BIOMG 3300 - Principles of Biochemistry, Individualized Instruction

Fall, spring. 4 credits. S-U or letter grade option. (Biological Sciences majors must take course for a letter grade.)

Forbidden Overlap: Students may receive credit for only one course in the following group: BIOMG 3300, BIOMG 3310, BIOMG 3320, BIOMG 3330, BIOMG 3350, NS 3200. Prerequisite: one majors-level biology course and one year general chemistry and CHEM 1570 or CHEM 3570–CHEM 3580 (CHEM 3580 may be taken concurrently) or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Recommended prerequisite: concurrent registration in BIOMG 3340.

J. Blankenship, P. Hinkle, Y. Mao, and staff.

Fourteen units that cover protein structure and function, enzymes, basic metabolic pathways, DNA, RNA, protein synthesis, and an introduction to recombinant DNA techniques. No formal lectures, auto-tutorial format.