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Welcome to the Department of Chemistry at Rockville Campus!

The Department of Chemistry at Rockville Campus offers a number of different Chemistry courses to meet your various requirements. If you only need a basic science course, with or without the laboratory, look into our Chemistry and Society course. If you have not had Chemistry before, or had it a long time ago, you might want to consider taking Introduction to Chemistry before moving on to the General Chemistry courses. Depending on the engineering field you intend to major in, you may want to consider the accelerated General Chemistry for Engineers class, CH135. For those people needing additional chemistry, we also offer two semesters of Organic Chemistry.

Comments or questions about Chemistry can be directed to the Acting Department Chair, Dr. Timothy Watt, at Tim.Watt@montgomerycollege.edu.

Announcements

CH101 Prerequisite Change

An important announcement for all students interested in taking CH101: The prerequisites for taking CH101 have been changed (effective starting Summer Session I, 2012). To register for CH101 you must have the following prerequisites. PREREQUSIITE: Either appropriate score on the chemistry placement test, or a grade of C or better in CH099A within the past five years, or consent of the department. PRE-or-COREQUISITE: MA097 or appropriate score on the mathematics placement test. Assessment levels: EN101/102, RD120.

NOTE: a grade of C or better in a high school chemistry course within the last five years will no longer count as a prerequisite for taking CH101.

If you have already passed CH099A with a C or better, you do not need to take the chemistry placement test. If you have not taken CH099A and need to take the chemistry placement test, the test is available at the campus assessment centers starting March 5, 2012. It is recommended that you take the chemistry placement test at the assessment center at least a week before you plan to register for CH101. The chemistry placement test is on material that you should already know from high school chemistry. Make sure you bring a scientific non-graphing calculator when you go to take the placement test.

If you have a good background in chemistry but feel that your chemistry skills may be weak enough at the moment that you are unlikely to pass the chemistry placement test, there is a course available (CH090) to help you recover those skills. The class meets for two weeks for a total of 15 hours. This is a non credit class, but for tuition purposes the course is equivalent to one semester hour. Note: this class is only for those people who have had chemistry recently, and is not a replacement for CH099A.

If you have any questions on this requirement, please email the chemistry department chair on your campus or contact your guidance counselor.

To take a chemistry course via a pre-requisite override or Department permission you must have:

Completed the course(s) listed in the current MC catalog within the required time period and/or earned the required grade(s).
Documentation, e.g., unofficial transcript, verifying you have met the pre-requisites in item 1.

You may bring the documentation to CB215 for review by Counseling faculty, or bring it or drop it off to SC331C for review by Dr. Timothy Watt (Acting Chair, Chemistry Department). You may also fax the documentation to Dr. Watt’s attention at 240-567-7623. If you drop off or fax your documents, please include a note with your name, MC ID#, and email address, and allow one to two days for review. If you wish to speak to Dr. Watt about your request, please do so during his normal office hours, or by appointment.