CHE 1105Chemistry for Health Sciences

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This course is intended to provide students with a descriptive background in general, organic and biochemistry so that subsequent courses taken such as, nutrition and pharmacology, can be appreciated on a molecular level. The first part of the course will focus on fundamentals of general chemistry dealing with the nature of atoms, atomic structure, bonding and role of nuclear chemistry in medicine. The second half of the course will focus on the structure and nomenclature or organic and biomolecules and their role in health-related systems.