Sample Curriculum
PBS/Chemical Biology Curriculum
Fall 1st year
Biochemistry
Biological Physics
Physical Chemistry- Quantum mechanics
Or a mathematics course if the student is deficient.
Elective
Spring 1st year
Physical Organic- Reaction mechanisms
Bioenergetics with thermodynamics
Elective
Fall 2nd year
Spectroscopy
Computational chemistry
electives
Spring 2nd year
Proteomics/Genomic/Metabolomics- the bioanalytical chemistry of nucleic acids, proteins and small molecules (Two classes are already offered in this proteomics and metabolomics in the chemistry department).
PBS/molecular physiology and biophysics
Fall 1st year:
Biochemistry (MBioS 513)
Biological Physics (Phys 566)
Molecular Biology I(MBiosS 503)
Spring first year:
Physical Biochemistry(MBios 566)
Quantitative Analytical Methods (e.g., Stat 512)
Cellular and general physiology (Vph555)
Fall 2nd year:
Bioengineering Instrumentation (BE xxx)
Molecular physiology (new course)
Elective
Spring 2nd year:
Electives 3 credits each:
- Biomechanics(BExxx)
- Systems Bioengineering (BE xxx)
- Cellular Bioengineering (BE xxx)
- MolecularBiologyII(MBiosS504)
- Cell Biology I (MBios 503)
- Optics(Phy443)
- Applied Mathematics (Math 540)
- Neurophysiology(Neuro430)
- Genomics/proteomics (Chem 510)/bioinformatics(MBios578)
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