DateTopicPagesChapter: Pages Chapter: PagesHOLIDAYCHEMISTRY 153A - Winter 2002 COURSE INFORMATION, SYLLABUS and LECTURE SCHEDULE Lecture 2: MTWF 10 AM CS-24 Text: Nelson & Cox, Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 3rd. Ed. Lecture 3: MTWF 12 Noon CS-76 (Text is available at the UCLA book store.) Instructor: Dr. M. A. Bates [You may use Voet & Voet, or Garrett & Grisham. if you wish] Office: Young 3077B Workbooks: Bates, Chemistry 153A Course Compendium(C3) 19th Ed. Phone: 825-9233 (You need both) Bates, Chemistry 153A Practice Problems (P2) 14th Ed. e-mail: [email protected] (Available at Course Reader Material, 1141 Westwood Blvd. Westwood Village, Phone 443-3303) Grading: Midterm, Quizzes, Discussion: 200 points; Final Exam: 300 points = 500 TOTAL POINTS FOR COURSE Welcome to Chemistry 153A. This is a very exciting course because it brings together most of the basic sciences, and shows how they all participate in the fascinating phenomenon known as life. Biochemistry encompasses concepts of general, physical and organic chemistry; cell biology; molecular biology; and some physics, mathematics and statistics. Those of you who have a true interest in science will find it fun to relate what you learn in this course to what you have learned and are currently learning in your other courses. You will begin to see how it all forms an integrated picture of what life is and how it works. What you learn here will form the foundation on which to build your future studies in life sciences whether in the classroom, the laboratory or a medical setting. However, this course is also a rigorous one. Many students have described this course as the most difficult they have encountered so far. A great deal of complicated material is covered at a fairly fast pace. Moreover, you need to do some analytical thinking. Perhaps you will find that some material is covered in greater depth than in your previous courses. Therefore, your success in this course will depend upon your commitment to pursuing your studies vigorously and keeping up with the course material at all times. We are committed to help you achieve this goal. How to Succeed in Chemistry 153A Attend lectures regularly; arrive on time! Those who repeatedly miss lectures or arrive late do not usually excel in this course. Read topics in the textbook before the corresponding lecture. This will enhance your understanding of the lectures by giving you a preliminary exposure to the material. Review your lecture notes and compendium daily, and work on the applicable practice problems at least every few days. Since the material is cumulative, you need to assimilate and understand the material from each lecture before attending the next one. One of the most serious mistakes students make in this course is thinking that they can catch up later. Students who take this approach often come to the instructor’s office during the last few weeks of the course complaining that they just can’t complete the course successfully. At that point, their assessment is usually right, because it is too late by then. Seek help immediately if you don’t understand a concept. Come to office hours and CLAPS regularly and drop in on any discussion section during the week, in addition to attending your own discussion. Get in the habit of thinking analytically. Study with groups of your fellow students; help each other figure things out, and pose questions for each other. This type of activity will stimulate and sharpen your analytical thinking. Don’t get complacent or go to sleep when we are covering material to which you have been exposed in life science courses. We will probably go into greater depth and detail than these courses do. CLAPS (Collaborative Learning and Problem Solving Sessions) Supervised collaborative learning and problem solving sessions will be held throughout the quarter. Attend as many sessions as possible to discuss concepts with your fellow students and work together on solutions to challenging practice problems with the supervision and assistance of the instructor and TA’s. Discussing concepts with each other during these sessions is very useful. It will help both listeners and the speakers. Your effort to explain something to someone else tells you how well you understand it yourself. COURSE COMPENDIUM The compendium is not a complete summary of lectures or a substitute for lecture attendance. It is a class note outline with emphasis on illustrations and chemical structures. You will add your own notes to it during 1lecture. It is designed to minimize note taking thus maximizing your concentration and comprehension during lecture. PRACTICE PROBLEM BOOK Use your practice problem book to your best advantage. You should keep pace with the lecture material in working problems. Don’t wait until shortly before exams to open the problem book. Read the directions on page ii of the practice problem book (right after the table of contents) on how to get maximum benefit from doing the problems. Don’t look at the solutions in the book before arriving at your own answer. 2QUIZZES In order to encourage you to learn the basics in a timely manner, there will be four announced quizzes in discussion section. The discussion quizzes will focus on the memorization material that you must master in preparation for the upcoming lectures. You must take each quiz in your own discussion section. Schedule of Discussion Quizzes Week of Topic Monday, Jan. 14 - Friday, Jan. 18 Amino acid structures Monday, Jan. 28 - Friday, Feb. 1 Carbohydrate structures Monday, Feb. 18 - Friday, Feb. 22 Glycolysis pathway with structures Thursday, Mar. 4 - Friday, Mar. 8 TCA cycle with structures. DISCUSSION SECTION You must attend your regular discussion section each week. You are welcome to attend additional discussion sections whenever you find it helpful. Just let the teaching assistant know that you are visiting his or her section that day. If you miss your own discussion section during a given week due to unavoidable circumstances, you may get credit for participating in another section that week by informing both your TA and the TA whose section you attend. The TA’s will confirm your attendance with each other. However, you may not take a quiz in any section except the one in which you are enrolled. EXAMS Exams will
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