Upon successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the chemical and physical properties of water as they relate to life processes
  2. Describe the structure and chemistry of carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and nucleic acids
  3. Define and discuss the significance of protein conformation
  4. Explain enzyme catalysis, kinetics and regulation
  5. Describe the structure and function of biological membranes
  6. Describe the pathways of intermediary metabolism and their regulation
  7. Describe replication, transcription and translation