May 15, 2025  
Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Catalog 2025-2026

CHEM 305 - General, Organic, and Biochemistry in Agriculture and Environmental Science


This course will develop an understanding of the chemistry of everyday living with an emphasis on molecules encountered in agriculture and both marine and terrestrial environmental settings. Topics include the fundamentals of chemical reactivity, structure in two and three dimensions, the movement of electrons, stoichiometry, and the relationships between structure and function. These tools will be used to introduce the biochemistry of metabolism.

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): (Prereq: GE  rea 1A and 1B and 1C and 2 and 5A with C- or better)
General Education: UD5 Physical & Bio Sciences
Typically Offered: Spring term only

Units: 3