Course Syllabus BCHM 3050 001 Essential Elements of Biochemistry Spring 2015 Instructor Dr Srikripa Chandrasekaran Dr Sri Office location 159 Poole Phone 864 656 0873 Email srikric clemson edu Office hours Mon 9 30 AM 11 30 AM Tues 1 30PM 3PM Wed 9 30 AM 11 30 AM Other times are available by appointment Class Meetings Days Times 3050 section 001 Mon Wed Fri 8 00 A M 8 50 A M Lee Hall 2 111 Course Description This course is intended primarily for students who require a general background in the principles of biochemistry in a single course It provides a comprehensive introduction to the discipline of biochemistry and emphasizes the structure function and metabolism of the major biomolecules in living organisms Topics of instruction include aqueous systems and buffers proteins and enzymes nucleic acids lipids and carbohydrates as well as the main metabolic processes of living organisms A detailed outline of tentative topics is appended Prerequisite CH 2010 or CH 2230 and BIOL 1030 or BIOL 1100 Required Textbook Materials 1 Biochemistry the Molecular Basis of Life 5th edition by Trudy McKee and James R McKee 2009 Oxford University Press 2 Sapling Learning Account 3 Computer with access to the internet and where you can access Blackboard Please have your computers with you at all times in class How to purchase the required materials 1 2 Option 1 Using ISBN 9780199316786 will get you the textbook Sapling Learning and StudyGuide and Solutions Manual from the book store This ISBN includes a discount on Sapling Learning Option 2 You can purchase the textbook listed above second hand from www amazon com and purchase the sapling account separately at www saplinglearning com Instructions for how to purchase the sapling code are self explanatory but if you need assistance you can get help from tech service at sapling learning website to purchase the code for sapling 1 Attendance Students are expected to attend all lectures for the entire class period and participate in group activities Students absent from class without valid medical documentation or prior approval of the instructor forfeit their opportunity for class participation including any credit for in class materials e g quizzes exams discussions for that day If for any reason the instructor is late for the start of class and you have not received official indication that the class has been cancelled students are expected to remain for 15 minutes before assuming that the lecture has been postponed or cancelled for that day Flu Sickness absences As attendance is not mandatory please refrain from attending lectures if you have flu symptoms or show signs of illness that is contagious If you develop flu symptoms the day of an exam e mail me as soon as possible and upon your return at least 24 hours after a fever has passed 100 F show me the Redfern Health Center statement or other documentation to verify your absence due to the flu illness Students may also obtain documentation from their personal physician or off campus medical facility Without documentation you will be unable to take a make up exam or other in class activities for points Academic Conduct Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in a grade of F for the course As members of the Clemson University community we have inherited Thomas Green Clemson s vision of this institution as a high seminary of learning Fundamental to this vision is a mutual commitment to truthfulness honor and responsibility without which we cannot earn the trust and respect of others Furthermore we recognize that academic dishonesty detracts from the value of a Clemson degree Therefore we shall not tolerate lying cheating or stealing in any form Academic dishonesty includes giving receiving or using unauthorized aid on any academic work It also includes plagiarism the copying of language structure or ideas of another and passing them off as one s own work All academic work attempted contains an implicit pledge by the student that no unauthorized aid has been received The definition of academic dishonesty and the procedure for handling it are described in detail in the current version of the student handbook You should read and understand this material When in the opinion of a faculty member there is evidence that a student has committed an act of academic dishonesty the faculty member shall make a formal written charge of academic dishonesty including a description of the misconduct to the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Services At the same time the faculty member may but is not required to inform each involved student privately of the nature of the alleged charge 2 Instructional Methods and Grading Policy All lectures will be given in PowerPoint format PowerPoint presentations and other course documents will be made available via Clemson s Blackboard Learning System The Power Points will be up before the lecture is in session The PowerPoint lecture will be made available for study purposes These can serve as lecture notes and students are encouraged to consult these for study purposes Students are responsible for providing their own hard copies of these documents for annotation Students should note that PowerPoint presentations do not correspond to individual lecture periods and that roughly 1 to 2 presentations can be given each day Grading Policy 4 Lecture Exams cumulative 100 points each 400 points Sapling Online Homework 100 points Quizzes 50 points In class activities 50 points Case Study 50 points Final exam comprehensive 150 points 800 points A 88 B 77 C 66 D 55 Sapling Homework Assignments I will put up several homework assignments via sapling Please be aware that the assignments are time sensitive They will go up every Friday afternoon starting from Jan 16 Friday at 4PM and will be due the following Friday at midnight You have an entire week to complete one assignment You are responsible for keeping track of your HW site on sapling and checking in every Friday to see if a HW is due next week Incase there is no HW a particular week I will send out an email confirming that But assume that you will have HW assignments every Friday Please make sure that you get access to a sapling account no later than Jan 16 In class Activities There may be activities that we carry out in class for points Such activities are random and can be given at any given day in class Equivalent activities for points will not be assigned for absentees unless you have a valid reason for not attending
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