This course is NOT a substitute for "Intro to Chemistry for Health Professionals". Instead, "Medical Chemistry" covers fewer of the Chemistry fundamentals that are critical to medicine. However, for the few fundamentals it does cover, it covers them more rigorously. Students will develop a foundation in these chemical principles through problem-solving and critical thinking, with an emphasis on applications relevant to the medical field.

In the 17th century, Isaac Newton showed that one simple set of laws can describe everything we see around us, from a piece of fruit falling out of a tree to the planets going around the sun. In this course you will learn how to describe motion mathematically, how the forces on an object determine that object's motion, and how "conservation laws" (such as the conservation of energy) limit the possible behaviors that objects can have. By the end of the course, you should be able to mathematically describe and predict many kinds of motion, and be able to look at the world around you and understand it in a new way.

This course is designed for non-science majors as well as scientists with an interest in learning about the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system. The focus will be on the tools of discovery through instruments on modern planetary spacecraft. We will also explore the methods of detecting extra-solar planets and the types of worlds that have been discovered.

This couse provides an overview of the techniques used in the forensic laboratory for the analysis of common types of physical evidence encountered at crime scenes. The nature and significance of physical evidence, the underlying chemical/physical principles of the scientific techniques employed for its analysis, and the interpretation and evidentiary value of scientific results will be studied. **This class will fulfill an elective for the Health Professions Certificate but is open to all students who meet the English requirement.