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The best online college chemistry courses are here! Hi I am Cliff and have been a chemistry professor at Shasta College since 1984. I have been a pioneer in science education and online college chemistry, having received numerous grants. I was one of the first in California to put chemistry courses online starting in 2002.
Shasta College is located in Redding, California which is in the far northern part of the state in the shadow of Mount Lassen and Mount Shasta. Shasta College is a public 2 year community college, fully accredited in higher education by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. We offer a high quality personal learning experience that is surprisingly inexpensive even to folks outside of California.
When you take one of my online classes, you get notes written for student understanding (not textbook jargon), links to excellent other websites, and the most attentive online instructor period! During the week and on most weekends your question will be answered no later than the next day and most of the time within 12 hours. I am currently making available videos of chemical phenomena and of me lecturing using the notes online for those who like the extra modality of seeing and hearing. If you are organized, try one of my online classes. I will attend to all of your educational needs and one of my important class rules is
NO FREAKING OUT.
2023 Fall Semester Classes start August 14 and October 16. .
2024 Spring Semester classes start January 16 and March 18. Register soon.
Online Courses that I offer that require no physical presence. Links to these are in the table below.
Chem 10 - Chemistry for the Liberal Arts. This is a 3 unit course for the non-scientist and is offered in the fall, spring and summer. It is virtually math free and covers a variety of consumer and chemistry applied to everyday life. This is a fun class! It satisfies the requirement for related speech pathology majors. This is offered every fall, spring and summers sessions.
Chem 11: A do at home lab to accompany Chem 10.
Student Comments about Chem 10 online Student Comments about Chem 11 online
You can click on the course links below to get more information.
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Please note you can access current course syllabuses below.
Fall 2023 semester classes start August 14 and October 16, Chem 10 text is Chemistry for Changing Times, 15th ed by John Hill, Hill, et al.ISBN 9780134878102 . Available at the Shasta College Bookstore or any on-line book retailer. You usually can find these cheaper online than the bookstore, especially the older editions. Search using the ISBN numbers. I will also accept the 13th ed. ISBN 9780321750877 or 14th ed. ISBN 9780321972026. Search for these online using the ISBN number and you will find them much cheaper than the Shasta College Bookstore. The the 14th and 15 ed. have 22 chapters and the 15th ed. has 21 because it combined chapters Here are two links that will connect you to a list of these texts for cheap. The 14th edition. http://www.directtextbook.com/isbn/9780321972026 The 13th edition. http://www.directtextbook.com/isbn/9780321750877. Another website you can check out is https://www.alibris.com/ The syllabi for fall 2023 and more info can be found using the links below. Chem 10 internet (entirely online asynchronous) Chem 11 internet (entirely online, asynchronous and do at home) |
Spring 2024 semester classes starts January 16 and March 18, You usually can find these cheaper online than the bookstore, especially the older editions. Search using the ISBN numbers. I will also accept the 13th ed. ISBN 9780321750877 or 14th ed. ISBN 9780321972026. Search for these online using the ISBN number and you will find them much cheaper than the Shasta College Bookstore. The the 14th and 15 ed. have 22 chapters and the 15th ed. has 21 because it combined chapters Here are two links that will connect you to a list of these texts for cheap. The 14th edition. http://www.directtextbook.com/isbn/9780321972026 The 13th edition. http://www.directtextbook.com/isbn/9780321750877. Another website you can check out is https://www.alibris.com/ The syllabi for spring 2024 will be be almost the same as the spring 2023 class which can be found using the links below. . Chem 10 internet Jan.16 start for 17 week class and March 18 start for 8 week classes(entirely online asynchronous) Chem 11 internet March 18 start for 8 week class (entirely online, asynchronous, and do at home) |
Links to Summer 2024 online courses. Same text books accepted as in Spring 2024 The syllabi for summer 2024 will be be almost the same as the Summer 2023 class which can be found using the links below. Chem 10 internet (entirely online asynchronous) Chem 11 internet (entirely online, asynchronous and do at home) |