Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS I

Department: Biosciences

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): BIOS 301 AND BIOS 352 or permission of instructor

Description: Introduction to principles, methods, and approaches employed in the study of energetics, structure, function of biological macromolecules. Topics include solution and statistical thermodynamics, kinetics, theory of ligand binding, conformational equilibria, and calorimetry. The course will use laptops and introduce Mathematica as a tool for problem solving, simulation, and programing. Biosciences Group A. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: BIOS 551.