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 departments 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
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
104 MOLECULES TO LIFE AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
289 HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
299 INDEPENDENT STUDY
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- For more information and Independent Study Agreement Form click here
301 SURVEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY
- Typically offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
399 COORDINATIVE INTERNSHIP/COOPERATIVE EDUCATION
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
- For more information please contact the Biochemistry Advisor
501 INTRODUCTION TO BIOCHEMISTRY
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
507 GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY 1
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
508 GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY 2
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
510 NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLISM (Also NUTR SCI 510)
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
550 PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN DISEASE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Typically offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
551 BIOCHEMICAL METHODS
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
570 COMPUTATIONAL MODELING FOR BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
- Typically offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
575 BIOLOGY OF VIRUSES (Also MM&I 575)
- Typically offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
601 PROTEIN AND ENZYME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
609 MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY (Also MATH/BMI/BMOLCHEM 609)
- Typically offered: Spring, even years
- Sample syllabus
612 PROKARYOTIC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Also MICRO/GENETICS 612)
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
619 ADVANCED NUTRITION: INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM OF MACRONUTRIENTS (Also NUTR SCI 619)
- Typically offered: Spring
620 EUKARYOTIC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Also CRB 620)
- Typically offered: Spring
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621 PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY (Also BOTANY 621)
- Typically offered: Fall, odd years
- Sample syllabus
625 MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS
- Typically offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
630 CELLULAR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS (Also PHMCOL-M/ZOOLOGY 630)
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
645 MOLECULAR CONTROL OF METABOLISM AND METABOLIC DISEASE
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
651 BIOCHEMICAL METHODS (see 551)
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
665 BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (Also CHEM 665)
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring odd years
- Sample syllabus
681/682 SENIOR HONORS THESIS
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
691/692 SENIOR THESIS
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
699 SPECIAL PROBLEMS
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- For more information and Independent Study Agreement Form click here
701 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (Also BMOLCHEM 701)
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
704 CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (Also CHEM 704)
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
719 FROM ATOMS TO MOLECULES
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
721 BIOCHEMICAL COMMUNICATION
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
726 REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN PROKARYOTES (Also MICRO 726)
- Typically offered: Spring, even years
729.002 ADVANCED TOPICS (Also BMOLCHEM 901)
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Topic: IPiB Seminar
- Sample syllabus
729.005 ADVANCED TOPICS
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Topic: Practicum in Undergraduate Teaching
- Sample syllabus
729.007 ADVANCED TOPICS
- Typically offered: Fall
- Topic: Foundations of Biotechnology
- Sample syllabus
729.008 ADVANCED TOPICS
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Topic: Responsible Conduct of Research
- Sample Syllabus
729.011 ADVANCED TOPICS
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Topic: Macromolecular and Cellular Electron Microscopy
- Sample Syllabus
729.012 BIOCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE
- Typically offered: Spring
- Undergraduates accepted with consent of instructor
872 SELECTED TOPICS IN MACROMOLECULAR AND BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (Also CHEM 872)
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
901 SEMINAR - NUTRITION AND METABOLISM (Advanced) (Also NUTR SCI 901)
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
906 TOPICS IN MODELING FOR BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (Advanced)
- (Currently on hiatus)
910 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR VIROLOGY (Advanced)
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
912 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT (Advanced)
- Typically offered: Fall
913 SEMINAR - RIBOGROUP (Advanced) (Also BMOLCHEM 913)
- Typically offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
914 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES (Advanced) (Also MICRO/BMOLCHEM/MM&I 914)
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
915 SEMINAR - COMPUTATION AND INFORMATICS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (Also BME/BMI/CBE/COMP SCI/GENETICS 915)
- Typically offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
916 SEMINAR - CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF PROTEIN and MEMBRANE BIOGENESIS AND TRAFFICKING (Advanced)
- Typically offered: Spring
917 SEMINAR - REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION (Advanced) (Also MICRO 917)
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
918 SEMINAR - SINGLE MOLECULE APPROACHES TO BIOLOGY (Also CHEM 918)
- Typically offered: Fall
- Sample syllabus
919 SEMINAR - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
924 SEMINAR - MEMBRANE PROTEIN STRUCTURE and FUNCTION
- Typically offered: Spring
- Sample Syllabus
932 SEMINAR - BIOTECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM (Also MICRO/CBE 932)
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring
- Sample syllabus
945 SEMINAR - CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (Advanced) (Also CHEM 945)
- Typically offered: Spring
- Sample syllabus
990 RESEARCH
- Typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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