Fall 2026

Plant Biochemistry

Covers the biochemistry of photosynthesis, respiration, cell walls, and metabolic processes in plants.

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Summary

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Historical reviews of Hiroshi Maeda, Rebecca Smith, Sebastian York Bednarek: The workload consists of six take-home quizzes and a single journal presentation, which students find manageable if they pay attention.

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BIOCHEM 501, 507, or graduate/professional standing

BIOCHEM/BOTANY 621

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Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

No current instructor reviews are available for this term. Historical reviews describe Hiroshi Maeda, Sebastian Bednarek, and Rebecca Smith as engaging and supportive, particularly regarding journal presentations. Reviewers consistently note that the course workload is manageable and grading is lenient across these instructors.

HIROSHI MAEDA is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

REBECCA SMITH is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

SEBASTIAN BEDNAREK is recorded teaching in Fall 2007, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Fall 2019, Fall 2021, Fall 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Historical reviews of Hiroshi Maeda, Rebecca Smith, Sebastian York Bednarek: Reviewers describe the course as easy with relaxed grading, featuring six take-home quizzes and one journal presentation.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=16 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=20 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=24 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Hiroshi Maeda, Rebecca Smith, Sebastian York Bednarek: The workload consists of six take-home quizzes and a single journal presentation, which students find manageable if they pay attention.

Historical instructors provided engaging lectures and helpful feedback on presentations, with some offering lenient grading and regrade opportunities.

Topics

  • Photosynthesis
  • Respiration
  • Cell walls
  • Metabolic and biosynthetic processes

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