Introduction to medicinal chemistry will be explored through rational biochemical and physical organic chemical approaches to drug design, action and development. Structural features, physical properties, mechanism of action and metabolism of drug like molecules, forces that govern interaction of drug-like molecules with their targets, enzyme mechanisms and inhibition and xenobiotic metabolism will be illustrated with specific examples showing how drugs function at the molecular level.

May be repeated to a maximum of 12 hours.

This course is intended for freshmen and others who wish to find out what physics is and how it relates to other fields of study. It is especially useful for physics majors or for those considering physics as a major or minor. One demonstration lecture per week presented by various members of the physics faculty. May only be taken on a pass/fail basis.

A lecture demonstration course covering electricity, magnetism, optics, atomic and nuclear physics. Credit is not given to students who already have credit for PHY 203, 213 or 232.

Laboratory to accompany PHY 151-152 with experiments and exercises designed especially for students preparing to be middle school teachers. Laboratory, two hours per week.

An introduction to the production practice of container and field grown nursery stock as they relate to management and operation of a nursery business. A two to three-day field trip is required. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, three hours per week.

A study of greenhouse structures, coverings, equipment, and the monitoring and regulation of the environment including temperature, light, carbon dioxide, and relative humidity as these factors relate to the commercial production of greenhouse crops. Other types of controlled environments are also included. Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours per week.

techniques used in quantitative and qualitative chemical analysis of soil and plant materials and relation of these analyses to physical, chemical and biological systems. Lecture, one hour; discussion, one hour; laboratory, four hours.

PM 661 is a lecture/laboratory/field practicum covering sampling and analysis techniques for Occupational and Environmental assessment and monitoring. The laboratory experiments are intended to simulate typical measurement situations and to provide a basis for selection of sampling techniques and critical evaluation of laboratory results.

This course provides an overview of the impact of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use disorders on individuals and populations from the local, state, national and international perspectives. Topics include methods for measuring the impact of substance use disorders, risk and protective factors, prevention strategies and policies, "harm reduction", and the relationship between substance use disorders and crime.