CHMY 200 BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY WITH LAB

Course structured in two parts. The first part will be an introduction to organic chemistry: identification, nomenclature, and chemistry of hydrocarbons, alcohols, ethers, ketones, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, organ halogens and amines. The second half of the class will be an investigation of the chemistry of the four families of biological macromolecules: carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, and their physiological function within the cell.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

BIOS 101

Offered

Alternating years