SCI 121 Chemistry for Healthcare Professionals

This course emphasizes the basics of general chemistry relevant to healthcare professionals. It is designed to build a bridge between chemical concepts and clinical reasoning. This course will introduce the student to concepts such as atomic structure, bonding, molarity, chemical reactions, acids and bases, gases and solutions, proteins, enzymes, and nucleic acids, as well as metabolism and nutrition. It will also incorporate some of the fundamental concepts of organic chemistry, biochemistry, and nuclear chemistry, as applied to healthcare.