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.


100 Level  |  200 Level  |  300 Level  |  500 Level  |  600 Level  |  700 Level  |  800 Level  |  900 Level


100 FRESHMAN BIOCHEMISTRY SEMINAR

104 MOLECULES TO LIFE AND THE NATURE OF SCIENCE

299 INDEPENDENT STUDY 

  • Typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
  • For more information and Independent Study Agreement Form click here

301 SURVEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY

501 INTRODUCTION TO BIOCHEMISTRY

507 GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY 1

508 GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY 2

510 NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLISM (Also NUTR SCI 510)

550 PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN DISEASE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

551 BIOCHEMICAL METHODS 

570 COMPUTATIONAL MODELING FOR BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

575 BIOLOGY OF VIRUSES (Also M M & I 575)

601 PROTEIN AND ENZYME STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

609 MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY (Also MATH/BMI/BMOLCHEM 609)

612 PROKARYOTIC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Also MICRO/GENETICS 612)

619 ADVANCED NUTRITION: INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM OF MACRONUTRIENTS (Also NUTR SCI 619)

  • Typically offered: Spring

620 EUKARYOTIC MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (Also CRB 620)

621 PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY (Also BOTANY 621)

625 MECHANISMS OF ACTION OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS

631 PLANT GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENT (Also GENETICS 621)

645 MOLECULAR CONTROL OF METABOLISM AND METABOLIC DISEASE

665 BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY (Also CHEM 665)

681/682 SENIOR HONORS THESIS

  • Typically offered: Fall, Spring

691/692 SENIOR THESIS

  • Typically offered: Fall, Spring

699 SPECIAL PROBLEMS

  • Typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
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701 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY (Also BMOLCHEM 701)

704 CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (Also CHEM 704)

719 FROM ATOMS TO MOLECULES

721 BIOCHEMICAL COMMUNICATION

729.001/002 Fall/Spring ADVANCED TOPICS (Also BMOLCHEM 901)

729.002/005 Fall/Spring ADVANCED TOPICS

  • Typically offered: Fall, Spring
  • Topic: Practicum in Undergraduate Teaching
  • Sample syllabus

729.007 ADVANCED TOPICS

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)

906 TOPICS IN MODELING FOR BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS (Advanced)

  • (Currently on hiatus)

910 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR VIROLOGY (Advanced)

912 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT (Advanced)

  • Typically offered: Fall

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

914 SEMINAR - MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES (Advanced) (Also MICRO/BMOLCHEM/MM&I 914)

915 SEMINAR - COMPUTATION AND INFORMATICS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (Also BME/BMI/CBE/COMP SCI/GENETICS 915)

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)

918 SEMINAR - SINGLE MOLECULE APPROACHES TO BIOLOGY (Also CHEM 918)

919 SEMINAR - SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY

924 SEMINAR - MEMBRANE PROTEIN STRUCTURE and FUNCTION

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

945 SEMINAR - CHEMICAL BIOLOGY (Advanced) (Also CHEM 945)

990 RESEARCH

  • Typically offered: Fall, Spring, Summer