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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

311406 (v.1) Biochemistry 233

Area: School of Biomedical Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):     7076 (v.5) Chemistry 123 or any previous version
    OR
    7230 (v.6) Chemistry 181 or any previous version
    OR
    7040 (v.6) Chemistry 102 or any previous version
AND
    7077 (v.5) Chemistry 124 or any previous version
    OR
    7231 (v.6) Chemistry 182 or any previous version
AND
313400 (v.2) Biomedical Science 100 or any previous version
Syllabus: Properties and structure of amino acids. Structure and properties of water. Concepts of pH, pK and buffers. Molecular structure and chemical bonds. Structure and function of globular and fibrous proteins. Structure and function of lipids and carbohydrates. Concepts and properties of enzymes including enzyme kinetics. Computer aided molecular visualization of proteins. Laboratory techniques and computer analysis of experimental data. Overview and concepts of biological thermodynamics, energy metabolism and metabolic pathways. Intermediary metabolism including metabolic pathways of glycolysis, citric acid cycle, pentose phosphate pathway, amino acid metabolism, fatty acid metabolism, ketone body metabolism, oxidative phosphorylation, and electron transport.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010901 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 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