Course content chemical kinetics

This book is the result of teaching a one semester course in applied chemistry (Chemistry 224) to second year engineering students for over 15 years. The contents of the course evolved as the interests and needs of both the students and the engineering faculty changed. All the students had at least one semester of introductory chemistry and it has been assumed in this text that the students have been exposed to thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, solution equilibrium, and organic chemistry. These topics must be discussed either before starting the applied subjects or developed as required if the students are not familiar with these prerequisites. 

At the upper secondary level, beyond the age of compulsory schooling, chemistry courses tend to differentiate into those for specialists ( science majors ) and for non-specialists. For non-specialists, a context-based course seems the only logical approach if they are studying chemistry, why not base it on contexts that are relevant to them An example of such a course is provided by ChemCom (American Chemical Society, 2001a). While this course claims to provide a foundation for further study of chemistry, it omits some of the content, such as orbitals, calculations dealing with equilibrium constants, and kinetics that would be found in a traditional chemistry course at this level in the US. 

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