Chemistry Technician Certificate Curriculum
Courses: (For course descriptions, go to chemistry department website http://www.sdmesa.net/chemistry/index.html and click on "courses")
Chemistry 200 and 200L (1st semester General Chemistry with lab. 3 hr lecture and 6 hr lab/week 5 units)
Chemistry 201 and 201L (2nd semester General Chemistry with lab...5 units)
Chemistry 231 and 231L (1st semester Organic Chemistry with lab...5 units)
Chemistry 233 and 233L (2nd semester Organic Chemistry with lab...5 units)
Chemistry 255 (Inside the Pharmaceutical Industry...3 units)
then two options: Choose either one.
Option A
Chemistry 251 (Analytical Chemistry with lab...5 units)
or
Option B
Chemistry 160 (Introductory Biochemistry...3 units)
and Chemistry 161 (Techniques in Biochemistry...2 unit lab)
Sample course sequence
Semester 1: Semester 2: Semester 3: Semester 4:
Chem 200 Chem 201 Chem 231 Chem 233
Chem 200L Chem 201L Chem 231L Chem 233L
Chem 255 Option A Chem 251
Option B Chem 160 Chem 161
