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EXAMINATIONS: There are two (2) quizzes and two (2) exams. Quiz 1 will cover the book contents of chapters 4-6. You should complete quiz 1 by the end of week 3 in the course. Exam 1 will cover the book contents of chapters 4-9. Exam 1 should be completed by the end of work 5 in the course. Quiz 2 will cover the book contents of chapters 11, 13, 14. Quiz 2 should be completed by the end of the week 8. Exam 2 will cover the book contents of chapters 11, 13, 14, 15, 19, and 20. Exam 2 should be completed by the end of week 10.

Each quiz consists of 10 multiple-choice questions while each exam consists of 40 multiple-choice questions. You should complete each quiz within 1 hour. You are NOT allowed to use any note and book to take both quizzes. You may use a calculator. However, the exam 1 and 2 are "OPEN BOOK" objective type and you will have one (1) day to complete the exam.

All quizzes and exams are programmed and are located in the classroom for this course. To access the quizzes and exams, you must send me an email and request to have access to it. I will then program your access in. You will receive an email back from me telling you that you are now authorized to go ahead and to access it. To access, you will come into the classroom, click on testing, and click on the quiz or exam you are taking. You will need your User ID and PASS WORD. The quiz or exam will appear on your screen. Once your access the quiz or exam, you have limited time (1 hour for quiz or 24 hours for exam) to submit your answers. The program provides me the exact date and time that you accessed it. The program also notifies me of the exact date and time that you submitted your answers. Thus, the program is timing you. When you are ready, go back into the classroom and click in your responses and then click submit. Shortly, you will receive the exam in your email box with computed score. You will also know what questions, if any, that you missed, and what the correct answer is. I will also receive a copy of your quiz or exam and score.

GRADING: There are total 100 accumulative points in the course (10 points for each quiz and 40 points for each exam). A letter grade is determined as follows:

90-100%    = A
80-89%      = B
70-79%      = C
Below 70%  = Fail

COMMUNICATION: You are encouraged to use all types of tools to contact me. The primary tool is email. An online chat room is provided to students and faculty. I will be available in the chat room at your request. Group discussion activities may be scheduled in the chat room, depending on the number of students enrolled.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Jeff Shen, PhD is an assistant professor of biological and chemical sciences at the Mount Carmel College of Nursing. Dr. Shen is also an adjunct faculty at the DeVry University Online. He has about seven years of teaching biomedical sciences at college level. Beyond his teaching career, Dr. Shen works as a pharmacologist with research interests on drug discovery. His initial investigation focused on receptor protein regulations by drugs with different binding affinity. Further, he studied intracellular protein-protein interactions on drug tolerance and dependence. His other relevant research projects included quantitative analysis of structure-activity relationships in drug design, pharmacogenomics, and biomedical informatics on gene therapy. Recently, Dr. Shen contributes his efforts on management of scientific information systems for pharmaceutical, medical and health professionals. Dr. Shen holds MS and PhD degrees in Pharmacology from the St. John's University , New York . He receives a MS degree in Computer Information Systems from the Baruch College , City University of New York. He is a member of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET).

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Know structures and chemical properties of macromolecules such as carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.
2). Know structures and stereochemical relationships of important monosaccharides and amino acids.
3). Understand confirmation and molecular model of protein.
4). Understand physiological functions of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins.
5). Understand biochemical components and physiological functions of cell membrane.
6). Understand mechanisms and models of enzyme catalytic activities.
7). Illustrate metabolism pathways of carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acids.
8). Obtain biochemical perspectives to explain some common diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, sick-cell anemia, inflammation, and neurodegenerative disorders.

COURSE CONTENT:

Ch 04 Amino Acids.
Ch 05 Proteins: Primary Structure.
Ch 06 Proteins: Three-Dimensional Structure.
Ch 07 Protein Function.
Ch 08 Carbohydrates.
Ch 09 Lipids.
Ch 11 Enzymatic Catalysis.
Ch 13 Introduction to Metabolism.
Ch 14 Glucose Catabolism.
Ch 15 Glycogen Metabolism and Gluconeogenesis.
Ch 19 Lipid Metabolism.
Ch 20 Amino Acid Metabolism.

ASSIGNMENTS: Please go to the assignment section of the classroom.