SCI 2500 - Applied Physical Sciences for Allied Health Careers

3 Credit(s) Hours: 5 hrs.

Lecture and laboratory course on chemistry and physics topics with direct bearing on health services. Includes: mechanics, electricity, optics, atomic energy, radioactivity, atomic structure, chemical bonding, chemical equations, behavior of gases, respiration and oxygen therapy, properties of liquids and solutions including hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, acids and bases, plus an introduction to organic and biochemistry and drug calculations.

Student must complete SCI 2500 Laboratory - Initial Student Safety Instruction & Certification prior to the first laboratory meeting. See Department of Physical Sciences website Chemistry Laboratory Safety section for information.

Prerequisite(s): Passed, exempt, or completed developmental course work for the CUNY Assessment Tests in Reading, Writing, and ACCUPLACER CUNY Assessment Test in Math. Open only sto students in the Pre-Clinical Nursing Plan
Department: Physical Sciences