The course introduces the students to general concepts of chemistry through classroom and laboratory experience. It emphasizes the chemical bonds, compound formations, chemical reactions and symbolic representations, the mole concept and its applications, gas laws, solutions and colloids, acids, bases and salts, and chemical equilibrium. The laboratory part includes activities and experiments aimed to strengthen chemical principles and concepts learned in the lecture part and develop students’ skills in the use of common laboratory apparatus. This also includes discussions on the proper use of common laboratory apparatus, first aid in the laboratory, systematic presentation of laboratory data and application of the scientific method.