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COURSES

Introduction. Perhaps discussion of the adgenda and the type of degrees offered?

Additional chemistry courses may be found in the student course catalog found on the New Mexico Tech website.

CHEM 102/103 & 121 - General Chemistry (3cr)
 

Basic descriptive and quantitative principles of chemistry associated with the concepts of the mole, concentration, heat, atomic and molecular structure, periodicity, bonding, physical states, stoichiometry, and reactions.

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CHEM 389 - Chemical and Biological Warfare (3cr)
 

History of chemical and biological warfare, basic chemical and biological principles associated with chemical and biological threats, symptom recognition and assessment.

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CHEM 441 - Biochemistry I (3cr)
 

Overview of basic biochemistry. Emphasizes structure, nomenclature, and reactions of biologically active compounds such as proteins, sugars, lipids, nucleic acids and enzymes. Introduction to metabolic pathways.

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CHEM 441L - Biochemistry I Lab (1cr)
 

Characterization and detection of proteins, sugars, lipids and enzymes.

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CHEM 442 - Biochemistry II (3cr)
 

Continuation of 441. Metabolic pathways and diseases.

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CHEM 442L - Biochemistry II Lab (1cr)
 

Principles of cell culture and experiments related to the biological evaluation of medicinal plant and synthetic compounds.

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CHEM 521 - Advanced Topics in Biochemistry (3cr)
 

Advanced biochemistry including structure, function and organization of biomolecules associated with disease state.

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