For Horticulture students. This course is an introduction to the principles, terminology, theories, calculations, and laboratory operations of chemistry that are appropriate to student needs in career programs with an environmental emphasis. Topics include atoms, molecules, ions, bondings, and reactions of inorganic and organic substances. An introductory course in the theory of organic chemistry, stressing reaction types and mechanisms. An introduction to the laboratory work in Organic Chemistry.
Emphasis is on techniques generally employed, including some instrumentation.