Chemistry A is a first-year chemistry course that provides basic theories, mathematical aspects of chemistry and lab-centered activities appropriate for students planning to attend a four-year college as a non-science major. The first semester covers laboratory-centered topics related to matter and its classification, properties, and changes, atomic structures, periodic classification of the elements and chemical bonding. The second semester covers topics such as chemical nomenclature, stoichiometry, the Kinetic Molecular Theory, gas laws, states of matter, solutions, acid-base theory and equilibrium.