This course is an introduction to general chemistry designed for students pursuing courses in Medical Laboratory Sciences, Public Health and in Family and Consumer Science departments. Topics to be covered include: introduction to chemistry, mathematical chemistry, acids, bases and salts, atomic theory, nuclear chemistry, introduction to organic chemistry; chemistry of organic functional groups: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, carbonyl compounds, alcohol, aromatic compounds, amines, amides, carboxylic acids, esters, ethers and esters, chemical kinetics and equilibrium, electrochemistry and thermodynamics