INTRODUCTION TO BIOCHEMISTRY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( CHEM 341 , 343 , or concurrent enrollment), or graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how biomolecules store, transmit, and receive information to carry out cellular functions, such as catalysis, information transfer, energy production, and biosynthesis Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how molecular interactions drive the formation of macromolecular structure, including protein, lipid, nucleic acid, and carbohydrate structure Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize and identify the molecular structure of the building blocks for proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates and describe how their structure relates to their biological function. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the process of DNA replication, DNA repair, RNA transcription, and protein synthesis Audience: Undergraduate 5. Relate the chemical structure of metabolites and the pathways through which they flow to how cells use those pathways for both biosynthesis (anabolism)and energy production (catabolism Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze the major anabolic and catabolic pathways of central metabolism in terms of energetics, molecular structure, hormonal control, and regulation Audience: Undergraduate 7. Recognize that all life on earth shares a common ancestor as illustrated by the use of the same genetic code and the existence of common biochemical pathways between all organisms Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how biomolecules store, transmit, and receive information to carry out cellular functions, such as catalysis, information transfer, energy production, and biosynthesis Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how molecular interactions drive the formation of macromolecular structure, including protein, lipid, nucleic acid, and carbohydrate structure Audience: Undergraduate 3. Recognize and identify the molecular structure of the building blocks for proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates and describe how their structure relates to their biological function. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe the process of DNA replication, DNA repair, RNA transcription, and protein synthesis Audience: Undergraduate 5. Relate the chemical structure of metabolites and the pathways through which they flow to how cells use those pathways for both biosynthesis (anabolism)and energy production (catabolism Audience: Undergraduate 6. Analyze the major anabolic and catabolic pathways of central metabolism in terms of energetics, molecular structure, hormonal control, and regulation Audience: Undergraduate 7. Recognize that all life on earth shares a common ancestor as illustrated by the use of the same genetic code and the existence of common biochemical pathways between all organisms Audience: Undergraduate