Metabolism Ideally, two common threads connecting these separate topics will wend their way through the semester. Grading for the lecture portion of the course will be based on examinations. There will be three exams which focus on specific sections of the course material. Since not all lecture material will come from the textbook, it is strongly advised that you attend lectures. In addition, a comprehensive final exam will be given at the end of the course.
All tests count in the final grade.
Make-up exams will only be provided for reasons of an unavoidable nature, such as medical emergencies. These make-up exams will not be identical, but will be of the same difficulty. Although problem sets are not graded, I strongly recommend that you work the problems, as they are representative of problems which will appear on exams. Laboratory Component Laboratories are designed not only to demonstrate current biochemistry techniques, but also as a means of practicing the scientific method. For many of the laboratories, you will be expected to formulate scientific hypotheses, test them, and explain the results.