Students who wish to proceed toward the Ph.D. degree without obtaining a M.S. in the department will be required to pass a Qualifying Diagnostic examination normally given after three semesters of graduate work. D. section of this catalog. Survey of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. A year of Organic Chemistry and permission of instructor. This course covers the structures, properties, and metabolism of molecules which make up organisms.
Emphasis is placed on the biochemistry of mammals and the variations that occur in disease.
Principles of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Permission of the course director is required. The theory and application of modern laboratory techniques including spectrophotometry, chromatography, centrifugation, electrophoresis, tissue and cell culture, immunochemistry, and radiochemistry are considered. Techniques for assay of biological constituents, purification of proteins, and the construction and use of DNA recombinants will also be covered with examples from the current literature. Current Literature. 1 credit.