CH250
Introductory Biochemistry
0.5 Credit

Hours per week:
  • Lecture/Discussion: 3
  • Lab: 3 (biweekly)

In this course, the principles of biochemistry are introduced with a chemical emphasis. Topics include: the chemistry of water and biologically relevant aqueous solutions, structure of biomolecules and biopolymers (amino acids, peptides and proteins, nucleotides, DNA and RNA, carbohydrates and polysaccharides, lipids and biomembranes), introduction to enzymes and coenzymes.

Additional Course Information
Prerequisites
CH202 or CH206
Co-requisites
CH203 recommended.