HMX Fundamentals Biochemistry

INDP 607 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

Human health is dependent on chemistry, and human disease can often be traced to molecular dysfunction. Many existing treatments for diseases, from gout to diabetes, from hypertension to cancer, have been developed based on a solid understanding of biochemistry, and the future design of new drugs and therapies will be driven by deeper understanding of the molecular basis of disease. Understanding biochemistry is an excellent foundation for learning all of biology, but it can be difficult to make sense of the complexity of biochemical systems, or to understand biochemistry in context. In this course, we will start with foundational principles governing the interactions of individual molecules, and we’ll show you how those same principles apply at the scale of cells and organisms. Along the way, you’ll see how biochemistry intersects with human disease and clinical care.

This is a fully online course. Students registering for this course will be automatically enrolled by HMX and will receive a confirmation email from onlinelearning@hms.harvard.edu three days prior to the HMX course start date. All course-related activities will happen through the HMX online platform. Credit will be awarded to students who earn a Certificate of Achievement. For more information please see: https://onlinelearning.hms.harvard.edu/hmx/faq/  on the HMX website. Click https://onlinelearning.hms.harvard.edu/hmx/courses/hmx-biochemistry/  for information specific to HMX Biochemistry. (Register via my.harvard; do not use the “apply now” buttons on the HMX website.)

A grade of SAT will only be awarded to students who earn a Certificate of Achievement in the course (typically equivalent to an overall score of 80% and no less than 65% on the final exam). Students who fail to meet this threshold will receive an UNSAT.