3 credits
Spring 2026 Lecture Upper Division
This course applies the principles of biochemistry and metabolic regulation to understand the diagnosis and treatment of human disease. The course emphasizes the biochemistry relevant to diabetes, blood disorders and the medical consequences of liver disease and aging. Roughly half of the class time is focused on small group activities including team-based learning and problem-based learning using patient cases. Students will search authoritative sources to discover links between biochemistry and clinical symptoms and communicate that information to their peers.
Learning Outcomes1Understand mechanisms that regulate metabolic pathways within individual cells, tissues and organ systems in healthy and disease patients.
2Predict biochemical and clinical effects given specific defects in a pathway.
3Appreciate ethical issues facing life science professionals who perform research involving humans or human tissues.
4Communicate scientific knowledge effectively to non-scientists.
Prerequisites
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