CHEM 4411

Quick note before I review this course (I am not a biochem major, just a chem major, so take that as you will :)
This course is definitely writing-heavy. There are very long lab-reports and proposals that you write every couple weeks. The writing of the assignments themselves isn't that hard, but not much guidance is given on how to write them (all instructors want lab reports to look different) and they are graded VERY HARSHLY. Let me repeat, the assignments are graded VERY HARSHLY. For example, I was told that one of my reports was bad because it was "too scientific."

If you have extensive biology and biochem knowledge, I suspect you would be fine in this class. If you don't, expect to struggle somewhat. You are expected to have LOTS of bio knowledge and very little info is provided to you. Lectures are a bit dry, but I would definitely attend anyway because she goes over class-time activities that will be tested on the final.

Grades come from:
* prelab assignments (do it by the deadline and you're fine)
* prelab quizzes (easy, but oddly specific)
* lab reports (worth lots of points -- spend lots of time on this, ask questions where needed, prepare to get a bad grade lol)
* proposals (worth lots of points -- you write this with your partners -- spend a lot of time on this)
* final (worth lots of points -- study almost everything....dialysis, concentration calculations, amino acids, polarity, how amino acids interact, protein visualization, why you did specific methods in lab, etc)