Key facts
UNE unit code: BCHM220
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- Trimester 2 - On Campus
- Trimester 2 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- 6
Unit information
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Building on your understanding of molecular biology and biochemistry, this unit completes your introduction to the discipline.
Through a combination of lectures and practical sessions you will extend your theoretical knowledge and technical skills, exploring cutting-edge biochemical techniques.
With a focus on the interactions between biochemical reactions and their impact on metabolism, you will examine lipids and their role in cellular membranes and energy metabolism, and amino acids and energy metabolism.
You will also develop an understanding of integrated mammalian metabolism and its regulation, particularly in relation to liver and muscle function, and the physiology and biochemistry of digestion.
Offerings
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Teaching period | Mode/location |
---|---|
Trimester 2 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
Trimester 2 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
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There are no intensive schools required for this unit.
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Notes
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Unit coordinator(s)
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- describe integrated regulation of carbohydrate, amino acid and lipid metabolism;
- extend the key concepts of the metabolic division of labour and the role of membranes in cellular biochemistry;
- demonstrate the dependent biochemical relationship of skeletal and cardiac muscles on liver metabolism to support exercise;
- define the biochemical processes digestion and the metabolic relationship of the digestive system and the liver; and
- integrate the regulation of cellular metabolic pathways during fed, fasted and starvation states in human tissues and organs under various physiological/pathological states
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
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Assessment 1 | Yes | 20% | All offerings | Group Research Essay No. Words: 2000 |
Assessment 2 | Yes | 10% | All offerings | Online Quiz 1 No. Words: 700 |
Assessment 3 | Yes | 10% | All offerings | Online Quiz 2 No. Words: 700 |
Assessment 4 | Yes | 10% | All offerings | Online Quiz 3 No. Words: 600 |
Final Examination | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Students must achieve a passing grade in the final examination in order to pass the unit. |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Lehninger: Principles of Biochemistry
ISBN: 9781319381493
Nelson, D.L. and Cox, M.M., Worth 8th Edition 2021
Text refers to: Trimester 2 (On Campus), Trimester 2 (Online)
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