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1. Course Description and Learning Outcomes

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is a three-unit lecture course that focuses on the structure and function of biomolecular compounds: proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids and their roles in energy transduction and metabolism.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completing the course, you should be able to:

  1. Demonstrate knowledge of the fundamental concepts in biochemistry.
  2. Discuss the reaction pathways involving biomolecules such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and lipids.
  3. Apply biochemical reaction pathways in the analysis of problems and situations accompanied by erroneous metabolism.
  4. Solve common qualitative and quantitative problems in biochemistry

OER TEXTBOOKS

You can download the following Open Education Resources as your reference for this course. 

MAIN TEXTBOOK REFERENCES

Ahern, K., Rajagopal, I. (2015). Biochemistry: Free and Easy. Available at:  https://biochem.oregonstate.edu/files/biochem/ahern/BiochemistryFreeandEasy3.pdf.

Ahern, K., Rajagopal, I., Tan, T. (2018). Biochemistry: Free For All. Available at: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/biochemistry-free-for-all-ahern.

Alberts, B., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Morgan, D., Raff, M., Roberts, K., Walter, P., (2015). Molecular Biology of the Cell, 6th Ed. New York: Garland Science.

Berg, J., Tymoczko, J., Stryer, L., Gatto, G. (2012). Biochemistry, 7th Ed. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.

Campbell, M., Farrell, S., & McDougal, O. (2017). Biochemistry. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks Cole.

Nelson, D., Cox, M. (2008). Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 5th Ed. New York: W.H. Freeman and Company.

Voet, D., Voet, J. (2011). Biochemistry, 4th Ed. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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