Course Description
CHEM 402 is the second course in the Fundamental Biochemistry series.  The first course, CHEM 401, covered the essential molecular building blocks of living systems, provided a broad overview of protein and enzyme mechanisms, catalysis, as well as signaling systems.   This course broadens the view with a more systems approach, including metabolic processes of biosynthesis and catabolism.  This will include a comprehensive examination of photosynthesis, the Kreb’s cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, glycolysis, and metabolism of all the major macromolecules.  These systems are not distinct or separate from signaling and cell physiology but integrated to produce a coordinated living system.

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Measures 
At the end of this course, you should understand the following:

• energy harvesting from carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins
• biosynthesis and catabolism of all the major classes of macromolecules
• photosynthesis and the harvesting of light to generate chemical bond potential energy
• regulation of metabolic systems
• human metabolic disorders
• contributions of metabolism to signaling and physiology of human disease including cancer, and neurodegeneration