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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

CHEM3003 (v.1) Advanced Biological and Medicinal Chemistry

Area: Department of Chemistry
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 6.0
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
Science Laboratory: 1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Workshop: 1 x 1 Hours Fortnightly
Equivalent(s): 314003 (v.1) Biological Chemistry 321
Prerequisite(s): 313998 (v.1) Biological Chemistry 222 or any previous version
OR
CHEM2002 (v.1) Chemistry of Biological Processes or any previous version
OR
312493 (v.2) Biological Chemistry 221 or any previous version
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.
Syllabus: The role of metals in life. Coordination chemistry in biological (aqueous) environments. Structure and function of enzymes containing heavy metals. Enzymatic reactions involving metal centres: carbonic anhydrase and carboxypeptidase. Iron-based proteins (hemoglobin and myoglobin) and oxygen transport. Mitochondrial respiration: redox chemistry of iron complexes in cytochromes. Principles of molecular recognition; chemical sensor design and applications; Bioelectrochemistry. Biosurfaces. Small and large drug molecules in medicine
Field of Education: 010599 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 2 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


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