CHEM 4030 - Biophysical Chemistry3 unit(s)
Thermodynamics, physical equilibrium, the motions of biological molecules and kinetic of biomolecular reactions, biomolecular structures and interactions, and optical spectroscopy.
Prerequisites: CHEM 2010 and CHEM 4400 completed with a grade of C- or higher; MATH 1410 and MATH 1420 (letter grade); and PHYS 2100 and PHYS 2110, or PHYS 2250 and PHYS 2260.
Course Learning Outcomes List
In this course:
1. Students will be able to discuss fundamental physical chemistry concepts to understand biochemical and biological problems;
2. Students will be able to discuss experimental methods and instrumentation used in current research in biophysical chemistry and molecular biology;
3. Students will illustrate current research from the scientific literature to point out the physical chemistry principles and methods that are used to study biomolecular systems;
4. Students will be able to discuss the behavior of biological systems using the laws of thermodynamics, chemical equilibrium, kinetics, and quantum chemistry;
5. Students will be able to interpret spectroscopy data (UV-Vis, Fluorescence, IR, etc.) of biomolecular systems; and
6. Students will be able to discuss the mechanism of biochemical and photobiological reactions.
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