Improve your knowledge and confidence in the structure and language of chemistry through this hands-on course. Learn the basic principles of the five major divisions of chemistry, review chemical terminology and drawing, and discuss other intellectual tools that chemists need to do their work. This course has four main sections: 1) introduction to chemistry as a science, 2) strategies for effective communication with chemists, 3) basic chemical concepts and research questions, and 4) ways in which chemists’ research needs dictate their information needs.
