Biological Sciences 4087

Basic Biochemistry

Spring 2008

 

   Instructor:

Dr. Patricia M. Moroney

270 Life Sciences Building

email:   pmorone@lsu.edu

 

  Web site:

 

http://www.biology.lsu.edu/faculty_listings/fac_pages/pmoroney.html

Course time:

12:10 PM – 2:00 PM TTh  202 Williams

Office hours:

2:15 PM – 3:00 PM Tues. and 10:15 AM –11:15 AM Thurs. or by appointment

   Textbook:    

Biochemistry, 6th edition, by Berg, Tymoczko, and Stryer (2007)

 

Exams: Three one-hour exams will be given on the dates indicated on the course schedule.  Each exam will be worth 100 points. The final exam will be worth 150 points.  It will cover material from the entire course.  You will need a calculator for the exams.  Graphing calculators are NOT allowed.

 

Make-up exams: a valid excuse from your dean is required for a make-up exam.  Anyone with an unexcused absence from an exam will receive a grade of zero for that exam.

 

Problem Sets:  6 problem sets will be given during classes in the course of the semester. You will be allowed to work on these and hand them in during class.  They will be worth 5 points each.  Please bring paper and a calculator to every class so that you will be prepared for the problem sets.

 

A take-home problem set worth 20 points will be handed out at mid-semester.  It will ask questions about an article from a biochemical journal.

 

Midterm exams:

Final exam:

Class problem sets:

Take-home problem set:

Total:

300 points

150

  30

  20

500 points

                                   

 

Grade system:

A = 450-500 points

B = 400-449

C = 350-399

D = 300-349

F = below 300