Biochemistry Concentration

Core Courses (9 Hours)

• CHEM 6600 - Biochemistry I 5 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6610 - Biochemistry II 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6230 - Metals in Biology and Medicine 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6630 - Enzymology 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8360 - Protein Structure and Function 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8370 - Nucleic Acid Structure and Function 3 Credit Hours or approved substitutes

Area Electives (6 Hours)

• CHEM 6400 - Mechanistic Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6410 - Bioorganic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6015 - Separation in Biosciences 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8510 - Biophysical Chemistry 4 Credit Hours or approved substitutes;

Interdisciplinary Electives in Biology (6 Hours)

or approved substitutes

Topics, Electives and Seminar (6-19 Hours)

• CHEM 6050 - Introduction to Fourier-Transform NMR Spectroscopy 2 Credit Hours
• CHEM 6450 - Molecular Modeling Methods 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8800 - Seminar in Chemistry 1 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8900 - Directed Study in Chemistry 1 to 5 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8910 - Directed Research in Chemistry 1 to 25 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8970 - Topics in Molecular Biological Sciences 1 to 2 Credit Hours or approved substitutes

Research (40 Hours)

(at least 20 hours must be CHEM 9999)

• CHEM 8900 - Directed Study in Chemistry 1 to 5 Credit Hours
• CHEM 8910 - Directed Research in Chemistry 1 to 25 Credit Hours

• or

• CHEM 9999 - Dissertation Research 1 to 25 Credit Hours