197C Support Topics for Functions and Algebraic Methods
        requires ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 30
      - MATH 109 Support for Functions and Algebraic Methods
        requires ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 30
  - MATH 115 Precalculus II
    requires MATH 114 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 65
    - MATH 114 Precalculus I (shown above)
  - MATH 118 Accelerated Precalculus
    requires MPT General - Scaled Score, score 158 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 149 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 70
  - MATH 124 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
    requires MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 153 or MATH 115 or MATH 118 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 5 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2 or Pre-Calculus 2 (PC2), score 2.30 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 80
    - MATH 115 Precalculus II (shown above)
    - MATH 118 Accelerated Precalculus (shown above)
  - MATH 125 Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
    requires MATH 124 or MATH 134 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 4 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 4
    - MATH 124 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I (shown above)
    - MATH 134 Calculus I Honors
      requires MATH 115 (minimum grade A) or MATH 118 (minimum grade A) or Math Placement - Advanced 2, score 20 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 5
      - MATH 115 Precalculus II (shown above)
      - MATH 118 Accelerated Precalculus (shown above)
  - MATH 134 Calculus I Honors
    requires MATH 115 (minimum grade A) or MATH 118 (minimum grade A) or Math Placement - Advanced 2, score 20 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 5
    - MATH 115 Precalculus II (shown above)
    - MATH 118 Accelerated Precalculus (shown above)
  - MATH 135 Calculus II Honors
  - MATH 138 Accelerated Calculus
    requires Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 4 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 4 or (Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 2 and Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 3)
  - MATH 156 Algebra With Applications to Business and Economics
    requires MPT General - Scaled Score, score 152 or MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 143 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 55 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 3 or College Algebra (CA), score 1.70 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 1.70 or MATH 112
    - MATH 112 Functions and Algebraic Methods (shown above)
  - MATH 157 Calculus with Applications to Business and Economics
    requires MPT - Advanced - Scaled Score, score 148 or MATH 156 or MATH 114 or MATH 118 or Pre-Calculus 2 (PC2), score 2.30 or ALEKS Math Placement Assessmnt, score 65 or Pre-Calculus 1 (PC1), score 2.3 or Pre-Calculus (PC), score 2.3 or Precalculus AP Exam (AP65), score 4 or Calculus AB AP Exam (AP66), score 2 or Calculus BC AP Exam (AP68), score 3 or Calc AB Subscore AP Exm (AP69), score 2
    - MATH 156 Algebra With Applications to Business and Economics (shown above)
    - MATH 114 Precalculus I (shown above)
    - MATH 118 Accelerated Precalculus (shown above)

From Banner's catalog for Spring 2027. Banner lists only the requisites it enforces, so check the catalog entry too.

Required by (26)

BIOL 206, BNS 328, CHEM 351, CHEM 425K, CHEM 427, CHEM 431, CHEM 434, CHEM 461, CHEM 464, CHEM 471, CHEM 474, CHEM 497D, CHEM 527, CHEM 531, CHEM 534, CHEM 597D, ESCI 325, ESCI 340, ESCI 445, ESCI 455, ESCI 459, GEOL 306, GEOL 311, GEOL 406, MACS 330, MACS 497B

What it leads to

Courses that list it as a prerequisite, then the courses that list those, 2 levels deep.

BIOL 206 Introduction to Organismal Biology w/lab
- BIOL 349 Human Physiology w/lab (continues on its page)
- BIOL 397A Introduction to Tropical Marine Biology
- BIOL 404 Evolution and Development
- BIOL 410 Animal Behavior
- BIOL 423 Environmental Genomics
- BIOL 444 Seminar Series Participation
- BIOL 452 Systematic Botany w/lab
- BIOL 453 Mycology w/lab
- BIOL 456 Algae w/lab
- BIOL 460 Invertebrate Zoology w/lab
- BIOL 462 Entomology w/lab
- BIOL 464 Biology of Marine Mammals
- BIOL 465 Vertebrate Zoology w/lab
- BIOL 497S Evolution and Development of Fishes
- BIOL 504 Evolution & Development
- ESCI 325 Fundamentals of Ecology (continues on its page)
- ESCI 340 Biostatistical Analysis (continues on its page)
- ESCI 361 Water Quality (continues on its page)
- ESCI 397N Introduction to Environmental DNA
- ESCI 397V Environmental Sampling and Analysis
- ESCI 426 Marine Invertebrates and Their Environment
- ESCI 455 Environmental Toxicology I (continues on its page)
- ESCI 459 Aquatic Toxicology
- ESCI 477 Wetland Plant Identification
BNS 328 Techniques in Behavioral Neuroscience
CHEM 351 Organic Chemistry
- BIOL 323 Cell and Molecular Biology (continues on its page)
- BIOL 327 Fundamentals of Molecular Biology (continues on its page)
- BIOL 345 Fundamentals of Microbiology (continues on its page)
- BIOL 346 Methods in Microbiology w/lab
- BIOL 397Z Cell Biology (continues on its page)
- CHEM 301 Independent Research
- CHEM 352 Organic Chemistry (continues on its page)
- CHEM 375 Elements of Biochemistry (continues on its page)
- CHEM 381 Biofuels
- CHEM 425V Chemistry of Renewable Energy
- ENRG 381 Biofuels
- ESCI 397V Environmental Sampling and Analysis (shown above)
- ESCI 451 Environmental Sampling and Analysis
- ESCI 460 Contaminant Fate and Transport (continues on its page)
- ESCI 497R Emerging Contaminants and Advances in Environmental Chemistry
- ESCI 551 Environmental Sampling and Analysis
- ESCI 560 Contaminant Fate and Transport
CHEM 425K Bioanalytical Instrumentation
CHEM 427 Aquatic Chemistry
CHEM 431 Applied Analytical Chemistry & Biochemistry
CHEM 434 Instrumental Analysis
- GEOL 460 Laser Ablation ICP-MS Theory and Applications in the Sciences
CHEM 461 Physical Chemistry
- CHEM 401 Independent Research (continues on its page)
- CHEM 402 Seminar in Chemistry & Biochemistry
- CHEM 425R Surface Chemistry.
- CHEM 434 Instrumental Analysis (shown above)
- CHEM 462 Physical Chemistry (continues on its page)
- CHEM 464 Physical/Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory I (continues on its page)
- CHEM 486 Computational Chemistry
- CHEM 497G Seminar in Chemistry & Biochemistry
- CHEM 497L Solid State Chemistry
- CHEM 534 Instrumental Analysis (continues on its page)
- CHEM 565 Surface Chemistry
- CHEM 586 Computational Chemistry
- CHEM 597L Solid State Chemistry
CHEM 464 Physical/Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory I
- CHEM 465 Physical/Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory II
CHEM 471 Biochemistry I
- BIOL 446 Immunobiology
- BIOL 447 Cancer Biology
- BIOL 476 Structure and Physiology of Membrane Transport Proteins
- BIOL 547 Cancer Biology
- BIOL 576 Structural Basis of Membrane Transport Proteins
- CHEM 401 Independent Research (shown above)
- CHEM 402 Seminar in Chemistry & Biochemistry (shown above)
- CHEM 405 Intensive Writing in Chemistry or Biochemistry
- CHEM 425H Enzyme Chemistry.
- CHEM 425S Protein Engineering.
- CHEM 466 Biophysical Chemistry I (continues on its page)
- CHEM 472 Biochemistry II
- CHEM 473 Molecular Biology (continues on its page)
- CHEM 474 Biochemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 476 Cancer Biology & Current Therapies
- CHEM 497C Cancer Biology and Current Therapies
- CHEM 497G Seminar in Chemistry & Biochemistry (shown above)
- CHEM 497H Eukaryotic Cell Signaling
- CHEM 497J Protein Disorder and Membrane-less Organelles
- CHEM 573 Enzyme Chemistry
- CHEM 576 Cancer Biology & Current Therapies
- CHEM 578 Protein Engineering
- CHEM 597C Cancer Biology and Current Therapies
- CHEM 597H Eukaryotic Cell Signaling
- CHEM 597J Protein Disorder and Membrane-less Organelles
CHEM 474 Biochemistry Laboratory
CHEM 497D Aquatic Chemistry
CHEM 527 Aquatic Chemistry
CHEM 531 Applied Analytical Chemistry & Biochemistry
CHEM 534 Instrumental Analysis
- CHEM 536 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
CHEM 597D Aquatic Chemistry
ESCI 325 Fundamentals of Ecology
- BIOL 326 Methods in Ecology w/lab (continues on its page)
- BIOL 402 Wetland Identification and Delineation
- BIOL 403 Physiological Ecology of Animals w/lab
- BIOL 406 Fundamentals of Biological Oceanography
- BIOL 408 Ecological Methods w/lab
- BIOL 410 Animal Behavior (shown above)
- BIOL 465 Vertebrate Zoology w/lab (shown above)
- BIOL 497T Physiological Ecology of Animals without Lab
- ENRG 482 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
- ENVS 303 Introduction to Environmental Studies I: Human Ecology and Ethics (continues on its page)
- ESCI 315 Art, Science and Ethics of Flyfishing (continues on its page)
- ESCI 397E Understanding Environmental Data
- ESCI 404 Indigenous Resource Management in the Salish Sea
- ESCI 407 Forest Ecology
- ESCI 408 Field Methods in Wildlife Ecology
- ESCI 410 Salmonid Fish Habitat and Ecology (continues on its page)
- ESCI 411 Salmonid Fish Field Practicum
- ESCI 412 Fisheries Science
- ESCI 423 Paleoclimate and Paleoecology
- ESCI 425 Environmental Biology of Fishes
- ESCI 428 Freshwater Algae Bioindicators
- ESCI 429 Stream Ecology
- ESCI 430 Limnology and Limnology Lab
- ESCI 431 Watershed Biogeochemistry
- ESCI 433 Population Biology
- ESCI 434 Scientific Conference Preparation, Participation, and Evaluation
- ESCI 435 Landscape Ecology
- ESCI 436 Invasive Species Ecology and Management
- ESCI 438 Scientific Writing and Presentation
- ESCI 439 Conservation of Biological Diversity
- ESCI 440 Wetlands Ecology
- ESCI 443 Ecological Images
- ESCI 465 Plant and Soil Interactions
- ESCI 471 Forest Restoration in the PNW
- ESCI 472 Monitoring Restored Habitat
- ESCI 477 Wetland Plant Identification (shown above)
- ESCI 482 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
- ESCI 485 Global Environmental Change in the Cryosphere
- ESCI 497A Riparian Conservation
- ESCI 497P Invasive Species Ecology and Management
- ESCI 497Q Arboretum Research in Environmental Science
- ESCI 507 Advanced Forest Ecology
- ESCI 523 Past Environments of the Pacific Northwest
- ESCI 533 Advanced Population Biology
- ESCI 535 Advanced Landscape Ecology
- ESCI 539 Advanced Conservation of Biological Diversity
- MACS 424 Marine Fish Ecology
- MACS 452 Deep-sea Ecology
ESCI 340 Biostatistical Analysis
- BIOL 321 Genetics (continues on its page)
- BIOL 403 Physiological Ecology of Animals w/lab (shown above)
- BIOL 406 Fundamentals of Biological Oceanography (shown above)
- BIOL 407 Marine Ecology w/lab
- BIOL 412 Animal Communication w/lab
- BIOL 477 Genomic Data Analysis w/lab
- BIOL 497J Fundamentals of Biological Oceanography
- BIOL 577 Genomic Data Analysis Lab
- ENVS 326 Climatology (continues on its page)
- ESCI 397N Introduction to Environmental DNA (shown above)
- ESCI 397V Environmental Sampling and Analysis (shown above)
- ESCI 407 Forest Ecology (shown above)
- ESCI 408 Field Methods in Wildlife Ecology (shown above)
- ESCI 410 Salmonid Fish Habitat and Ecology (shown above)
- ESCI 411 Salmonid Fish Field Practicum (shown above)
- ESCI 412 Fisheries Science (shown above)
- ESCI 423 Paleoclimate and Paleoecology (shown above)
- ESCI 433 Population Biology (shown above)
- ESCI 434 Scientific Conference Preparation, Participation, and Evaluation (shown above)
- ESCI 435 Landscape Ecology (shown above)
- ESCI 436 Invasive Species Ecology and Management (shown above)
- ESCI 438 Scientific Writing and Presentation (shown above)
- ESCI 440 Wetlands Ecology (shown above)
- ESCI 451 Environmental Sampling and Analysis (shown above)
- ESCI 457 Environmental Toxicology Laboratory I
- ESCI 463 Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- ESCI 465 Plant and Soil Interactions (shown above)
- ESCI 472 Monitoring Restored Habitat (shown above)
- ESCI 485 Global Environmental Change in the Cryosphere (shown above)
- ESCI 491 Oceanography of the Salish Sea
- ESCI 492 Climate Change
- ESCI 497P Invasive Species Ecology and Management (shown above)
- ESCI 497Q Arboretum Research in Environmental Science (shown above)
- ESCI 507 Advanced Forest Ecology (shown above)
- ESCI 523 Past Environments of the Pacific Northwest (shown above)
- ESCI 535 Advanced Landscape Ecology (shown above)
- ESCI 551 Environmental Sampling and Analysis (shown above)
- MACS 421 Waves and Tides
- MACS 424 Marine Fish Ecology (shown above)
- MACS 452 Deep-sea Ecology (shown above)
- MATH 246 Introduction to R software
ESCI 445 Marine Geochemistry
ESCI 455 Environmental Toxicology I
- ESCI 453 Science and Management of Contaminated Sites
- ESCI 454 Science, Management and Outreach of Contaminated Sites
- ESCI 456 Environmental Toxicology II
- ESCI 457 Environmental Toxicology Laboratory I (shown above)
- ESCI 460 Contaminant Fate and Transport (shown above)
- ESCI 556 Advanced Environmental Toxicology II (continues on its page)
- ESCI 560 Contaminant Fate and Transport (shown above)
ESCI 459 Aquatic Toxicology
GEOL 306 Mineralogy
- GEOL 312 Environmental Geochemistry
- GEOL 397J Environmental Geochemistry
- GEOL 406 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology (continues on its page)
- GEOL 415 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (continues on its page)
- GEOL 432 Ore Deposits
- GEOL 454 Magnetic Fabrics and Geologic Processes
- GEOL 457 Practical Paleomagnetism
- GEOL 460 Laser Ablation ICP-MS Theory and Applications in the Sciences (shown above)
- GEOL 469 Cosmochemistry
- GEOL 485 Geothermal Energy
- GEOL 497W Geochem. of the solar sys.
- GEOL 532 Ore Deposits
- GEOL 554 Magnetic Fabrics and Geologic Processes
- GEOL 557 Practical Paleomagnetism
- GEOL 569 Cosmochemistry
- GEOL 585 Geothermal Energy
- GEOL 597W Geochemistry of the Solar System
GEOL 311 Earth Materials
- GEOL 301 Geology Writing Co-Requisite
- GEOL 312 Environmental Geochemistry (shown above)
- GEOL 318 Structural Geology (continues on its page)
- GEOL 397J Environmental Geochemistry (shown above)
- GEOL 415 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy (shown above)
- GEOL 422 Convergent Margins Seminar
- GEOL 460 Laser Ablation ICP-MS Theory and Applications in the Sciences (shown above)
- GEOL 469 Cosmochemistry (shown above)
- GEOL 497W Geochem. of the solar sys. (shown above)
- GEOL 522 Convergent Margins Seminar
- GEOL 569 Cosmochemistry (shown above)
- GEOL 597W Geochemistry of the Solar System (shown above)
GEOL 406 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
- GEOL 407 Advanced Petrography
- GEOL 409 Field Methods and Theory
- GEOL 422 Convergent Margins Seminar (shown above)
- GEOL 423 Advanced Igneous Petrology
- GEOL 425 Advanced Metamorphic Petrology
- GEOL 426 Geochronology of Mountain Belts
- GEOL 432 Ore Deposits (shown above)
- GEOL 450 Advanced Structural Geology
- GEOL 456 Orogenic Belts
- GEOL 461 Geochemistry
- GEOL 497A Lab Camp: Marine Sedimentary Processes
- GEOL 497B Lab Camp: Quaternary Geomorphic Processes
- GEOL 497C Lab Camp: Tectonics Processes
- GEOL 497L Convergent Margins Seminar - the Subduction Factory and Growth of Continental Crust
- GEOL 497N ICP-MS Theory and Applications in the Earth Sciences
- GEOL 497V Magmatism
- GEOL 497X Geochronology
- GEOL 522 Convergent Margins Seminar (shown above)
- GEOL 525 Advanced Metamorphic Petrology
- GEOL 526 Geochronology of Mountain Belts
- GEOL 532 Ore Deposits (shown above)
- GEOL 550 Advanced Structural Geology
- GEOL 556 Orogenic Belts
- GEOL 560 Laser Ablation ICP-MS Theory and Applications in the Sciences
- GEOL 561 Analytical Geochemistry
- GEOL 597V Magmatism
- GEOL 597X Geochronology of Mountain Belts
MACS 330 Marine Pollution
MACS 497B Marine Pollution

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Instructors

Instructor	Sections	Terms
Bao, Ying	2	Spring 2022 to Spring 2023
Emory, Steven	2	Spring 2021 to Spring 2025
Lemkau, Karin	2	Spring 2026 to Spring 2027
Raymond, Elizabeth	1	Spring 2024

Every offering in the listed terms (7 sections)

Term	Sec	CRN	Type	Meets	Instructor	Enrolled	Delivery
Spring 2027	C42	20987	Lecture/Lab	MWF 10:00am-10:50am · IS 310 MW 2:00pm-4:50pm · CB 330	Lemkau, Karin	0/24	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2026	C42	21076	Lecture/Lab	MWF 10:00am-10:50am · IS 242 MW 2:00pm-4:50pm · CB 330	Lemkau, Karin	17/24	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2025	C42	21148	Lecture/Lab	MWF 10:00am-10:50am · IS 310 MW 2:00pm-4:50pm · CB 330	Emory, Steven	12/24	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2024	C42	21352	Lecture/Lab	MWF 10:00am-10:50am · IS 244 MW 2:00pm-4:50pm · CB 330	Raymond, Elizabeth	16/32	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2023	C42	21454	Lecture/Lab	MWF 10:00am-10:50am · IS 242 MW 2:00pm-4:50pm · CB 330	Bao, Ying	15/24	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2022	C42	21581	Lecture/Lab	MWF 10:00am-10:50am · SL 130 MW 2:00pm-4:50pm · CB 330	Bao, Ying	18/32	Face to Face Instruction
Spring 2021	C42	21706	Lecture/Lab	MWF 10:00am-10:50am · REMOTE SYNC MW 2:00pm-4:50pm · CB 330	Emory, Steven	23/32	Face to Face Instruction