This is a one semester survey course of biochemistry and will focus on an introduction to proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates and the lipid family of biological molecules. In addition, we will discuss how a cell performs signaling and hence the regulation of metabolism of biomolecules in the body. In order to appreciate these, students will be taught the basic structure of these molecules and the biochemical reactions that allow them to form more advanced macromolecules in the organism. The overall goal is for students to understand that many of these reactions or metabolic pathways relate to each other in the organism.