How is the General Chemistry course different from the Honors Chemistry course?
1) More topics will be covered in the Honors Course. The same objectives will be covered in both General and Honors Chemistry. However, the objectives will be covered in more detail in the Honors course than in the General course. The State of North Carolina has published detailed descriptions of these objectives. These standards can be viewed on my website or by visiting http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/curriculum/science/scos/2004/chemistry/supportdocument.pdf . Most of the optional topics in the state curriculum will be taught in the Honors course, but not in the General course. Priority is given to the topics that are currently part of the AP Chemistry curriculum. Note that some optional topics in the state curriculum, such as molecular orbital theory, are of great scientific importance but are not currently in the AP Chemistry curriculum. Other optional topics will be covered in both the General and the Honors courses, and therefore are not listed below. The optional topics to
