Course Description:

My course parallels offerings at a number of other state colleges. This course meets the chemistry requirement for registered nursing, agriculture, home economics majors, and certain majors in the biological sciences. Organic chemistry and biochemistry are emphasized.

Course Objective:

To aid students in understanding the principles of general, organic and biological chemistry. This course is for students interested in the health care field as well as those who want to know how nature and human life work at the molecular level.

 

Sample Lecture Topics: (The list is not the lecture series in full)

• The Nature of Matter: Compounds and Bonds
• Kinetic Theory and Chemical Reactions
• Water Solutions and Colloids
• Acids, Bases and Salts
• Introduction to Organic Chemistry
• Alcohols, Thioalcohols, Ethers, and Amines
• Carbohydrates
• Lipids

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