WELCOME TO

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WELCOME TO
BIOCHEMISTRY 411/602
Sections 509, 510, 511 and 600
Dr. E.D. Harris 236A Biochemistry eharris_at_tamu.edu
Joel Berry mojo5161_at_tamu.edu
Lin Fan us_linfan_at_tamu.edu
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Prerequisites

• Passing Grade in BICH 410/601
• Fundament knowledge of organic molecules
• carboxyl groups - thiols
• aldehyde groups - alcohols
• esters - amines
• Fundamental understanding of chemical reactions
• additions - oxidations - substitutions
• hydrolysis - reductions - ligations

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EXAMS
3 COURSE EXAMS (100 pts)
FINAL (150 pts)
Assignments(50 pts)
TOTAL 500 pts
5
500
405
B
150 50
360
C
300
315
D
100
270
F
200
Assignments Bonuses
100
100
100
Biochemical Strategies Recitation Sessions TBA
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Final Grade
The grade in the course will be based on 3, 100
point hours exams, a 150 point final, and 50
points for assignments. If warranted, your
lowest exam score will be substituted for
your final exam score scaled to 100 points.

Philosophy A low grade on a biochemistry exam is
common. What a student has learned is best told
by the performance on the final exam. Dropping
an exam will give students whohang in there the
opportunity to make past amends and show what
they learned.
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Makeup Exam Options
A student who misses an exam and has a
University-Excused absence or medical
emergency may
1. Use the final exam scaled to 100 points to
substitute for the missed exam,
or

• Request in writing (within 2 class periods)
• a makeup exam, place and time decided later.

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WebCT
WebCT
WebCT

• Lecture slides (PowerPoint format)
• Tutorials
• Old Exams
• Prep sheets
• Exam and assignments scores
• Final grade

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COURSE CONTENT
1. Carbohydrate Metabolism Bioenergetics Glycol
ysis -Gluconeogenesis Glycogen Metabolism Krebs
cycle

Exam I
2. Oxidative Phosphorylation Electron Transport
3. Photosynthesis
4. Lipid Metabolism

5. Nitrogen Metabolism Amino acid
oxidation Amino acid biosynthesis Nucleotide
biosynthesis
Exam III
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Emphasis of the Course

• Understanding, not memory
• Structures, not words
• Insights, not familiarities
• Applying what is learned to a more in-depth
  understanding of biological principles

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When in class
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