College Chemistry at MSU

College Chemistry at MSUCollege Chemistry is always a fun class, as it can be the first foray into a major, and the first time that you have had to apply your new found skills to real world issues. All students will eventually need to take this course, no matter what their college major is, whether they are entering an undergraduate program, or a graduate program. It has some of the same skill sets required in other major classes, but in a different way.In my own college chemistry class I found that many of the students were new to the subject, and to chemistry in general. It took several lectures before I could get them to understand that as a scientist, they had to conduct research into the workings of various chemical reactions, and understand the principles of the process. Before you can truly understand the subject, you must know how to apply it.Some of the courses at MSU require a book of chemistry and a calculator for graphing. For those who are going to take a high school che mistry course, the book can be borrowed from the library.As a freshman, I learned a great deal about using chemistry in the classroom. I took a course that included a lab in which we learned to make amyl nitrate, which is used as a foaming agent for medicine. It's a useful material to learn about when you are taking a course like this.With my sophomore year at MSU, I had already taken a chemistry course in high school. When we did chemistry in high school, it was in the classroom, using an approved book. With my sophomore year chemistry class, we made our own test tubes and even made simple experiments using samples we had collected, that was our 'homework.'In my senior year at MSU, I took a course called Organic Chemistry. At this point, I had taken a course in college chemistry, but that was not as involved as this class. This class was taught by an Associate Professor of Chemistry, who had taught there for years. You could view his lab and see what he was working on.I would recom mend that you take a course in college chemistry before you take any of the other science courses at MSU. Not only will it give you a great understanding of the subject, it will also help you as a student to plan out your college career.