3.00 Credits
This course is designed for students who plan to enter one of the health sciences such as nursing, mortuary science, etc., but who do not need a full year in general chemistry. It also meets the core curriculum requirement for a laboratory science. It does not meet the requirements for a science major. The material includes chemical measurement, matter and energy, atoms, molecules and chemical bonding, periodic properties of elements, stoichiometry, gases, liquids and solids, solutions, reaction rates and chemical equilibria, acids and bases, oxidation-reduction, nuclear chemistry, and an overview of organic and biological chemistry.