Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player.

Get Adobe Flash player

Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences

 

 

Distinguished Speakers Series

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences brings prominent leaders from various fields to campus through the Distinguished Speakers Series. Special supporting events often occur in conjunction with these visits.

Performing and Visual Arts

The Division of Humanities in the Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences presents theatre, dance, music, and other artistic productions to complement academic majors and courses.

Student Newsletter

The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Student Newsletter informs students of important semester dates, college services, scholarship opportunities, and noteworthy events.

Office of Academic Services

Chemistry Challenge Exam

The chemistry challenge exam is one hour long. Calculators are not allowed.

To make an appointment for the chemistry challenge exam, contact Testing Services in the Office of Academic Services at (954) 262-8374. In order to prepare yourself for the chemistry exam, please visit this review website: www.nova.edu/~chemist/mathinfo.htm

Prior to taking the exam, you may want to refresh your arithmetic skills in the following areas:

  • fractions
  • decimals
  • ratios and proportions
  • exponents
  • metric multiple equivalents (prefix)
  • metric < = = > British unit conversion
  • scientific notation
  • number systems (binary, decimal, hexadecimal, etc.)
  • linear equations
  • radicals
  • roots
  • evaluating fractional equations
  • evaluating linear equations
  • straight line relations
  • proportionality
  • inequality
  • quadratic equations
  • exponential equations
  • logarithms
  • geometry
  • trigonometry

You may find reference materials in the library, such as Basic Mathematics, Schaum’s Outlines, 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill Publishing, New York, 1998. ISBN 0-07-037132-6

If you have questions about the chemistry exam, please contact an academic advisor in the Division of Math, Science, and Technology at (954) 262-7990.