Spring 2027

Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism

Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism covers biochemical and physiological fundamentals of nutrition, including protein, fat, carbohydrate, energy, minerals, and vitamins in nutrition and metabolism.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Brian Parks3.7/5Joseph Pierre

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.52 GPA, 69.6% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.36 GPA, 57.4% A/AB (n=129 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.34 GPA, 60.5% A/AB (n=81 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Understand nutrient metabolism in normal and disease states

  • Integrate the regulation of metabolism of nutrients under normal and disease state conditions.

  • Understand the biochemical and molecular functions of nutrients we consume

  • Apply how nutrients affect pathogenesis and health

  • Think critically about nutrient claims and fads using your knowledge of nutritional biochemistry.

  • Integrate current research in the area of metabolism and micronutrient function into existing knowledge and formulate new hypotheses to guide future research

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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BIOCHEM 301, 501, 507, or graduate/professional standing

BIOCHEM/NUTRSCI 510 used by

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.52 GPA, 69.6% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.36 GPA, 57.4% A/AB (n=129 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.34 GPA, 60.5% A/AB (n=81 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.52 GPA, 69.6% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.36 GPA, 57.4% A/AB (n=129 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.34 GPA, 60.5% A/AB (n=81 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

BRIAN PARKS is recorded teaching in Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JOSEPH PIERRE is recorded teaching in Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 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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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1500
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 1500

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.52 GPA, 69.6% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.36 GPA, 57.4% A/AB (n=129 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.34 GPA, 60.5% A/AB (n=81 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Protein, fat, carbohydrate, energy, minerals, and vitamins and their roles in nutrition and metabolism
  • Nutrient metabolism in normal and disease states
  • How nutrients affect pathogenesis and health

Skills

  • Critical thinking about nutrient claims and fads using nutritional biochemistry
  • Integrating current research on metabolism and micronutrients and formulating new hypotheses

Grades

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

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8 earlier forecasts · 0.15 GPA average error.

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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.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

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BIOCHEM/NUTRSCI 510 · Spring 2027

Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism

Recorded 2026-10-14
BIOCHEM/NUTRSCI 510 · Spring 2027

Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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