Introduction to Chemistry

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A survey of the basic concepts and principles of chemistry designed for non-science majors or students who have little or no previous chemistry experience. An introduction to the basic language of chemistry, the basic systems of inorganic, organic, and biochemistry, and their applications to everyday life, human anatomy and physiology, and the environment. Topics may include the chemistry of drugs, household products, energy resources. This course is designed for students who are not majoring in chemistry as well as for those fulfilling a lab science requirement in their degree if taken with CHEM 104. One semester of high school science expected.