Spring 2027

General Biochemistry I

General Biochemistry I covers the chemistry of biological materials, intermediary metabolism, and protein structure.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ci Ji LimTim Grant

Summary

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Past student reviews · Timothy Grant

Lectures alone were insufficient for mastering the course content, so students needed to supplement their learning by reading the assigned textbook.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Relate the chemical structure of proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids to their respective biological functions

  • Analyze the molecular interactions that drive the formation of macromolecular structure, including protein and nucleic acid structure

  • Apply qualitative and quantitative descriptions of protein-ligand, enzyme-substrate, and enzyme-inhibitor interactions, enzyme catalysis, and enzyme kinetics to interpret experimental data in terms of biochemical mechanism

  • Describe how biomolecules store, transmit, and receive information to carry out cellular functions

  • Analyze the major catabolic pathways of central metabolism in terms of energetics, chemical structure, and regulation

  • Connect biochemical processes to applications in medicine, agriculture, food science, and other aspects of everyday life

  • Communicate with others about scientific concepts and ideas using the vocabulary of biochemistry

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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CHEM 345

BIOCHEM 507 used by

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Professors

Spring 2027

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.32 GPA, 70.3% A/AB (n=37 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.21 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=56 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.42 GPA, 68.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

AARON HOSKINS is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

CI JI LIM is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHAEL COX is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Fall 2007, Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TIMOTHY GRANT is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1500

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Timothy Grant

This course covers a significant volume of material, requiring students to read the textbook in addition to attending lectures to fully grasp the content.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.21 GPA, 57.1% A/AB (n=56 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.39 GPA, 67.7% A/AB (n=99 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.42 GPA, 68.4% A/AB (n=38 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Timothy Grant

Lectures alone were insufficient for mastering the course content, so students needed to supplement their learning by reading the assigned textbook.

Past student reviews · Timothy Grant

Student experiences with Professor Grant varied; one found his lectures organized and engaging, while another found them confusing and reported he struggled to explain problems during office hours.

Topics

  • Chemistry of biological materials
  • Intermediary metabolism
  • Protein structure
  • Structure-function relationships of biomolecules

Skills

  • Analyze molecular interactions driving macromolecular structure
  • Analyze catabolic pathways for energetics and regulation
  • Apply enzyme kinetics to interpret experimental data

Grades

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About this estimate

The course’s semester-average GPA, not an individual student’s grade. The center uses 5 same-season terms, weighted toward recent results.

The range uses the finite-sample 80th-percentile rank of absolute errors from earlier same-season forecasts. Each forecast uses only records from earlier terms. At least four forecasts are required; bounds are rounded outward and limited to 0–4. This is an empirical estimate: changing instructors or grading policies can reduce its coverage.

4 earlier forecasts · 0.16 GPA average error.

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1280 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
BIOCHEM 507 · Spring 2027

General Biochemistry I

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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