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Unit of Study BIOL2007 - Biochemistry (2025)

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  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

Provides an overview of general biochemistry to enable students to understand the role of chemical reactions in biological systems. Covers basic biochemical organisation and processes of the body, bioenergetics, selected metabolic pathways, and methods of separation and characterisation of molecules of biological interest.

Unit content

  1. Chemical reactions and coenzymes, Functional groups and Carbohydrate structure
  2. Enzymes and enzymatic reactions
  3. Carbohydrate function and metabolism
  4. Lipid structure, function and metabolism
  5. Protein structure, function and metabolism
  6. Integrated metabolic pathways

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Location Domestic International
Gold Coast
Term2,4
Term2,4
Lismore
Term2,4
Term2,4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

recognise the role of enzymes and co-enzymes in carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism

recognise structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins as linked to their biochemical pathways

examine metabolism and regulation of integrated biochemical pathways

perform experiments, interpret data and explain the link between theory and the experimental process.

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