Chemistry II?

[ThinkingAboutIt]

Hi,

I have looked over the requirements for a lot of schools, and I have read a lot of postings on this board that you should take chemistry and some say you should take organic chemistry and/or biochemistry.

At the local universities here I see two chemistry courses (General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II). General Chemistry I teaches the basics of inorganic chemistry and General Chemistry II teaches the basics of organic and biochemistry.

Organic chemistry is also taught as two specific courses Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry II. Biochemistry is also taught as a separate course. General Biochemistry requires two semesters of organic chemistry, cell biology, and animal biology.

My question is when people on this board are discussing organic chemisty or biochemistry are they talking about General Chemistry II or are they talking about the specific upper level courses Organic Chemistry I, Organic Chemistry II, and General Biochemistry course?

[jdpete]

all I had was Chem 1 and 2

[droopy1592]

Hi,

I have looked over the requirements for a lot of schools, and I have read a lot of postings on this board that you should take chemistry and some say you should take organic chemistry and/or biochemistry.

At the local universities here I see two chemistry courses (General Chemistry I and General Chemistry II). General Chemistry I teaches the basics of inorganic chemistry and General Chemistry II teaches the basics of organic and biochemistry.

Organic chemistry is also taught as two specific courses Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry II. Biochemistry is also taught as a separate course. General Biochemistry requires two semesters of organic chemistry, cell biology, and animal biology.

My question is when people on this board are discussing organic chemisty or biochemistry are they talking about General Chemistry II or are they talking about the specific upper level courses Organic Chemistry I, Organic Chemistry II, and General Biochemistry course?

Here in GA there are two "gen" chem course routes.

YOu have Fundamentals of Chemistry which part 1 goes over inorganic and part 2 goes over organic and bio (like you say)

Then General Chemistry 1 and 2 is all inorganic

Then there is Organic Chem 1 and 2 is organic (1 is basics, 2 is reactions)

Then there is Biochemistry.

The fundamentals courses are a bit less detailed.

You can't take organic chemistry after Fundamentals 1 and 2. You'd have to take Gen Chem 1 and 2 then Organic and Bio.

Did that clear it up?

Also I notice that nurses that don't intend on going to CRNA school take the Fundamentals (at the school I go to), while those that do go CRNA and possibly NP take Gen 1 and 2 and at least organic 1.

[apaisRN, RN, CRNA]

Basically, there's a track for the science/premeds and one for the rest of us. As already explained, you can spend a whole year on gen chem and another on organic, OR you can take a semester of each (which was what my BSN program required). Most CRNA programs accept this, although a stronger chemistry background can only be a good thing once you start learning advanced pharmacology and so one.