A survey of the chemical and physical nature of biological macromolecules, including nucleic acids, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates, biochemistry of enzyme catalysis, bioenergetics and regulatory mechanisms. Principles and techniques of experimental biochemistry, focusing on isolation methods and techniques for analyzing structure and function. Three hours of class and three hours of laboratory. I A study of the fundamental concepts and principles of quantum chemistry. Laboratory focuses on experiments that lead to the development of quantum mechanics, on molcular modeling and on spectrosopy.
Laboratory includes applications to biochemistry.
Three hours of class plus laboratory. Feldgus and Shields. A study of the fundamental concepts and principles of thermodynamics and kinetics. Three hours of class plus laboratory. The department recommends that students take 321 prior to 322.