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CHM 105 Chemistry in Society Course Objectives:  

1. To define science (and non-science) and review the scientific method from a chemical perspective.
2. To present chemical principles and phenomena from a current topic/societal perspective with an emphasis on environmental, biochemical, and biotechnological issues.
3. To review the composition of Earth’s atmosphere (physical and chemical) and examine the differences between atoms, molecules, elements, compounds, solutions and mixtures.
4. To provide an overview of the global environmental problems of ozone depletion and global warming with an emphasis on chemical structure, types of radiation, and chemical reactions.
5. To review energy sources and types, their origins and uses, and the types of pollution they cause.
6. To present concepts of the chemistry of aqueous solutions with an emphasis on the chemical nature of water, the pH scale, acids and bases, and the sources, chemistry, and effects of acid rain.
7. To review the different types of radiation, their atomic origins, detrimental effects, and the role of radiation in medicine and nuclear electrical generating stations.
8. To review nutrition from the context of the four biological molecules (carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids).
9. To provide a summary of genetic engineering and biotechnology with an emphasis on the role of DNA replication, the types of RNA, and transcription and translation.