Sample Curricula

The course requirements for the CBI trainees are made up of four components:

Departmental requirements
CBI-TG core courses (2)
MCB-580 Research Ethics and Responsibilities
One 400 or 500 level course from School of Chemical Sciences offerings for School of Molecular and Cellular Biology students or one 400/500 level course from School of Molecular and Cellular Biology for School of Chemical Sciences students

Examples of representative course schedules for students from four of the six departments participating in the CBI training program are listed below. Since all departments have course electives, the two CBI core courses and the course under item 4 above can fulfill these electives. Obviously, these schedules are minimal requirements and in practice students can take more courses on topics of interest.

Biochemistry Students

MCB 501 - Advanced Biochemistry
MCB 502 - Advanced Molecular Genetics
MCB 552 - Lab Techniques in Biochemistry or BIOC 406 Gene Expression
MCB 555 - Analysis of Biochemical Literature
CHEM 440 - Physical Chemistry

CBI-TG core 1 Tutorial in Chemical Biology (Chem 590)
CBI-TG core 2 Laboratory Methodologies

Six hours of electives, which may also be in SCS chosen from e.g.
CHEM 572 - Enzyme Mechanisms
CHEM 532 - Physical Organic Chemistry
CHBE 573 - Biomolecular Engineering

Microbiology Students

MCB501 - Advanced Biochemistry
MCB502 - Advanced Molecular Genetics
MCB585 - Current Topics in Microbiology
MICR595 - Microbiology Seminar
CHEM 440 - Physical Chemistry
MCB 423 - Evolution in a Microbial World

Three 400 level Microbiology courses or 400 level courses outside Microbiology including:

CBI-TG core 1 Tutorial in Chemical Biology
CBI-TG core 2 Laboratory Methodologies

Chemistry Students

Analytical
Chem 520 and 521 - Advanced Analytical Chemistry (Lecture and Laboratory)
Chem 522 - Experimental Spectroscopy
Chem 574 - Proteomics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics
Chem 525 - Analytical Seminar

Chemical Biology
CHEM 530 - Structure and Spectroscopy
CHEM 574 - Proteomics, Genomics, Bioinformatics
CHEM 572 - Enzyme Mechanisms
CHEM 375 - Chemical Biology Seminar

Inorganic
Chem 512 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Chem 516 - Physical Inorganic Chemistry
Chem 518A - Bioinorganic Chemistry
Chem 515 - Inorganic Chemistry Seminar

Organic
CHEM 530 - Structure and Spectroscopy
CHEM 532 - Physical Organic Chemistry
CHEM 534 - Organic Synthesis
CHEM 535 - Organic Chemistry Seminar

Physical
CHEM 540 - Advanced Physical Chemistry (fall, Quantum Mechanics I)
CHEM 542 - Advanced Physical Chemistry (spring, Quantum Mechanics II)
CHEM 544 - Statistical Thermodynamics (fall)
CHEM 545 - Physical Chemistry Seminar

Topics courses of interest to theoretically inclined Biophysical Chemists:
CHEM 548 Molecular Electronic Structure
CHEM 550 Quantum Dynamics

Topics courses of interest to experimentally inclined Biophysical Chemists:
CHEM 590C Multidimensional NMR of Macromolecules

CBI-TG core 1 Tutorial in Chemical Biology
CBI-TG core 2 Laboratory Methodologies

Chemistry and Chemical Biology students need to take four hours of electives which must include a SMCB course, chosen from below.
MCB 501 - Advanced Biochemistry
MCB 502 - Advanced Molecular Genetics

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Students

CHBE 521 - Applied Mathematics in CHBE
CHBE 467 - Kinetics
CHBE 485, CHBE487, or CHBE488 - Fluids/Transport
CHBE 474 - Biomolecular Engineering
CHBE 495 - Metabolic Engineering
CHBE 565 - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar

CBI-TG core 1 Tutorial in Chemical Biology
CBI-TG core 2 Laboratory Methodologies

MCB 501 - Advanced Biochemistry or MCB 502 Advanced Molecular Genetics