Biochemistry Courses
The Department of Biochemistry offers a wide range of courses for undergraduate biochemistry majors and non-majors, as well as graduate students in our Integrated Program in Biochemistry. The department’s biochemistry courses are the backbone of our world-class programs, which are part of one of the best colleges for biochemistry in the country.
The official full list of biochemistry courses can be found in the university’s Guide. However, below is a list of our courses with sample syllabi, if available, and when the course is usually taught.
To enroll in courses, students should go to enroll.wisc.edu, which will have the most up-to-date information on which courses are offered in a specific semester.
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100 FRESHMAN BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
104 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS, HUMAN HEALTH AND YOU
- Offered: Currently on hold
- Sample syllabus
289 HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY
- Offered: Fall, Spring
299 INDEPENDENT STUDY
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- For more information and Independent Study Agreement Form click here
399 COORDINATIVE INTERNSHIP
- Offered: Fall, Spring
501 INTRODUCTION TO BIOCHEMISTRY
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
507 GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY 1
- Offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
508 GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY 2
- Offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
510 BIOCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL NUTRITION (Also Nutri Sci 510)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
550 TOPICS IN MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
- Offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
551 BIOCHEMICAL METHODS
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
575 BIOLOGY OF VIRUSES (Also MMI 575)
- Offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
601 PROTEIN AND ENZYME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
- Offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
606 MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY (Also Math/BMI/BMC 606)
- Offered: Fall, even years
- Sample syllabus
609 MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY (Also Math/BMI/BMC 609)
- Offered: Spring, even years
- Sample syllabus
612 PROKARYOTIC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Also Microbio/Genetics 612)
- Offered: Fall
619 ADVANCED NUTRITION: INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM OF MACRONUTRIENTS (Also Nutri Sci 619)
- Offered: Spring
620 EUKARYOTIC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Also CRB 620)
- Offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
621 PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY (Also Botany 621)
- Offered: Spring, odd years
- Sample syllabus
625 MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS
- Offered: Spring
630 CELLULAR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS (Also Phmacol-m/ Zoology 630)
- Offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
645 MOLECULAR CONTROL OF METABOLISM AND METABOLIC DISEASE
- Offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
651 BIOCHEMICAL METHODS (see 551)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
660 BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES
- Offered: Fall
665 BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (Also Chem 665)
- Offered: Fall, Spring odd years
681/682 SENIOR HONORS THESIS (For Honors Biochemistry majors only)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
691/692 SENIOR THESIS
- Offered: Fall, Spring
699 SPECIAL PROBLEMS
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- For more information and Independent Study Agreement Form click here
701 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (Also BMC 701)
- Offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
704 CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (Also Chem 704)
- Offered: Fall
726 REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN PROKARYOTES (Also Micro 726)
- Offered: Spring, even years
729 ADVANCED TOPICS (Also BMC 901)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- Topic: IPiB Seminar
729 ADVANCED TOPICS
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- Topic: Practicum in Undergraduate Teaching
729 ADVANCED TOPICS
- Offered: Fall
- Topic: Foundations of Biotechnology
729 ADVANCED TOPICS
- Offered: Fall
- Topic: From Atoms to Molecules
- Sample syllabus
729 ADVANCED TOPICS
- Offered: Spring
- Topic: Membrane Protein Structure and Function
729 ADVANCED TOPICS
- Offered: Fall, Spring
- Topic: Responsible Conduct of Research
- Sample Syllabus
799 PRACTICUM IN BIOCHEMISTRY TEACHING
- Offered: Fall, Spring
800 PRACTICAL NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE THEORY
- Offered: Fall
801 BIOCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
- Offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
840 REGULATORY MECHANISMS IN PLANT DEVELOPMENT (Also Botany/Genetics 840)
- Offered: Fall, even years
872 SELECTED TOPICS IN MACROMOLECULAR AND BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (Also Chem 872)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
901 SEMINAR - NUTRITION AND METABOLISM (Advanced) (Also Nutri Science 901)
- Offered: Fall
906 TOPICS IN MODELING FOR BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (Advanced)
- Offered: Fall
909 SEMINAR - ENZYMOLOGY - STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION (Advanced)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
910 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR VIROLOGY (Advanced)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
912 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT (Advanced)
- Offered: Fall
913 SEMINAR - RIBOGROUP (Advanced) (Also BMC 913)
- Offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
914 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES (Advanced) (Also Micro/BMC/MM&I 914)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
915 SEMINAR - COMPUTATION AND INFORMATICS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (Also BMI/BME/CBE/Comp Sci/Genetics 915)
- Offered: Spring
916 SEMINAR - CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF PROTEIN and MEMBRANE BIOGENESIS AND TRAFFICKING (Advanced)
- Offered: Spring
917 SEMINAR - REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION (Advanced) (Also Micro 917)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
918 SEMINAR - SINGLE MOLECULE APPROACHES TO BIOLOGY (Also Chem 918)
- Offered: Fall
932 SEMINAR - BIOTECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM (Also Mirco/CBE 932)
- Offered: Fall, Spring
945 SEMINAR - CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (Advanced) (Also Chem 945)
- Offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
990 RESEARCH
- Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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