CHEM 30A

About this course

This course is the first quarter of the general inorganic, organic, and biological chemistry course for students entering allied health fields. Introduction to General, Organic, and Biochemistry I focuses on an introduction to general chemistry. The course opens with an overview of the scientific method and chemistry as the study of matter and its transformations, followed by a discussion of measurement and unit analysis. The central topics include an introduction to elements, compounds, and types of bonding in compounds, leading to a survey of classes of chemical reactions and stoichiometric calculations based on chemical equations. Subsequent discussion of intermolecular forces and phases and phase changes leads to a consideration of the properties of gases (the limit of weak intermolecular forces), and the course concludes with discussions of acid-base chemistry and nuclear chemistry.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Prerequisites

• Intermediate algebra
• or
• orappropriate placement beyond intermediate algebra

Catalog wording: “Intermediate algebra or equivalent (or higher), or appropriate placement beyond intermediate algebra”

Advisory: “ESL D272. and ESL D273., or ESL D472. and ESL D473., or eligibility for ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”

What this course unlocks

De Anza courses that list CHEM 30A as a prerequisite.

• BIOL 40AHuman Anatomy and Physiology I
• CHEM 1AGeneral Chemistry I
• CHEM 1AHGeneral Chemistry I - HONORS
• CHEM 30BIntroduction to General, Organic and Biochemistry II

Transfer pathways that use CHEM 30A

ASSIST maps CHEM 30A to a requirement in 159 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.

• AGRICULTURAL COMMUNICATIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• AGRICULTURAL SCIENCEDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS MANAGEMENTDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• LIBERAL STUDIESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• PLANT SCIENCESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Kinesiology: Concentration in Exercise and Movement SciencesDe Anza → San Francisco State
• Kinesiology: Concentration in Integrated Teacher Education Program in Physical EducationDe Anza → San Francisco State
• NursingDe Anza → San Francisco State
• Speech, Language, and Hearing SciencesDe Anza → San Francisco State
• Mechanical EngineeringDe Anza → UC Irvine
• NursingDe Anza → CSU Fullerton
• Health ScienceDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• Health Science, B.S. Community Health EmphasisDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• Health Science, B.S. Preclinical EmphasisDe Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• Nursing, ADN or RN to B.S.N.De Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• Nursing, B.S.N.De Anza → CSU Channel Islands
• ECONOMICS, Economic Analysis and Policy EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
• ECONOMICS, Quantitative Economics EmphasisDe Anza → UC Merced
• NEUROSCIENCE, B.A. (Transfer Starting Fall 2027)De Anza → UC Merced
• NEUROSCIENCE, B.S. (Transfer Starting Fall 2027)De Anza → UC Merced
• NEUROSCIENCE, Computational, Perceptual and Cognitive Emphasis, B.S. (Transfer Starting Fall 2027)De Anza → UC Merced
• NEUROSCIENCE, Molecular, Cellular and System Emphasis, B.S. (Transfer Starting Fall 2027)De Anza → UC Merced
• NEUROSCIENCE, Neuroscience of Human Health and Development Emphasis, B.S. (Transfer Starting Fall 2027)De Anza → UC Merced
• NEUROSCIENCE, Pre-Med Emphasis, B.S. (Transfer Starting Fall 2027)De Anza → UC Merced

The other FHDA college

The district declares these courses cross-listed with CHEM 30A. That is a district equivalence, recorded in the colleges’ own course data — it is not an ASSIST articulation, and whether it satisfies a particular transfer requirement is a separate question shown on the pathway pages.

• CHEM 30ASURVEY OF INORGANIC & ORGANIC CHEMISTRY · Foothill