{"id":387,"date":"2019-06-27T12:32:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T19:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2026-10-22T13:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T20:09:13","slug":"chem-205","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/courses\/chem-205\/","title":{"rendered":"CHEM 205:  Introductory Biochemistry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fundamental principles of the chemistry of living systems, including structure and function of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. Emphasis on metabolism, energy storage and utilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basic Biochemical Principles and Structures &#8212; Successful students will be able to understand the basic principles of biochemistry relating to simple<br> molecular structure and reactivity. Basic Energy Cycles (Molecular Level) &#8212; Successful students will be able to understand the basic energy cycles of life on the molecular level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>A minimum of grade \u201cC\u201d in CHEM 105<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Semesters &amp; Campuses Offered:\u00a0<\/strong>Spring @ San Marcos<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Textbooks (required):<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>none<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Textbooks (recommended):<\/strong> Essential Biochemistry, 3rd Edition by Pratt &amp; Cornely<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Materials:<\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>non-graphing calculator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Resources<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/207\/2020\/06\/CHEM-110L-Lab-Manual-5e-pp-21-22-updated-2020-06-11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Excel: Creating Linear Graphs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/207\/2020\/06\/CHEM-110L-Lab-Manual-5e-11.pdf\">Periodic Table Review Worksheet<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/207\/2020\/06\/Periodic-Tables.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Downloadable Periodic Tables<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Study Links and Materials\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.albert.io\/biochemistry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biochemistry: Varied Practice Questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/test-prep\/mcat\/biomolecules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Varied topics on Biomolecules via KhanAcademy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maintests.com\/mcat\/biochemistry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Varied Biochemistry Practice Tests<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sporcle.com\/games\/sproutcm\/amino-acids-from-structures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amino Acids Structure Quiz<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/chemapps.stolaf.edu\/jmol\/unplugged\/more\/biochem-pi,aa\/aminoac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amino Acids Quiz via St. Olaf&#8217;s College<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/test-prep\/mcat\/biomolecules\/overview-metabolism\/e\/overview-of-metabolism-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Metabolism Questions via Khan Academy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biology.arizona.edu\/biochemistry\/problem_sets\/metabolism\/metabolism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biochemistry Problem Sets via University of AZ<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Information Fundamental principles of the chemistry of living systems, including structure and function of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids. Emphasis on metabolism, energy storage and utilization. Student Learning Outcomes Basic Biochemical Principles and Structures &#8212; Successful students will be able to understand the basic principles of biochemistry relating to simple molecular structure and&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/courses\/chem-205\/\">Continue Reading<span> CHEM 205:  Introductory Biochemistry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"parent":345,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-387","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/387\/revisions\/1312"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.palomar.edu\/chemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}