Spring Semester 2017
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Educational Expectations for Students Entering into MCMP 208

General and Organic Chemistry: Stereochemistry; pH; Ionization of organic acids and bases (including amides and alcohols), pK_a, Henderson-Hasselbach equation; Keto-enol tautomerization; Amides: nature, make up, hyrdolysis; Esters, phosphoesters, phosphodiesters; Chemical equlibria and K_eq; ΔG (change in Gibbs free energy) of a reaction; Covalent versus non-covalent chemical bonds, including dipole and ionic non-covalent bonds; Binding (chelation) reactions, forces, and equilibria; Organic sulphides (thiols), disulphides; Reaction progress, energy of activation, and catalysis; General Acid-Base catalysis; Reaction kinetics, simple rate expressions; Nitrogen heterocycles; Non-covalent forces: pi-orbital bonding, hydrophobic, polar, and ionic; General polymer concepts (what they are, linear vs branched/cross-linked); The (non-radical) oxidized states of carbon and their neutral forms (methane/methylene, methanol/alcohol, etc. up to carbon dioxide)

Anatomy and Phsyiology: The endocrine system including the principal hormones; Hormone receptors - general concepts

General Biology: Cellular anatomy (cell organelles and their roles); The Cell cycle including its component phases; Genes and inheritance; Evolution in general, genetic mutants/variants; Chromosomes

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