This course is designed for students to learn about some fundamental chemical principles, and some general chemical knowledge related to our daily lives. This course allows students to understand how chemistry works in various daily life situations. Students will learn the basic principles of chemistry including atoms and molecules, structure and chemical bondings, molecular geometry and properties, spectroscopy, fluorescence and phosphorescence and the uses of modern methods to carry out chemical analysis, etc. This course includes lectures and hand-on experimental sessions.

本課程的設計旨在讓同學學到一些基礎化學原理，及一些與日常生活相關的基本化學知識。課程能夠讓同學們明白在一些生活場景中，化學怎樣發揮它的功用。同學會在課程中學到基礎化學原理如原子與分子、結構與化學鍵合、分子幾何及特性、光譜、熒光、磷光及利用現代方法進行化學分析等。課程以講課及實驗形式進行。