Boston University is open to all during the summer. Each year, more than 7,500 motivated students from the United States and around the world take the opportunity to attend Summer Term. Why study at BU in the summer? because: Choose from 700+ courses in a wide selection of subjects from 12 of BU’s schools and colleges. Benefit from convenient six-week sessions and offerings on campus and online. Fulfill your Hub units—BU summer courses count for Hub requirements the same as in the school year. Catch up on credits, complete a prerequisite, or finish a degree requirement. Focus on one or two courses in an intensive academic environment. Build up your subject-matter expertise or explore a new subject for your own enrichment. Hone your professional skillset with a course focusing on analytics, business, communication, information. technology, project management, or writing. Enjoy smaller class sizes—or study with a BU professor you’ve heard about. Connect with a global community of students and professionals. Experience Boston at its best: in the summer! Prereq: two years of high school algebra. For science majors and minors who require a two-semester general chemistry course, but have little prior experience with chemistry. Topics include atoms and molecules; quantum theory and atomic structure; chemical periodicity; bonding in diatomic and polyatomic molecules; stoichiometry and introduction to reactions in aqueous solutions; properties of gases; and thermochemistry and the first law of thermodynamics. Laboratory exercises include basic training in lab safety and handling of chemicals and experiments complementing the lectures, such as investigations of the size of an atom, gas laws, thermochemistry, and quantum aspects. Students must register for three sections: lecture, discussion, and laboratory. Carries natural science divisional credit (with lab) in CAS. Effective Fall, this course fulfills a single unit in each of the following BU Hub areas: Scientific Inquiry I, Quantitative Reasoning