BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( CHEM 116 , 327 , or 329 ), MATH 222 , ( PHYSICS 201 , 207 , or 247 ), and ( BIOCHEM 501 , 507 , BIOCORE 383 , or concurrent enrollment), or graduate/professional standing. Not open to students with credit for CHEM 561 or 565. Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Breadth - Physical Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Honors - Accelerated Honors (!) Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand and apply fundamental principles of thermodynamics to biological systems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Understand and apply fundamental principles of kinetics to biological systems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Rationally interpret the results of experiments performed on biological systems in terms of energetics and outcome probabilities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Predict the outcome of biological processes, once experimentally or theoretically derived thermodynamic/kinetic parameters are known Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Design new experiments on biological systems based on appropriate thermodynamic and kinetic criteria Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Explain a selected topic related to the course material to other students Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Understand and apply fundamental principles of thermodynamics to biological systems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Understand and apply fundamental principles of kinetics to biological systems. Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Rationally interpret the results of experiments performed on biological systems in terms of energetics and outcome probabilities Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Predict the outcome of biological processes, once experimentally or theoretically derived thermodynamic/kinetic parameters are known Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Design new experiments on biological systems based on appropriate thermodynamic and kinetic criteria Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 6. Explain a selected topic related to the course material to other students Audience: Graduate