By the taking this course, the students should be able to:

1. Write and interpret correct chemical structures and names of organic compounds.
2. Identify all common functional groups found in organic compounds.
3. Explain the major types of reactions involving transformation organic compounds.
4. Write and interpret simple reaction mechanisms for basic simple step organic reactions.
5. Relate the physical and chemical properties of organic compounds to their structure.
6. Interpret and draw inferences from some basic spectroscopic information/data/spectra used in structure determination and analysis of organic compounds, namely NMR, IR, Mass Spectrometry and UV-vis.
7. Relate the properties and structure of organic compounds to real life functions and applications.
8. Classify organic compounds by molecular frameworks, functional groups, and applications.