CHEM 461 - Biochemistry I

Credits: 3
When Offered: Fall
Prerequisite(s): CHEM 222 and BIOL 162; ENGL 101, ENGL 102 and COMM 105 or ENGL 101H and ENGL 102 with a minimum grade of “C.”

Recommended Prerequisite(s): PHYS 272 recommended.

A study of the chemical properties and biological functions of the atoms, molecules, macromolecules and macromolecular complexes that constitute living systems. First semester will deal with inorganic biochemistry, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, proteins and enzymes. Three lecture periods per week.

Note: First semester of a two-semester sequence. This course is a prerequisite to that of the second semester course. Credit may be received for the work of this course without the completion of the second.