Requirements and Mechanics to Graduate
The PHD BCHM program has a total of 38 units, these are 15 units of major courses, 9 units of cognate; 12 units of dissertation units and 2 units of seminar. The major courses are composed of 12 units of core courses units of core courses CHEM 262, CHEM 263, CHEM 266, CHEM 268, CHEM 269 and 3 units of other biochemistry courses.
Minor/cognate fields are Agricultural biotechnology, agricultural chemistry, agronomy, animal science, applied nutrition, botany, chemistry, computational science, entomology, food science, forestry, genetics, horticulture, microbiology, molecular biology, plant pathology, veterinary medicine
CHEM 263 is required in place of one of the indicated core courses if it has not been taken yet in the masters
degree program.
Thesis/Dissertation should involve the application of biochemical principles and techniques.
Graduate Courses | ||
|---|---|---|
CHEM 262 | Lipid Chemistry (3) | CHEM 160 or
CHEM 161
|
CHEM 266 | Chemistry of Nucleic Acids (3) | CHEM 160 or
CHEM 161
|
CHEM 268 | Carbohydrate Chemistry (3) | CHEM 160 or
CHEM 161
|
CHEM 269 | Protein Chemistry (3) | CHEM 160 or
CHEM 161
|
Specialized Courses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Course Number | Course Title | Units | Prerequisite/s | Semester Offered
|
CHEM 205 | Intermediate Physical Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 115 or COI | 1 |
CHEM 211 | Quantum Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 205 or COI | 1 |
CHEM 214 | Molecular Thermodynamics | 3 | CHEM 205 or COI | 2 |
CHEM 215 | Advanced Physical Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 111 or COI | — |
CHEM 216 | Chemical Kinetics | 3 | CHEM 205 or COI | 2 |
CHEM 220 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 120 0r COI | 1 |
CHEM 225 | Organometallic Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 120 and
CHEM 140 or COI
| 1 |
CHEM 227 | Bioinorganic Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 120 and
CHEM 160 or
CHEM 161 or COI | 2 |
CHEM 230 | Research Techniques in Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 112.1 or COI | 1 |
CHEM 231 | Chromatography | 3 | CHEM 112 and
CHEM 137 or COI
| 2 |
CHEM 232 | Spectrochemical Methods of Analysis | 3 | CHEM 112 and
CHEM 137 or COI
| 2 |
CHEM 233 | Electroanalytical Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 112 and
CHEM 137 or COI
| 1 |
CHEM 242 | Organic Reaction Mechanism | 3 | CHEM 44 or COI | 1 |
CHEM 244 | Organic Synthesis | 3 | CHEM 242 or COI | 1 |
CHEM 246 | Heterocyclic Compounds | 3 | CHEM 44 or COI | 1 |
CHEM 252 | Chemistry of Natural Products | 3 | COI | 2 |
CHEM 254 | Physical Biochemistry | 3 | CHEM 160 (or 161)
CHEM 102 or CHEM 112 | 1 |
CHEM 260 | Intermediary Metabolism I | 3 | CHEM 160 or
CHEM 161 or COI
| 1 |
CHEM 261 | Intermediary Metabolism II | 3 | CHEM 160 or
CHEM 161 or COI
| 2 |
CHEM 263 | Analytical Biochemistry | 3 | CHEM 32 and
CHEM 160.1 or COI
| 1,2 |
CHEM 265 | Enzyme Chemistry | 3 | CHEM 111 and
CHEM 160 or CHEM 161 or COI | 2 |
CHEM 267 | Advanced Biochemistry | 3 | CHEM 160 or
CHEM 161 or COI
| 1,2 |
CHEM 273 | Chemical Toxicology | 3 | CHEM 160 or
CHEM 161 or COI
| 1,2 |
CHEM 275 | Enzyme Technology | 3 | CHEM 178 and
CHEM 265 or COI
| 1 |
CHEM 290 | Special Problems | 1 to 3 | COI | 1,2 |
CHEM 291 | Special Topics | 1 to 3 | COI | 1,2 |
CHEM 299 | Graduate Seminar | 1 | — | 1,2,S |
CHEM 400 | Doctoral Dissertation | 12 | — | 1,2,S |