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 Department:    CHEM&

 Course #:    123

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    6

 CIP:    260210

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Lipids, proteins, enzymes, bioenergetics, carbohydrate, lipid, and protein metabolism; biosynthetic pathways; nucleic acids and protein synthesis; chemical communication; body fluids; nutrition; and digestion.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite: CHEM& 121 with a grade of "C" or higher; and placement into college-level Math.

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 33

Lab: 44

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Natural Sciences  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Distinguish, on the basis of structure and function: - Carbohydrates�simple carbohydrates, oligosaccharides, starch, glycogen and oligosaccharides. - Lipids�triglycerides, membrane lipids, mediators of inflammation, and steroids. Proteins�fibrous and globular proteins, and enzymes. - DNA and RNA.
2. Interpret graphs of optimal enzymatic activity and predict the action of competitive and noncompetitive inhibitors.
3. Utilize the major biochemical categories to explain the steps in genetic replication, gene expression, and protein synthesis.
4. Describe how energy gets produced for the cell, by relating the roles of fuel molecules, enzymes, coenzymes, and subcellular compartments to glycolysis, beta-oxidation, the citric acid cycle, and oxidative phosphorylation.
5. Match the names of drugs, microbes, genetic variations, or biochemical structures discussed in class with the appropriate disease state or healthy physiologic function.
6. Demonstrate the safe use of laboratory glassware, equipment and reagents in order to synthesize, characterize or separate simple biochemical compounds from natural products.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Carbohydrates, Lipids and Proteins
2. Enzymes
3. Neurotransmitters and Hormones
4. Nucleic Acids and Gene Expression
5. Bioenergetics and Metabolism