Syllabus

(Spring Semester, 2010)

Course Title	Engineering Biology		Level	Undergraduate Sophomore
Course No.	458.203		No. of Credit	3
Instructor	Prof. Tai Hyun Park in Chem. & Biol. Eng. thpark@snu.ac.kr, 880-8020		Office Hour	Tue & Thu 11:00-12:20 (Room 918, Building 302)
Website	http://biotech.snu.ac.kr		Course Category	Required
Lecture Time	Tue & Thu 9:30-10:45		Lecture Room	Room 509 Building 302
TA	Jina Ryu and Sangwon Cho (Room 608 Building 302)
Course Overview	Objective of this course is to teach the biological basics which are necessary for the biotechnological applications. This course covers the fundamentals of microbiology, cell biology, and molecular biology from the engineers' perspective.
Course Objectives	1. Understanding of characteristic of cell and biomolecules 2. Understanding of industrial applications of biomolecules
Text & Reference	Text	H. Kreuzer and A. Massey, "Biology and Biotechnology", ASM Press, Washington, D. C. (2005).
	Reference	W. K. Purves, D. Sadava, G. H. Orians, H. C. Heller, "Life: The Science of Biology", Sinauer Associates, Inc, Sunderland (2004)
Grades	1. Attendance (10%) 2. Exams (90%): Quiz, Exam 1, Exam 2, and Final Exam

Calendar

Week #	Topics	Chapters	Exams
1	Science, Technology, and Society	1
2	The Cell : the Basic Unit of Life	2
3	Molecular Components of Cells	3
4	Expression of Genetic Informations	4	Quiz
5	Protein Structure and Function	5
6	Cell Metabolism	6
7	Cells Maintain Their Internal Environments	7	Exam 1
8	Cells Respond to Their External Environments	8
9	Cells Grow and Reproduce	9
10	Cells Differentiate	10
11	Ecological Interaction	14	Exam 2
12	The Biotechnology Toolbox	15
13	Biotechnology in the Research Laboratory	16
14	Health Care Applications	19
15	Environmental Sustainability and Biotechnology	24
16			Final Exam