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Unit of Study CHE00002 - Biochemistry (2016)

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Unit description

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

Unit content

  1. Review of organic functional groups, cellular structure and function, and properties of water
  2. Amino acids and protein structure, function, biological roles, and metabolism
  3. Enzymes, coenzymes, reaction kinetics
  4. Metabolism and bioenergetics: Krebs cycle, electron transport chain and ATP synthesis
  5. Carbohydrates: structure, function, biological roles, and metabolism
  6. Lipids: structure, function, biological roles, and metabolism
  7. Nucleic acids, protein synthesis, and genomics

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Location Domestic International
Lismore Session 1 Session 1

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

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:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 describe the organisation of living systems with emphasis on the chemistry of human physiological processes.
2 describe the physical and chemical characteristics of nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids.
3 relate the chemical and structural characteristics of nucleic acids, protein, carbohydrate, and lipid molecules to their biochemical functions.
4 discuss the kinetic and thermodynamic significance of protein enzyme catalysed reactions in living systems.
5 describe and discuss the significance of selected metabolic pathways in health and disease.
6 perform experiments, record and compute data, and explain the link between theory and the experimental process.

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

  1. describe the organisation of living systems with emphasis on the chemistry of human physiological processes.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  2. describe the physical and chemical characteristics of nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates and lipids.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  3. relate the chemical and structural characteristics of nucleic acids, protein, carbohydrate, and lipid molecules to their biochemical functions.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  4. discuss the kinetic and thermodynamic significance of protein enzyme catalysed reactions in living systems.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  5. describe and discuss the significance of selected metabolic pathways in health and disease.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:
  6. perform experiments, record and compute data, and explain the link between theory and the experimental process.
    • GA1:
    • GA4:

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