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CHEM 333Metabolism 1

Units
0.50
Faculty
Science
Subject
Chemistry

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acids.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete 1 of the following
      • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
        • CHEM233 - Fundamentals of Biochemistry (0.50)
        • CHEM237 - Introductory Biochemistry (0.50)
      • Must have completed the following:
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
      • CHEM265 - Organic Chemistry 2 (0.50)
      • CHEM267 - Basic Organic Chemistry 2 (0.50)

Antirequisites

  • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
    • CHEM331 - Fundamentals of Metabolism 1 (0.50)

Leads to

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001699370 / 70MWF 13:30–14:20
TUT 101746970 / 70M 15:30–16:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

88% liked it50% easy93% useful

From 16 ratings and 6 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

  • Content was very interesting, but there was a LOT of it. Many concepts went really far in-depth, and a lot of them interconnect. Studying for this course will be intense and you should making notes and reviewing them often to spot these interconnections - they are not clearly identified in lecture but are still important. The testing was awful... 50% of the midterm was determined by labelling 3 diagrams, same with the final. There was no indication of the level of detail he would test for certain concepts - sometimes you had to know how to draw every molecule in a pathway and its co-substrates, but sometimes it was more general. Dieckmann moved the weighting of the midterm to the final if…

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  • The course is difficult insofar as that there is a lot of content, but if you remain on top of it, it's not unmanageable. The assignments are significantly more difficult than you'd expect - go and see the prof for assistance. The focus on the underlying metabolism of many pathologies was very interesting, and well presented; there is some clinical information provided, but the class didn't feel like an applied in any way. Make sure to constantly review information. The practice tests Dr. Palmer provided were easier than the actual ones, and didn't necessarily reflect the scope of the content evaluated.

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  • Taught by Dr. Panzhinskiy in fall 2025, the course covered carbohydrate metabolism, fat metabolism, and amino acid metabolism. Took this course because of previous knowledge from mcat however, this course goes into way more depth on all the enzymes, structures, and mechanisms. This class was fun, and the professor was very knowledgeable, easy to talk to, and encouraged class discussion and active learning, which was very helpful. Courseload was not heavy, with only 2 midterms and a group presentation, which wasent to bad; however, the course content is heavy, going into lots of depth of all the metabolic pathways. But, Dr.Panzhinskiy was a gem because he tells you what's important and what…

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  • Dieckmann's tests were easy, a lot borrowed from practise tests. presentation was marked easily too. lot of content but if you know the big picture and put whatever you don't on the cheat sheet he gives you, you'll be fine

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  • If you get Michael Palmer, just read his course notes. His exams are fair and he doesn't ask trick questions. Just a lot to memorize.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

26 posts and comments in 23 threads mention CHEM 333, December 2012 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2024

Fall 2023

Spring 2022

Fall 2021

Spring 2021

CHEM 404 vs CHEM 370 2 points, 9 comments

“I'm trying to determine whether to take CHEM 404 or CHEM 370 online in the Fall 2021 term. I've read a lot of reviews saying CHEM 404 is hard do to well in, but haven't heard anything about CHEM 370. …”

u/katptz: “hey i’m kinda in the same boat as you, need one of these for my minor as well and as of right now im enrolled in 404 but i honestly havent heard anything about both but i thought 404 looked …”

u/person297: “… I haven't taken CHEM 333 yet, but I have it planned for the Fall 2021 term. Do you think it'd be possible to take it in the same term and if so do you think CHEM 430 would be harder than CHEM 404 and CHEM 370? …”

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Fall 2020

What CHEM courses do you recommend? 2 points, 9 comments

u/Rondowida9: “… CHEM 357 Elizabeth Meiering CHEM 333 Thorsten Dieckmann CHEM 221, 323 Vassilli Karanassios CHEM 360 Eric Fillion CHEM 356 Jonathan Baugh CHEM 240 Adam Wei Tsen CHEM 370 Mario Gauthier CHEM 350 German sciani CHEM 254 Marcel Nooijen Which class+prof did you have? …”

u/homosexual_abit: “Chem 254 will power easy 90 Chem 333 easy 80 Chem 221 prof v easy 90”

u/qryankim: “Ye what he said above. Took Chem 333 online and def recommend the online version while we’re still in quarantine. Obv doing way better than what’s anticipated in campus”

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Spring 2020

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