Bastyr University is searching for an adjunct faculty member to teach an Organic Chemistry course this summer (see course description below). This course will be a 4 week intensive meant as a pre-requisite for students applying for the Naturopathic Medicine program. Summer quarter begins on July 10 and the intensive runs for 4 weeks. Instructor qualifications include training in Organic Chemistry and experience teaching a similar course(s).
Qualified Faculty should contact Mark Martzen at mmartzen@bastyr.edu
BC 3123 Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences Lecture/Lab (5 credits of lecture and 1 credit of lab)
This course covers the following concepts: functional groups’ importance in biomolecule structure and function; saturated hydrocarbons: structure, chemical and physical properties (alkanes, cycloalkanes); unsaturated hydrocarbons: structure, chemical and physical properties (alkenes, alkynes, aromatic hydrocarbons, heterocyclic aromatic compounds); alcohols, phenols, thiols, ethers: structure, chemical and physical properties; aldehydes & ketones: structure, chemical and physical properties; carboxylic acids & their derivatives: structure, chemical and physical properties; amines and amides: structure, chemical and physical properties; carbohydrates, lipids and proteins.