Many universities offer a first-year chemistry course known as "general chemistry" (or "gen chem"), which is designed to introduce freshmen to the field of chemistry.Typically, a lab section is offered at the same time as the lecture, so that students can get experience in a lab setting and apply what they've learned in class. Acid-base titrations, kinetics, equilibrium reactions, and electrochemical reactions are all possible experimental setups in this category.One year of general chemistry is typically required not only for chemistry majors but also for students in other STEM fields such as biology, biochemistry, biomedicine, physics, and engineering.Fundamental principles that apply to medicine and the human body are covered in general chemistry and are essential to our current understanding and practice of medicine.

The Areas of General Chemistry tested on the American Association of Medical Colleges' Admissions Exam covers -

• Acids and Bases
• Structure of the Atom
• Chemical Interactions and
• Bonding Kinetics of Substances
  

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