BCHM306-23S2 (C) Semester Two 2023

Biochemical Pathology

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 17 July 2023
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2023
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 30 July 2023
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 1 October 2023

Description

This course is designed to help you to understand the biochemistry underpinning disease (e.g. cancer), how diseases are diagnosed using biochemical markers (e.g. heart disease), mechanisms of cell and organ toxicity, and how toxic molecules can be used to our benefit (e.g. in cancer chemotherapy).

Prerequisites

BCHM253/BIOL253 and BCHM222, and 15 points from BCHM206, BCHM212/CHEM212. RP: BCHM202/BIOL231.

Restrictions

BCHM301, BCHM302

Recommended Preparation

Timetable 2023

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 09:00 - 10:00 Jack Erskine 443
17 Jul - 27 Aug
11 Sep - 22 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00 Jack Erskine 443
17 Jul - 27 Aug
11 Sep - 22 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 16:00 - 17:00 Rehua 101 Lectorial
24 Jul - 30 Jul
7 Aug - 13 Aug
21 Aug - 27 Aug
18 Sep - 24 Sep
2 Oct - 8 Oct
16 Oct - 22 Oct

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Ian Shaw

Lecturers

Steven Gieseg and Vanessa Morris

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Assignment 1 (Shaw) 20%
Assignment 2 (Gieseg/Morris) 20%
Exam 60%

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $951.00

International fee $4,750.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

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