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BCHM-4116: General Biochemistry

Description: Metabolism and chemistry of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids with emphasis on interactions and comparative aspects of microbial, plant, and animal forms. For students in the biochemistry curriculum and other students interested in a foundation course. (Students are required to have at least a C- in both CHEM 2535 and 2536 to be admitted to BCHM 4115). I,II

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 13

Average GPA: 3.08 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 22.28%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.87%

Chevon Thorpe202335.7%37.4%23.1%0.9%2.1%0.8%3.016
Aguilar Didier P Mena202230.8%23.1%46.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.921
Kristopher C Hite202448.2%39.4%10.4%0.4%0.7%0.9%3.305
Zhijian Tu201919.2%34.5%36.5%5.8%2.0%1.9%2.611

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Spring 2021Summer I 2021Spring 2022Summer I 2022Spring 2023Summer I 2023Spring 2024Term050% W