BIOCHEMISTRY (CHM 318)

Term: Spring 2009

Faculty

Description

318: Biochemistry.
Goal: To survey the structure, function, and metabolism of the basic classes of organic molecules. To interrelate the various metabolic pathways into a unified concept of metabolism at the organismal level.
Content: Protein, carbohydrate, lipid and nucleic acid structure and synthesis; the metabolic pathways in which these four classes of molecules participate.
Taught: Spring. Alternate years.
Prerequisites: BIO 110, 112, and BIO 203 or CHM 206; CHM 101, 102, and 221 or permission of the instructor..
Credit: 3 hours; cross-listed as BIO 318.