| Week | Day | Topic | Assignment Due, Supplemental Reading Available, or Textbook Chapter Discussed |
| 1 | Wednesday, 24 Aug | Course Overview | Chapter 1 |
| Friday, 26 Aug | Amino acids, Protein Structure and Protein Folding | Chapter 2 Reading Quiz 1 due by the start of class |
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| 2 | Monday, 29 Aug | Homework 1 due by midnight |
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| Wednesday, 31 Aug | Exploring Proteins and Proteomes | Chapter 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 Reading Quiz 2 due by the start of class |
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| Friday, 2 Sept | Homework 2 due by midnight |
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| 3 | Monday, 5 Sept | Labor Day - No Class Meeting | |
| Wednesday, 7 Sept | Hemoglobin: Structure and Function | Chapter 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 Reading Quiz 3 due by the start of class |
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| 4 | Monday, 12 Sept | Homework 3 due by midnight |
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| Wednesday, 14 Sept | Test 1 |
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| Friday, 16 Sept | Enzyme Kinetics |
Chapter 8 Reading Quiz 4 due by the start of class |
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| 5 | Monday, 19 Sept | ||
| Wednesday, 21 Sept | Catalytic Strategies |
Chapter 9.1, Chapter 9.2 |
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| 6 | Monday, 26 Sept | Homework 4 due by midnight |
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| Wednesday, 28 Sept | Regulatory Strategies |
Chapter 10 Reading Quiz 5 due by the start of class |
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| 7 | Monday, 3 Oct | Homework 5 due by midnight |
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| Friday, 7 Oct | Test 2 | ||
| 8 | Monday, 10 Oct | Chapter 11 |
Carbohydrates Reading Quiz 6 due by the start of class |
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| Friday, 14 Oct | Fall Break | ||
| 9 | Monday, 17 Oct | Fall Break | |
| Wednesday, 19 Oct | Chapter 12 |
Lipids and membranes Reading Quiz 7 due by the start of class |
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| 10 | Monday, 24 Oct | Homework 6 due by midnight |
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| Friday, 28 Oct | Test 3 | ||
| 11 | Monday, 31 Oct | Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids |
Chapter 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 |
| Wednesday, 2 Nov | |||
| Friday, 4 Nov | DNA Replication |
Chapter 29.1 and 29.3 Reading Quiz 8 due by the start of class |
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| 12 | Monday, 7 Nov | ||
| Wednesday, 9 Nov | RNA Synthesis | Chapter 30.1 and 30.2 | |
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| 13 | Monday, 14 Nov | Protein Synthesis | Chapter 31.1, 31.2, 31.3 |
| Wednesday, 16 Nov | Reading Quiz 9 due by the start of class |
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| Friday, 18 Nov | Gene Regulation | Chapter 32.1, 32.2, 32.4 | |
| 14 | Monday, 21 Nov | ||
| Wednesday, 23 Nov | No Class Thanksgiving Break | ||
| Friday, 25 Nov | No Class Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 15 | Monday, 28 Nov | ||
| Wednesday, 30 Nov | Test 4 | ||
| Friday, 2 Dec | Review for Final Exam | ||
| 16 | Monday, 5 Dec | Last class, Review for Final Exam | |
| Final Exam at 8:00AM on Friday 9 December | |||