Section Info: CHEM-211-01

Course Title: Environmental Chemistry

Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026

Term: Spring Semester 2026

Description: This course serves as an introduction to environmental chemistry and will apply foundational chemistry concepts to an understanding of how environmental problems are identified and remedied. This course will broadly survey national and global environmental issues, along with local case studies, with a focus on the chemistry of the atmosphere, water, and energy production. Topics will include tropospheric air pollution, stratospheric ozone depletion, climate change, natural water chemistry, water treatment, and energy production technologies.

Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences

Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate

Credits:4.00

Faculty	Phone	Email address
Rachel Hems		rhems@mtholyoke.edu

Meeting Dates	Method	Meeting days	Meeting times	Building name	Room	Frequency
01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026	Lecture	Tuesday and Thursday	10:30AM - 11:45AM	TBA	TBA	Weekly

REGISTRATION DETAILS

Requisite Courses
Prereq: CHEM-150 or CHEM-160.	Take previously	Required

Comments

Additional Comments

Course Tags
GEOL0001	GEOL-1: Geology major and minor	This course counts toward the Geology major and minor.

Cross-listed Sections

None

Course Availability
Section status: Waitlisted	Capacity: 16	Enrollment: 16	Available: 0	Waitlist: 19

Please note: The "Available" count will equal 0 in a Waitlisted course where spaces in the course have recently opened and students have not yet been moved into them from the waitlist.

BOOK INFORMATION

Book List	Required	Publisher Full Price
Title: Environmental Chemistry Author: Baird, Colin Copyright: 2012 Edition: 5 Volume: ISBN: 9781429277044 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company	Required	70.00

Additional Book Comments

This is the complete book list for this class.