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CHEM 311L Environmental Chemistry Lab

This two-credit laboratory course is intended for Chemistry and Environmental Science majors. This course contributes to the Category 2 Courses in the Chemistry major and Physical Science Core Courses in the Environmental Science major. CHEM 311L must be taken concurrently with CHEM 311 Environmental Chemistry. The specific areas of focus, where methods and techniques, specialized equipment, instrumental methods, and safety procedures, will be atmospheric chemistry and water chemistry. Students will gain experience with bench analytical techniques, such as titration, and instrumental analyses, such as atomic absorption and UV-VIS, which will result in acquiring skills that can be utilized in a career in environmental science and related fields.

Prerequisites

Special information

First day attendance is mandatory.
Note: Optional to be taken concurrently with CHEM 311.
2 Undergraduate credits

Effective December 15, 2015 to present

Meets graduation requirements for

Learning outcomes

General

  • Analyze and collect analytical data in order to interpret environmental processes.
  • Utilize appropriate procedures for the safe handling and use of chemicals.
  • Apply a variety of instrumentation and chemical techniques in a laboratory setting.
  • Interpret and evaluate analytical data, accounting for analytical uncertainties and limitations.
  • Read and synthesize journal articles on the topic of environmental chemistry.

Minnesota Transfer Curriculum

Goal 3: Natural Sciences

  • Demonstrate understanding of scientific theories.
  • Formulate and test hypotheses by performing laboratory, simulation, or field experiments in at least two of the natural science disciplines. One of these experimental components should develop, in greater depth, students' laboratory experience in the collection of data, its statistical and graphical analysis, and an appreciation of its sources of error and uncertainty.
  • Communicate their experimental findings, analyses, and interpretations both orally and in writing.
  • Evaluate societal issues from a natural science perspective, ask questions about the evidence presented, and make informed judgments about science-related topics and policies.

Goal 10: People and the Environment

  • Explain the basic structure and function of various natural ecosystems and of human adaptive strategies within those systems.
  • Discern patterns and interrelationships of bio-physical and socio-cultural systems.
  • Describe the basic institutional arrangements (social, legal, political, economic, religious) that are evolving to deal with environmental and natural resource challenges.
  • Evaluate critically environmental and natural resource issues in light of understandings about interrelationships, ecosystems, and institutions.
  • Propose and assess alternative solutions to environmental problems.
  • Articulate and defend the actions they would take on various environmental issues.

Fall 2025

Section Title Instructor books eservices
01 Environmental Chemistry Lab Maas, Benjamin Books for CHEM-311L-01 Fall 2025 Course details for CHEM-311L-01 Fall 2025