{"id":100332,"date":"2025-03-28T12:25:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T16:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=100332"},"modified":"2025-03-31T10:59:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:59:53","slug":"new-spring-summer-chemistry-course-a-winning-formula-for-budding-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/03\/new-spring-summer-chemistry-course-a-winning-formula-for-budding-scientists\/","title":{"rendered":"New Spring\/Summer chemistry course a winning formula for budding scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For students who didn\u2019t mix well with chemistry in high school or others fresh to the field, Brock University is offering a new solution to bring them up to speed.<\/p>\n<p>A new Spring\/Summer course, CHEM <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/guides-and-timetables\/timetables\/?timetable-search=CHEM%201P00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1P00 Introductory Chemistry<\/a>, will help students to build their knowledge of chemistry\u2019s fundamental principles.<\/p>\n<p>From basic chemical calculations to the periodic table and the atomic structure, the course will help to broaden students\u2019 understanding of the science behind everyday phenomena.<\/p>\n<p>Although they often go unnoticed, chemical reactions are a part of everyday life, occurring in the surrounding environment and even within our bodies, says Paul Zelisko, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChemistry offers a fascinating look into what elements the world \u2014 and everything in it \u2014 is made up of and how those elements interact with one another,\u201d he says. \u201cIt gives you a different perspective on life and for many, sparks a passion for science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to meeting a course requirement that may be needed on the path to graduation, taking CHEM 1P00 Introductory Chemistry provides the opportunity to cultivate critical thinking, logical reasoning and problem-solving skills, contributing to a solid foundation for a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to register for Spring\/Summer courses, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/springsummer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brocku.ca\/springsummer<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For students who didn\u2019t mix well with chemistry in high school or others fresh to the field, Brock University is offering a new solution to bring them up to speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[41,1],"tags":[48,7437,348,11305],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100332"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100338,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100332\/revisions\/100338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}