BCHM485

Physical Biochemistry

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Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C- in CHEM481. Restriction: Must be in Biochemistry program; or permission of instructor. Credit only granted for: CHEM482 or BCHM485. Physical Chemistry with applications to biological systems. Principal topics: quantum chemistry, spectroscopy, structural methods for biological macromolecules, statistical thermodynamics, transport processes in liquid phase, chemical and biochemical kinetics, modeling and simulation, polymer dynamics.

Spring 2026

David Fushman

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

Spring 2025

David Fushman

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

Past Semesters

David Fushman

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

David Fushman

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

David Fushman

7 reviews
Average rating: 3.71

Urszula Nowicka

0 reviews
Average rating: N/A

Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.77 between 451 students*

A-: 9.31%

A: 9.76%

A+: 10.42%

B-: 8.2%

B: 11.09%

B+: 10.86%

C-: 10.42%

C: 10.86%

C+: 11.75%

D: 2%

D+: 0.89%

F: 0.89%

W: 3.33%

other: 0.22%

* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.