- Basics of chemical reactions: equilibrium, rate constant, catalyst
- What is oxidation? Reduction?
- What is the Nernst equation?
- What is the chemical composition of carbohydrates? Proteins? Fatty acids? Nucleic acids
- What is osmolarity, and how is it determined?
- What is an acid? Base? pH?
- The chemical basis of metabolic reactions in living cells
- A basic understanding of atomic theory
- A basic understanding of the chemistry of alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, and amines, aliphatic and aromatic compounds including modern concepts of bonding
