University of Maryland Baltimore County

Chem. 442/642 Physical Biochemistry

Spring 2003 - Tuesday- Thursday 8:30 AM to 9:45 AM -

Instructor: C. Allen Bush - Room 204e Chemistry-Physics

e-mail: bush@umbc.edu phone 410 455-2506

Text:

Required: Principles of Physical Biochemistry'' by van Holde, Johnson and Ho. (1998) Prentice-Hall

Recommended: These books will be on reserve in the library.
``The Physical Chemistry of Biopolymer Solutions'' by R.F. Steiner and L. Garone. (1991).

Recommended: "Biophysical Chemistry" by Cantor and Shimmel. Publ. Freeman. (1980) Vol. 1 - covers in more detail material on structural biochemistry which is included in Chem. 437.

Vol. 2 - covers additional techniques of physical biochemistry.

General Structure of the Course-

1. A syllabus describing the topics to be covered is available. Prerequisites are Biochem. 437 and Physical Chem 301 or equivalents.

2. The text books for the course cover a limited amount of the syllabus material. This is an advanced biochemistry course for which some of the material will be derived from the literature. Some of this will be distributed but you may have to use the library for much of it.

3. Lecture notes and problem sets will be distributed from time to time. You are expected to complete the problem sets which will be collected and graded. All the hand-outs will be available on the course web site at:
http://www.gl.umbc.edu/ ~ bush/course/ch442/ch442.html

4. Course grades will be determined by a midterm exam and a final exam as well as other assignments.

5. Graduate students who have registered for Chem 642 are expected to learn in more depth certain selected advanced subjects. You will prepare a brief seminar (20 mins.) in which you will explore a topic of your choice and be questioned by the other students. Grades will be based on the quality of the presentation, which will be judged by all the students. Grades will also be based on participation of the audience.

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