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CHM 1050 - Chemistry for Life Sciences I3 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
This is a survey course for healthcare professionals introducing the fundamental concepts of general chemistry and organic chemistry. This course is also open to non-nursing and non-engineering students to take it to fulfill a science course credit. Students will be introduced to basic concepts and themes of general chemistry and will be introduced to organic chemistry. Students will gain knowledge of concepts and perform hands-on laboratory experiments. Students will develop understanding of atomic theory, chemical reactions, and solutions. Students will learn about states of matter, specifically gas laws in the context of human physiology. Knowledge of acids, bases, and buffers will be gained. Nuclear chemistry with a specific focus on medical applications will be studied. Introduction to hydrocarbons and aromatic compounds will be included.
Prereq: One year of high school chemistry
Note: This course is not open to engineering students.
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Conduct experiments, make observations, and collect, analyze, and interpret data
- Recognize the use of common measurement units, convert measurements done in metric system into other related units, calculate medication dosing
- Describe the structure of atom, use the mole concept and molecular formulas
- Locate the elements in the periodic table; recognize property trends, electron configuration
- Draw Lewis dot structures, describe bonds, name compounds, and write formulas
- Classify different kinds of chemical reactions, perform reaction stoichiometry
- Identify states of matter, perform calculations based on gas laws, apply gas laws to life science situations, perform enthalpy calculations
- Predict the solubility of substances on the basis of molecular polarity and intermolecular forces, calculate solution concentrations, Henry’s law, describe colligative properties
- Define what are acids, bases, salts and buffers, calculate pH, blood as buffer, and learn pathologies of acidosis or alkalosis
- Describe forms of radiation, use nuclear reaction equations and half-life, recognize health effects of radiation, use biological units red, gray and rem, describe medical uses
- Name and draw structural formulas of organic compounds, describe bonding and isomerism, identify functional groups, conformations, properties of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes
- Describe aromatic compounds and benzene structure, properties, and uses
Prerequisites by Topic
- Metric units
- Atomic structure
- Chemical bonds
- Periodic table
- States of matter
- Chemical reactions
Course Topics
- Measurement units
- Atoms and molecules
- Periodic table
- Bonding
- Types of chemical reactions
- States of matter
- Solutions and colloids
- Acid and base properties of solutions
- Nuclear chemistry and medical use of radioisotopes
- Nomenclature of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes
- Aromatic compounds
Laboratory Topics
- Moles and chemical formulas
- Chemical reactions and equations
- Gas laws (PV and VT relationships)
- Molecular geometry and bonding
- Solutions and electrolytes
- Properties of solutions: osmosis, dialysis, filtration
- Analysis of a dialysis bag
- Acids, bases, pH, and buffers
- Design and conduct an experiment
- Nuclear radiation protection
- Organic chemistry techniques
- Reactions of hydrocarbons
Coordinator
Dr. Anne-Marie Nickel
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