Chemistry Course Materials

Most course materials listed below are available at the LA Pierce College Bookstore, or they can be ordered online from Amazon. Please consult your course syllabus and instructor prior to purchasing all course materials. You may wish to "price watch" these items, since prices on Amazon may frequently change.

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Required Materials:

  • Bettleheim, Intro to General, Organic and Biochemistry 11th edition and OWL access (in Canvas)
  • Chemistry 51 Lab Manual (only available in the LAPC Bookstore)
  • Safety Goggles
  • Scientific Calculator, Not Programmable

Optional Materials:

  • Michels, Basic Math Approach to Concepts of Chemistry

Required Materials:

  • Tro, N. Introductory Chemistry, 6th Edition
  • Online Homework: ALEKS (ALEKS will be used for Chem 60, Chem 101, and Chem 102, so the length of subscription will depend on how many chemistry classes you need to take.)
  • Chemistry 60 Lab Manual: Laboratory Experiments for Beginning Chemistry (only available in the LA Pierce College Bookstore)
  • Safety Goggles
  • Laboratory Notebook

Optional Materials:

  • Lab Coat-100% cotton

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Required Materials:

The items below are only available in the LAPC Bookstore:

  • Chemistry in the Laboratory, Laboratory Manual with Selected Experiments, Postma/Roberts/Hollenberg, Customized for Los Angeles Pierce College Chemistry 102
  • Chemistry 102 Laboratory Manual, Compiled by the Chemistry Department faculty, L. A. Pierce College. Revised Winter 2017 (you will not need this until approximately week 7)

Required Materials

Optional Materials

Optional Materials

Chemistry Department Chair

Dr. Sara Harvey
Office: CFS 91041
Email: @email
Phone: (818) 712-2618