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CH 040 Chemistry, Society and the Environment 3 CR
Explores the workings of chemistry as an experimental science in the context of the need for science literacy and of the things affecting the everyday world and the environment. Two 75-minute lectures per week.

CH 100 Principles of Chemistry 4 CR
Explores fundamentals of chemistry and its role and importance to the health sciences as  reparation for CH 125 and/or CH 151. Two 75-minute lectures and one three-hour laboratory or one two-hour discussion on alternate weeks.

CH 125 Principles of Organic and Biochemistry 4 CR
Surveys organic chemistry in sufficient depth and breadth to make biochemistry understandable. Followed by a study of biochemistry and biological chemistry. Two 75-minute lectures per week and one three-hour laboratory or one two-hour discussion on alternate weeks.

CH 151 General Chemistry I 3 CR
Explores modern theories of atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding and periodic relations, chemical reactions and stoichiometry, states of matter, and solutions. Three 50-minute lectures and one 50-minute discussion per week. Prerequisite: CH 100 or high school chemistry

CH 152 General Chemistry II 3 CR
Explores chemical thermodynamics; chemical kinetics; chemical, ionic and acid-base equilibria; electrochemistry; chemistry of the representative elements and transition elements; and nuclear reactions. Three 50-minute lectures and one 50- minute discussion per week. Prerequisite: CH 151

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