The required textbook for the course will be Chemistry: A Molecular Approach, 2nd, 3rd or 4th ed. by Nivaldo J.Tro. The 4th edition will be available in the University bookstore and earlier editions can be found online. The lab manual is a special order from Brooks/Cole and will be available for purchase in the University bookstore. Online homework is through Sapling Learning; an access card will be in the bookstore. A computer is necessary for completion of homework assignments.
Goggles and a laboratory notebook will be provided at no cost.
The O'Hara program is a fast-paced, intensive course. Click here to see the 2018 schedule.
Lecture usually runs from 8:45 a.m.-11:45 a.m., Monday through Friday, with a thirty-minute break around 10:00 a.m. Lecture exams will be on each Monday morning from 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
There is a pre-lab lecture for all students from 1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.; Lab is 2:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. There will be ten laboratory experiments each semester, as well as a lab final.
Various activities and trips are planned for each week on either Friday evening or Saturday.
"You bring me a letter of acceptance to a Catholic school for your child, and I promise your child will attend Catholic school." This is the promise Father Mark Hamlet, BA '68 MBA '70, makes to his congregation at every Mass. The pastor of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Austin, Hamlet has spent much of his ministry advocating for Catholic school education through his nonprofit foundation, Our Kids at Heart.
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+ Read MoreThe University of Dallas will celebrate the extraordinary achievements of four alumni with its 2019 Distinguished Alumni Awards. Award recipients Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, MTS '00, Laura Felis Quinn, BS '86 MBA '18, Judy Kelly, BA '63, and John Parker, BA '83 MBA '89, will be honored for their contributions to their professions, communities and the University of Dallas.
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