Chemistry - methods and measurement; the composition and structure of the atom; elements, atoms, ions, and the periodic table; structure and properties of ionic and covalent compounds; calculations and the chemical equation; states of matter - gases, liquids and solids; reactions and solutions; chemical and physical change - energy, rate and equilibrium; charge-transfer reactions - acids and bases and oxidation-reduction; the nucleus, radioactivity and nuclear medicine; an introduction to organic chemistry; the unsaturated hydrocarbons - alkenes; alcohols, phenols, thiols and ethers; aldehydes and ketones; carboxylic acids and carboxylic acid derivatives; amines and amides; carbohydrates; lipids and their functions in biochemical systems; protein structure and function; enzymes; carbohydrate metabolism; aerobic respiration and energy production; fatty acid metabolism; introduction to molecular genetics.
