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Spring 2010 Course Catalog 
    
Spring 2010 Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

CHEM 162 - Topics in Science

3 credits

This is a survey course for non-science majors that stresses practical applications of chemistry to topics of current interest, such as acid rain, global warming, nutrition, energy resources, drug action and radioactivity. The emphasis is on assigned readings and class discussions rather than on numerical problem solving. The course introduces the basic chemical principles needed to help students understand scientific and technical issues facing contemporary society and to provoke rational analysis of the underlying issues.Offered online every semester.