Instructor

LBuehler@ucsd.edu
OH T 12:30-1:30 PM
Bonner Hall 2238

A00 T / Th 2 - 4:50 PM Center 109

Updates

last update 8/2/05

Grading info:
Class total (average 125 out of 200):
155 or higher for A; 120-154 B; 85-119 C; 50-84 D

Final exam (average 53 out of 80):
65 or higher for A; 50-64 B; 35-49 C; 20-34 D

Exams are ready for pick-up late Thursday afternoon at York Hall 3080 (sorry, exams are not available earlier)

Exam Key: Quiz#1 ; Midterm ; Quiz#2 ; Final Exam
Final exams, class grades will be ready Tuesday 8/2; exams can be picked up outside Bonner Hall 2238.

Exam preparation: Use a study guide for midterm (includes Q1) and final exam (includes Q2); Find old exams from the previous summer classes: Summer 04, Fall 00

BML reserves: the Voet Biochemistry 3rd ed. is now available to students for a 2 hour checkout

Midterm and Final exam 40% each
Final is not cumulative

Quiz 1 and 2 are 10% each

Grade A (90% or more of total)
Grade B (80%)
Grade C (70%)
Grade D (60%)

Cutoffs may be lower (e.g. 85% for an A), as the grades will be curved.

Text books

Required

Metabolic Biochemistry
by Lukas K. Buehler
Publisher: J.Wiley & Sons (custom reader)
ISBN: 047138688X

All figures are made available on this web site! Most figures adopted for this class are from Voet, 3rd edition

Optional

Biochemistry
by Donald Voet, Judith Voet
Hardcover: 1616 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (March 19, 2004)
ISBN: 047119350X
Without solution manuals

Any Biochemistry textbook is OK (Lehninger, Stryer, Voet)