| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 1, offshore teaching period |
| Old unit code |
920.201 |
| Content |
This is an introductory unit that explores the molecular basis of life. The topics covered include the molecular and structural biochemistry of proteins, the catalysis of biological reactions by enzymes, the structure of biological membranes and the strategies used to move molecules across these membranes. |
| Assessment |
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Associate Professor Peter Arthur |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), Singapore |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: 12 points of Level 1 chemistry; 12 points of Level 1 biology, of which 6 points must be SCIE1106 Molecular Biology of the Cell, or 12 points of Level 1 biology and a previous pass in SCIE2225 Molecular Biology in 2003 or earlier; students intending to proceed to a Level 3 biochemistry unit are required to complete TEE Applicable Mathematics or (MATH1050 Calculus C and STAT1530 Statistics B) |
| Incompatibility: BIOC2210/BIOC2250 Biochemistry |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; labs: 3 hrs per week, as arranged
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