Honors Biochemistry

Course Number: 03231

This course provides an introduction to molecules and processes found in living systems. Amino acids, sugars, lipids and nucleotides and their corresponding higher structures, proteins, polysaccharides, membranes and nucleic acids are studied. Kinetics and mechanisms of enzymes as well as elementary metabolic cycles and the energetics of biological systems are studied with a quantitative approach.

Academic Year: 2023-2024
Units: 9
Prerequisite(s): 03121 or 03151 and Corequsites: 09217 or 09219