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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.

100 FRESHMAN BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR

Offered: Fall, Spring
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104 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS, HUMAN HEALTH AND YOU

Offered: Fall, Spring
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201 SURVEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Offered: Spring
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289 HONORS INDEPENDENT STUDY

Offered: Fall, Spring

299 INDEPENDENT STUDY

Offered: Fall, Spring
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399 COORDINATIVE INTERNSHIP

Offered: Fall, Spring

501 INTRODUCTION TO BIOCHEMISTRY

Offered: Fall, Spring
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507 GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY 1

Offered: Fall
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508 GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY 2

Offered: Spring
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510 BIOCHEMICAL PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL NUTRITION (Also Nutri Sci 510)

Offered: Fall, Spring
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550 TOPICS IN MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Offered: Spring
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551 BIOCHEMICAL METHODS

Offered: Fall, Spring
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570 COMPUTATIONAL MODELING FOR BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Offered: Spring
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575 BIOLOGY OF VIRUSES (Also MMI 575)

Offered: Spring
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601 PROTEIN AND ENZYME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Offered: Fall
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606 MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY (Also Math/BMI/BMC 606)

Offered: Fall, even years
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609 MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY (Also Math/BMI/BMC 609)

Offered: Spring, even years
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612 PROKARYOTIC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Also Microbio/Genetics 612)

Offered: Fall
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619 ADVANCED NUTRITION: INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM OF MACRONUTRIENTS (Also Nutri Sci 619)

Offered: Spring

620 EUKARYOTIC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Also CRB 620)

Offered: Spring
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621 PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY (Also Botany 621)

Offered: Fall, odd years
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625 MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS

Offered: Spring
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630 CELLULAR SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION MECHANISMS (Also Phmacol-m/ Zoology 630)

Offered: Fall
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645 MOLECULAR CONTROL OF METABOLISM AND METABOLIC DISEASE

Offered: Fall
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651 BIOCHEMICAL METHODS (see 551)

Offered: Fall, Spring
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660 BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES

Offered: Fall

665 BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (Also Chem 665)

Offered: Fall, Spring odd years
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681/682 SENIOR HONORS THESIS

Offered: Fall, Spring

691/692 SENIOR THESIS

Offered: Fall, Spring

699 SPECIAL PROBLEMS

Offered: Fall, Spring
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701 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (Also BMC 701)

Offered: Fall
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704 CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (Also Chem 704)

Offered: Fall
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726 REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN PROKARYOTES (Also Micro 726)

Offered: Spring, even years

729.001 ADVANCED TOPICS (Also BMC 901)

Offered: Fall, Spring
Topic: IPiB Seminar
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729.002 ADVANCED TOPICS

Offered: Fall, Spring
Topic: Practicum in Undergraduate Teaching
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729.006 ADVANCED TOPICS

Offered: Fall
Topic: From Atoms to Molecules
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729.007 ADVANCED TOPICS

Offered: Fall
Topic: Foundations of Biotechnology
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729.008 ADVANCED TOPICS

Offered: Fall, Spring
Topic: Responsible Conduct of Research
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729.009 ADVANCED TOPICS

Offered: Spring
Topic: Membrane Protein Structure and Function

729.010 ADVANCED TOPICS

Offered: Spring
Topic: Synthetic Biology
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799 PRACTICUM IN BIOCHEMISTRY TEACHING

Offered: Fall, Spring

800 PRACTICAL NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE THEORY

Offered: Fall
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801 BIOCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE

Offered: Spring
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840 REGULATORY MECHANISMS IN PLANT DEVELOPMENT (Also Botany/Genetics 840)

Offered: Fall, even years
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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
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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
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912 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT (Advanced)

Offered: Fall

913 SEMINAR - RIBOGROUP (Advanced) (Also BMC 913)

Offered: Spring
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914 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES (Advanced) (Also Micro/BMC/MM&I 914)

Offered: Fall, Spring
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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
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918 SEMINAR - SINGLE MOLECULE APPROACHES TO BIOLOGY (Also Chem 918)

Offered: Fall

932 SEMINAR - BIOTECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM (Also Micro/CBE 932)

Offered: Fall, Spring
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945 SEMINAR - CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (Advanced) (Also Chem 945)

Offered: Spring
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990 RESEARCH

Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

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