Our Organic World

3 credits · Undergraduate

Pharmaceuticals, plastics, and some fuels are organic compounds with dramatic roles in our health and economy. Drugs or poisons? Caraway or spearmint? Bendable or stiff? Aspects of organic chemistry are surveyed so that issues such as these can be debated and the chemical facts applied to the world around us. PREREQUISITES: CHEM 1011.03 or equivalent EXCLUSIONS: CHEM 2488.03 does not serve as a prerequisite for any other chemistry class nor does it count as a chemistry credit towards any degree with a major in chemistry. FORMATS: Lecture