302417 (v.2) Biochemistry 202


Area: School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 10.0
 
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Individual Study: 1 x 10 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 8804 (v.8) Biochemistry 231
301423 (v.4) BIO26 Biochemistry
Prerequisite(s):     302409 (v.2) Chemistry For Life Sciences 101 or any previous version
    OR
    7230 (v.5) Chemistry 117 or any previous version
AND
302410 (v.2) How Cells Work 102 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: Water and its biological importance. Proteins, protein architecture 1 and 2. The portrait of a soluble protein - haemoglobin. The portrait of an fibrous protein - collagen. Enzymes 1, 2 and 3. Bioenergetics 1 and 2. Concepts of metabolism. Glycolysis. Citric acid cycle. Energy from fatty acids. Electron transport chain 1 and 2. Fasting and fed state. Integration and regulation of metabolism. Pancreatic hormones. Insulin action and diabetes. Glucagon and cyclic AMP. Other hormonal mechanisms.
 
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Field of Education: 10900 Biological Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Essential
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Special Term 1       Y  
2005 Bentley Campus Special Term 3       Y  
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially
Online
Internal
refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully
Online
refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External