BMB200FS11_Syllabus.pdfFall 2011 Tentative Lecture ScheduleBiochemistry 200 (BMB200) Fall 2011 Faculty Jon Stoltzfus Course Coordinator 305 Biochemistry T 10:30 – 11:30 A.M. W 2:00 – 3:00 P.M. R 1:00 – 2:00 P.M. or by appointment 432-8775 [email protected] Susanne Hoffmann-Benning 309 Biochemistry T 10:00 A.M. – Noon R 10:00 – 11:00 A.M. or by appointment 355-9644 or 432-9281 [email protected] Michael Feig 218B Biochemistry by appointment 432-7439 [email protected] T.A. Witawas Handee 111 Biochemistry T 5:45 – 6:45 P.M. W 5:00 – 6:00 P.M. [email protected] Course Rational: In this course, you can learn how the food you eat lets you live. All food can be broken down into four major components, the same major components required for life. This class will systematically present the physical and chemical properties of these components, the role of each of these components in your body, and the processes by which your body utilizes these components. Course Goals: When you successfully complete this course you will have a conceptual understanding of how the basic components found in the food you eat function in your body. Course Objectives: Explain the roles water, chemical equilibrium, and pH play in your body. Recognize the chemical structure of the of the molecular building blocks found in the food you eat and identify the important chemical and physical properties of these building blocks. Describe how these molecular building blocks polymerize into larger molecules and organize into cellular structures. Compare and contrast the functions of these building blocks and their polymers in living cells. Explain how the chemical and physical properties of these building blocks cause them to carry out their specific functions in your body. Describe the basic cellular pathways used to break down the food you eat and produce the cellular building blocks and energy your body needs. Discuss the relationship between coenzymes and vitamins and the role of coenzymes in metabolism. Explain basic physical and chemical concepts that underlie cellular processes and apply these to problems involving your body's utilization of food. Explain how information is stored and passed on based on the chemical and physical properties of the molecules found in living cells. Explain how our understanding of biochemistry and molecular biology are changing the way society approaches food production and medical problems. Text: Biochemistry, 7th ed., 2009, Mary Campbell and Shawn Farrell, Brooks/Cole (Thomson). See ANGEL for more information on biochemistry textbooks. Prerequisites: General chemistry and organic chemistry. Lectures: Lectures are from 8:00 A.M. to 9:50 A.M. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in Biochemistry room 101. Attendance at lecture is expected.ANGEL: For course information, lecture notes, grades, and announcements, go to http://angel.msu.edu and sign in with your MSU NetID and password. Double click on the course name to enter the course. Course e-mail will also be sent through ANGEL. If you encounter trouble with ANGEL, please contact Dr. Stoltzfus. Absence from Examinations and Quizzes: There are no makeup quizzes or exams during the semester. If you must miss a quiz or an exam for any reason, including but not limited to, religious observance, other MSU activities, jury duty, court appearances, incarceration, illness, hospitalization, or death of a family member, the missed quiz or exam will be dropped as the lowest grade for that assessment. Grading: Final grades will be based on the assessments shown below: Quizzes/Homework 8% (6 to 8 quizzes/homework – drop the two lowest scores) "Clicker" Points 8% (75% for each exam gives full credit) Exams 84% (best 4 of 5 at 21% each) The course grades will be determined based on the scale shown below. Note that 89.9% is < 90% and will NOT be rounded up. No matter where the cutoffs are drawn, someone will always be just below the cutoff. If you are just below a cutoff, do not ask for your grade to be adjusted. Percentage Grade 90.0% or above 4.0 < 90.0% to 83.0% 3.5 < 83.0% to 75.0% 3.0 < 75.0% to 68.0% 2.5 Percentage Grade < 68.0% to 60.0% 2.0 < 60.0% to 55.0% 1.5 < 55.0% to 50.0% 1.0 < 50.0% 0.0 Assessments: Quizzes/Homework: There will be six to eight unannounced "mini-exam" quizzes, short classroom writing assignments, or homework assignments. These will be either short (5-10 question ~ 10 minute) quizzes designed to acquaint you with the style of examination questions you may be ask on an upcoming exam or writing assignments assigned by the instructor. Your two lowest scores from these will be dropped and the remaining scores will count as 8% of your grade. There will be no make-up quizzes. If, on the day of a quiz, you are not in class for any reason, this is one of the scores that will be dropped. If you miss more than two quizzes for any reason the additional missed quizzes will count as zeros. "Clickers": This course will use a classroom response system. You will receive 2/3 of a point for sending in any answer and an additional 1/3 point for sending in the correct answer for each question posed during class. If you receive 75% of the possible "clicker" points during the semester you will receive full credit for the "clicker" portion of your grade. "Clicker" points will make up 8% of your grade. It is your responsibility to bring your clicker to class each day. If you forget to bring your clicker or miss class for any reason, you will receive no points for that day. Because you only need 75% to get full credit, you can miss one day and still get full credit. If your clicker malfunctions during class, please notify the TA immediately. Exams: On Sept. 29, Oct. 20, Nov. 10, and Dec. 6 from 8:00 A.M. to 8:50 A.M. there will be midterm exams. The first three exams will be followed by lecture. On Wednesday, Dec 14 at 7:45 A.M. in BCH101 (the normal lecture room) there will be a comprehensive final. The best four of these five exams will count as 84% your grade (21% for each exam). There will be no make-up exams (see Absence from Examinations and Quizzes above). Academic Honesty: Academic honesty as described in the Spartan Life Handbook is expected.Lecture ScheduleBMB 200-Fall 2011Date Day # Topic Instr. Reading1-Sep Th1 Are you what you eat? - An overview of biochemistry. JS Chapter 12 Cell composition and compartmentalization;