Nov 22, 2024

2021-2022 Graduate Catalog

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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biophysical Chemistry Concentration

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Concentration Requirements

Core Courses (9 Hours)

CHEM 6110 - Chemical Thermodynamics and Kinetics 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 6120 - Quantum Chemistry 3 Credit Hours and/or
CHEM 8510 - Biophysical Chemistry 4 Credit Hours

Choose one of the following

CHEM 6190 - Instrumental Methods III: Spectroscopy 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 6450 - Molecular Modeling Methods 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 6590 - Special Topics in Physical Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 8450 - NMR Spectroscopy 4 Credit Hours or approved substitutes

Area Electives (6 Hours)

To be selected from

CHEM 6600 - Biochemistry I 5 Credit Hours
CHEM 6610 - Biochemistry II 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 6015 - Separation in Biosciences 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 8360 - Protein Structure and Function 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 8370 - Nucleic Acid Structure and Function 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 6410 - Bioorganic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours

Interdisciplinary Electives in Biology (6 Hours)

or approved substitutes

Topics, Electives and Seminar (6-19 Hours)

To be selected from

BIOL 8970 - Topics in Molecular Biological Sciences 1 Credit Hours
or
CHEM 8970 - Topics in Molecular Biological Sciences 1 to 2 Credit Hours
BIOL 8700 - Biology Seminar 2 Credit 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 and other approved electives

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