Chemistry

This course covers the fundamental concepts of general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biological chemistry primarily focused for application to nursing. Major topics include: molecular structure and bonding, chemical equations and associated calculations, solution calculations, states of matter, nuclear chemistry, the identification of primary organic functional groups and their reactions, and the basic chemistry of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, amino acids, and DNA. Critical thinking skills in science along with problem solving procedure development are included. This course requires both lecture and laboratory instruction. Prerequisite: MAT 102 or higher and high school chemistry, or professor approval. Corequisite: CHE 131

This course is an introduction to the nature of matter and its transformations. Atoms and compunds, qualitive and quantative aspects of chemical reactions and the electronic and geometric structures of molecules are studied. The course includes both lecture and laboratory instruction. Prerequisite: MAT 102.

Required lab for CHE 180 General Chemistry I.

This course is a continuation of CHE 180, with emphasis on gas laws, solutions, acid-base equilibria and molecular geometry. The course includes both lecture and laboratory instruction. Prerequisite: CHE 180.

Required lab for CHE 182 General Chemistry II.

This course, which explores a topic of contemporary interest to the study of chemistry, is offered as needed to students with sophomore standing.

This course, which involves supervised research on a selected topic, is offered as needed to students with sophomore standing. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor

This course covers the fundamental concepts of volumetric, titrimetric, gravimetric, and combustion analyses, along with an introduction to advanced sample preparation. Major topics include: chemical measurements, experimental error, statistics, quality assurance and calibration methods, chemical equilibrium titrations, acid-base equilibria, EDTA titrations, and gravimetric and combustion analyses. This course will enhance the student’s critical thinking skills in science along with developing complex problem-solving procedures and requires both lecture and laboratory instruction. Prerequisite: CHE 182/183 and MAT 103. Corequisite: CHE 331

Required lab for CHE 380 Organic Chemistry I.

This course, the second part of a two-semester sequence, is a study of structure, synthesis and reactions of organic compounds using modern theories of organic chemistry. The course includes both lecture and laboratory instruction. Prerequisite: CHE 380.

Required lab for CHE 382 Organic Chemistry II.

The course covers basic concepts in biochemistry as well as biochemistry in health and disease. Biochemistry includes a study of protein structure and their physical properties; how these properties relate to catalysis, regulation of catalysis and metabolic chemistry, as well as a general understanding of the role of DNA in inheritance, genetic manipulation and gene therapy. This course includes group discussions, primary literature searches and presentations, clinical case study review and web-based assignments. This course does not have a laboratory component. Prerequisites: BIO 120, CHE 380, and at least one other 200-level or higher course in Biology.

This course, which explores a topic of contemporary interest to the study of chemistry, is offered as needed to students with junior or senior standing.

This course, which involves supervised research on a selected topic, is offered as needed to students with junior or senior standing. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.