If you miss the final exam you must have a dean's excuse and will take an alternate final exam much harder than the one given at the correct time. Grade distributions for Fall, Spring and Summer sections of Chem 130 are similar. You will do well in this course if you do the reading prior to coming to class, study the material several times every week, do the interactive CD-ROM exercises, conscientiously tackle the homework problems as we go, and attend class every day. You will do better if you do most of your studying by yourself and if you work the problems completely before looking at the answers in the back of the textbook. Self-study problems will appear on every exam.
Biochemistry requires steadfast effort and many hours per week.
It is a waste of time to use class time to transfer my notes to your notes via the blackboard. The Take Note figure set includes black and white versions of almost all the figures in the textbook. I recommend that you to use a three ring notebook to compile materials for this class. You can then organize your own notes supplemented with pages torn out from the Take Note set. This approach works really well if you have done the assigned reading prior to attending class.