Prerequisite: CHE 120. Special Information: Lab Fee Required Fundamental aspects of general, organic, and biochemistry with particular applications to the health professions. This course will not fulfill the prerequisites for any other course in the Chemistry Department. Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours. 4 credits.

This is the second semester course in the sequence for health science majors and comprises a survey of the fundamentals of chemistry as applied to biological systems. Topics include: nomenclature of organic compounds, organic functional groups and reactions, biochemical processes and pathways, biological macromolecules, and metabolites. Special Note: CHEM A104L is the lab component of this course and requires a separate registration.

Second semester introductory chemistry laboratory course with experiments designed to reinforce concepts, including the basics of laboratory equipment, experimental methodology, data collection, data analysis and reporting. This course illustrates, augments and applies concepts covered in CHEM A104. Special Note: Students who do not meet the prerequisites for this course may be administratively dropped at the discretion of the faculty. Attendance is mandatory for all chemistry laboratory courses the first week of class. Unless prior arrangements are made with the instructor, any student who does not attend the first scheduled meeting for this lab may be administratively dropped and a student on a waiting list will be added in their place. Any fees resulting from either of these drop procedures or any late registration procedure will be the responsibility of the student. Pregnant students should be aware that they will be using chemicals in this course that are teratogenic and may cause harm to unborn children.