Credit Hours: (3) Description: Fundamental concepts of inorganic chemistry; periodic trends; acid/base and redox reactions and electrochemistry; the chemistry of solid-state materials and minerals; coordination chemistry; bonding theories; an introduction to crystal field theory; chemical nomenclature; inorganic energetics, kinetics, and thermodynamics; Group Theory. Three lecture hours per week. PREREQUISITE:CHEM 1120 with at least C-.