2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
2014-2015 Graduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Courses


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Anthropology

  
  • ANT 970 - Experience Credit

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Participation in a discipline or subject related experience. Student must be evaluated by written or oral reports or an examination. Permission in advance with the consent of the department chairperson, instructor, and dean. Limited to those in good academic standing.
    Repeatable
  
  • ANT 990 - Independent Study

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • ANT 997 - Masters Thesis

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable
  
  • ANT 999 - Dissertation

    1-15 credit(s) Every semester
    Repeatable

Art Photography

  
  • APH 561 - Art Photography: Contemporary Art and Photography

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Contemporary artists working with photographic images are studied through slides, readings, lectures, and discussions.
  
  • APH 562 - Art Photography: Contemporary Critical & Theoretical Texts on Art & Photography

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Recent and contemporary critical theories and applications studied through readings, lectures, and discussion. Emphasis on student research papers.
  
  • APH 563 - Art Photography: Non-Traditional Modes

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exploring the possibilities and reasons for producing work outside the parameters of traditional practice, looking at artists whose work co-opts, challenges and eschews the gallery system, using those artists as models for their own production.
    PREREQ: APH 261 AND 262
  
  • APH 564 - Image/Sequence: Photo Book

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Theoretical and critical discussion of photographs in series, sequences and books. Software for editing and layout introduced to produce photo-based artist books. Specific attention paid to how the photo-book expands the meaning of individual images.
    PREREQ: APH 261 AND 262
  
  • APH 565 - Art Photography: Performance Art

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    This course introduces the concepts, techniques, and variations of performance art. Special emphasis on performances made expressly for the camera will be considered. Many examples of performance art are analyzed.
    PREREQ: APH 261 AND 262
  
  • APH 566 - Art Photography: Photography and Cinema

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Students explore the interplay between contemporary photography and cinema. By constructing sets, scouting locations, studying images and films, and appropriating cinematic language, students will create photographic works influenced by moving images.
    PREREQ: APH 261 AND 262
  
  • APH 640 - Art Photography

    3-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Intensive workshop geared toward individual student requirements within the context of the development of an extended of body of work. Individual and group critique.
    Repeatable
  
  • APH 740 - Art Photography

    3-12 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Intensive workshop geared toward individual student requirements within the context of the development of an extended body of creative work. Individual and group critiques used regularly.
    Repeatable
  
  • APH 996 - Final Presentation

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Written statement to accompany final project, culminating in oral examination for M.F.A. degree. Taken during final semester upon advisor’s approval.
  
  • APH 997 - Masters Thesis

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    Formal master’s thesis. Written document exhibiting substantive and original research. Planned under direction of major departmental advisor.

Arabic

  
  • ARB 620 - Language Training in Preparation for Research Using Arabic

    3 credit(s)
    Language training to prepare students to conduct research in areas that require knowledge of Arabic.
    Repeatable 3 time(s), 12 credits maximum

Architecture

  
  • ARC 500 - Selected Topics

    1-3 credit(s) Every semester
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • ARC 505 - Thesis Preparation

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Preparation for architectural design thesis project, ARC 508: subject selection; program and site descriptive and analytic documents; research and development of preliminary design studies.
    PREREQ: ((ARC 311 AND 322) OR (ARC 612  AND ARC 622 )) AND ((ARC 408 OR (ARC 608  WITH MINIMUM GRADE C))
  
  • ARC 508 - Architectural Design IX-Thesis

    6 credit(s) Every semester
    Undergraduate thesis. Semester-long, advanced, student-originated project based on a program and research produced by the student and approved by the faculty.
    PREREQ: ARC 505  WITH MINIMUM GRADE OF C AND ARC 423
  
  • ARC 532 - Ornament and its Discontent

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    History of the theory of ornament in architecture from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.
    PREREQ: ARC 134 OR CAS 134 OR ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 535 - Organicism in Modern Architecture

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Seminar investigating the use of biological principles to generate architectural and urban form in American and European architecture, 1880-present.
  
  • ARC 536 - Italian Urbanism: 100 Cities

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: HOA 520 
    A survey of Italian urban history: design of cities, local rituals, politics, and patronage in ancient Rome, medieval Venice, Renaissance Florence, Baroque Turin, and modern Milan. Site visits in Florence and surrounding towns. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 OR ARC 134 OR CAS 134
  
  • ARC 537 - Italian Medieval Architecture and Urbanism

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: HOA 510 
    Investigates sites, buildings, and rituals of local identity in a range of centers including monasteries, castles, hilltowns, ports, republics, and tyrannies, between 300 and 1400. Trips to Umbria and Sicily. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 OR ARC 134 OR CAS 134
  
  • ARC 538 - Artistic Patronage of Medici

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    How the Medici family used art and architecture to transform themselves from private bankers into Grand Dukes of Tuscany, in the process creating the monuments by which we define the Italian Renaissance. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 OR ARC/CAS 134
  
  • ARC 539 - Italian Architecture, 1909-1959

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Crosslisted with: HOA 571 
    Italian architecture from the birth of Futurism to the end of the post-WWII reconstruction. Representative structures in Milan, Rome, Como, and Florence. Includes overnight trip to Rome. Offered only in Florence.
    PREREQ: HOA 105 OR ARC 134 OR CAS 134
  
  • ARC 551 - Le Corbusier 1887-1965

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    The work and times of the 20th century Swiss/French architect Le Corbusier (Charles Edouard Jenneret) from several vantage points: biographical data and career development, specific themes of urban theory and social progress, his artistic production as a painter, and his formal architectural strategies.
  
  • ARC 552 - Politics of Public Space

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Issues surrounding public space, politics, and power relations as they impact our public realms, through investigations of critical and political theorists, geographers, architects and artists.
    PREREQ: ARC 208
  
  • ARC 554 - Material Manifestations

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Innovative methodologies of detailing and constructing architectural façade and structural systems completed via analysis and small-scale construction experiments, conducted in both physical and digital realms, advanced components, materials and systems.
    PREREQ: ARC 208
  
  • ARC 556 - Rem Koolhaas: Architect, Historian, Provocateur, Document Maker

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    This lecture/seminar course examines the work of contemporary Dutch architect Rem Koohaas, investigating its historical lineage, response to cultural context, and typological innovation.
  
  • ARC 557 - Utopia:Design and Cultural Imagination

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Interdisciplinary seminar investigating the discourse, forms, and evolution of utopian experiments from pre-modern to post-modern America in four themes: wilderness, pastoralism, metropolis, and spectacle.
    PREREQ: HOA 106 OR ARC 208
  
  • ARC 561 - Survey of British Architecture

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Through a series of visits to sites and buildings across England, students are introduced to the principal architects, stylistic movements and other trends in contemporary and historical architecture in England. Offered in London only
    COREQ: ARC 407 OR 408 OR ARC 608  OR ARC 609 
  
  • ARC 563 - Introduction to Computer Applications in Architecture

    2-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Overview of the computer and its applications to architecture. Direct involvement with the computer to resolve problems in structures, design, environmental systems, specifications, cost estimation, etc. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • ARC 564 - Drawing

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Exercises in line and value used to investigate issues involving observing and representing form and space. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 182 AND ARC 108
  
  • ARC 565 - Visual Design

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Elements and principles of visual organization, perception, and communication through various two- and three-dimensional exercises.
    PREREQ: ARC 208
  
  • ARC 566 - Introduction to Preservation

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HOA 577 
    Problems and methods in implementing continued use for quality segments of the humanly built environment.
    PREREQ: ARC 134 OR CAS 134
  
  • ARC 568 - Real Estate Design and Development

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Analysis of the mechanisms through which real estate is developed, the interaction of public agencies, developers, and designers in initiation, financing, and design. Development fundamentals, evaluating economic feasibility, structuring developments, negotiating and present proposals.
  
  • ARC 571 - Survey of Italian Architecture

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Field trips: On-site observation and study of significant buildings and spaces. May apply toward professional elective component of degree program. Offered in Italy.
    COREQ: ARC 407 OR ARC 408 OR ARC 608  OR ARC 609 
  
  • ARC 572 - Advanced Computer Applications to Architecture

    2-3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Individual and/or group efforts at investigating and developing new computer programming requirements for architectural applications.
  
  • ARC 573 - Uptopia and Transformation in Early American Town Planning

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Comparative urban analysis considering reciprocal influences of historical antecedent and utopian visions of the city in helping determine early American town and building form. Concentration on urban and architectural development of Boston, Charleston, Savannah.
    PREREQ: ARC 134 OR CAS 134
  
  • ARC 574 - Reading the Landscape

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Designed exterior space; gardens, parks, and park systems. Selected historical periods and cultural conditions as a means to explore landscape form as an ever shifting construction of space, nature, and site.
  
  • ARC 575 - Urban Housing - Building, Block, Street

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Focus on housing as an integral part of urban structure, both formal and sociopolitical. Relationships of residential unit to building, block, and city, as they represent the individual and community, are examined.
  
  • ARC 576 - Theories & Analysis of Exurbia

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Course studies history, evolution, and contemporary condition of exurban built environment in America.
    PREREQ: ARC 208
  
  • ARC 577 - Visual Studies

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Conceptual development and visual representation of the thesis idea.
    PREREQ: ARC 505
  
  • ARC 578 - Facade as Idea

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Seminar in contemporary and historical examples of the phenomenon of the building facade as a primary instrument by which architecture communicates. Fourth year undergraduate or third year graduate standing.
    PREREQ: ARC 307 OR ARC 607
  
  • ARC 585 - Professional Practice

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Legal and administrative aspects of architectural practice. The architect’s role in society.
    PREREQ: ARC 322
  
  • ARC 604 - Architectural Design I

    6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to design techniques, processes, and issues including spatial organization, program, site, materials, structure, and assembly. Exercises and projects emphasize conceptual development and initiate engagement with technological issues.
  
  • ARC 605 - Architectural Design II

    6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Further development of design techniques and processes, including conceptual development through modeling, site analysis, fabrication, and systems integration.
    PREREQ: ARC 604 
  
  • ARC 606 - Architectural Design III

    6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Architectural design in relation to the city and landscape. Exercises and projects emphasize environmental, economic, cultural, social and political issues as factors in design.
    PREREQ: ARC 605 
  
  • ARC 607 - Architectural Design IV

    3-6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Integration of skills and knowledge in a building design that comprehensively addresses program, site building codes and contemporary technologies.
    PREREQ: ARC 606 
  
  • ARC 608 - Architectural Design V

    6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuation of ARC 607. Project development. Choice of studio by permission.
    PREREQ: ARC 607 
  
  • ARC 609 - Architectural Design VI

    6 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Advanced studio. Choice of upper-level studio.
    PREREQ: ARC 608  WITH MINIMUM GRADE OF C
  
  • ARC 611 - Structures I

    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduces basic concepts of structural system behavior; gravity and lateral loads, analysis of major structural forms, and structural performance of materials. Evaluation to include a research project.
    PREREQ: ARC 641 
  
  • ARC 612 - Structural Systems Design II

    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Design of structures; choice of appropriate materials and system, design of structural components in concrete, timber and steel. Introduction to earthquake loads, high rise, pre-stressed concrete, and indeterminate structures. Evaluation to include research project.
    PREREQ: ARC 611  AND ARC 641 
  
  • ARC 621 - Building Systems Design I

    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduces materials and methods of building construction, basic building assemblies, and their elements. Energy conservation and conformance to regulatory codes also addressed.
    PREREQ: ARC 641 
  
  • ARC 622 - Building Systems Design II

    4 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Investigates systems of architectural environmental control, movement systems, and electrical distribution. Relation to building assemblies and their elements also addressed.
    PREREQ: ARC 621 
  
  • ARC 623 - Advanced Building Systems

    4 credit(s) Every semester
    Case studies of the interrelationship of design concepts with constructional, structural, and mechanical systems. Lecture and studio. Evaluation to include a research project.
    PREREQ: ARC 612  AND ARC 622 
  
  • ARC 632 - Sixteenth Century Italian Architecture

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: ARC 332
    Major architects and theories of 16th-century architecture, emphasis on social and political background, patronage, and the education of the architect. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 634 - The Architecture of Revolutions

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: HOA 654 
    Double Numbered with: ARC 334
    Survey of European architectural theory and practice from the seventeenth century to the nineteenth century . Discussion and analysis of major architects, buildings, and architectural treatises, principally from France, England, and Germany. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • ARC 635 - Early Renaissance Architecture in Italy 1400-1529

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: ARC 335
    Architectural theory and design in Italy, 1400-1520. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 636 - Italian Seventeenth Century Architecture

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ARC 336
    Complex and masterful accomplishments of individual architects within context of a mature architectural tradition and a particular social, economic, and religious milieu. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 637 - American Architecture, Settlement to 1860

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ARC 337
    American architectural history and theory from first settlements through federal and Georgian to various revival modes. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 638 - American Architecture, 1860 - World War I

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ARC 338
    American architectural history and theory from the Civil War through various revival modes to development of new commercial and residential forms before World War II. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 639 - Architectural History Principles

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Examination of the principles of architectural history through study of selected buildings and movements.
  
  • ARC 641 - Introduction to Architecture

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    An introduction to basic definitions and concepts of architecture as an intellectual and physical discipline, and as an expression of established and emerging cultural values.
  
  • ARC 642 - Architectural Theory & Methods

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to architectural theory, presented as precise and distinct modes of speculation based in research. It will develop skills necessary to define, conduct, and present research work and how it informs design practice.
    PREREQ: ARC 641 
  
  • ARC 681 - Media I

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Introduction to the use and implications of analogue and digital media. Students will learn fundamental skills and develop innovative applications for diverse drawing techniques and other media.
  
  • ARC 682 - Media II

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continued study of archtiectural media with emphasis on capacities and techniques of modeling, including advanced digital design and fabrication.
    PREREQ: ARC 681 
  
  • ARC 690 - Independent Study

    1-6 credit(s) Every semester
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • ARC 700 - Selected Topics

    1-3 credit(s) Every semester
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • ARC 707 - Architectural Design

    9 credit(s) Irregularly
    M.Arch. II graduate design studio dealing with urban architectural problems. Conducted primarily by adjunct faculty.
  
  • ARC 708 - Architectural Design

    9 credit(s) Irregularly
    M.Arch. II graduate design studio dealing with urban architectural problems. Conducted primarily by adjunct faculty.
    PREREQ: ARC 707 
  
  • ARC 731 - Early Modern Architecture

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ARC 431
    Early modern architecture from the 1890s through the 1930s. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 732 - The City in Architectural History

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ARC 432
    A single city throughout its history, or various cities at a particular time in history. Additional work required of graduate students. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 735 - Islamic Architecture

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ARC 435
    Major building traditions of Islam in the Middle East, North Africa, Spain, Turkey, and India elucidated through in-depth examination of major works and principles of architectural, urban, and garden design. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 736 - Modern Architecture: The International Style to Present

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ARC 436
    Architecture of the modern period since World War II. Major works and figures as framed by the larger architectural issues of the period. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 737 - French Architecture, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

    3 credit(s) Irregularly
    Double Numbered with: ARC 433
    Architecture of the Renaissance transported from Italy to France and developed into a specifically French architecture. Outstanding achievements of more than local interest. Additional work required of graduate students.
    PREREQ: ARC 639 
  
  • ARC 770 - Architectural Research

    3-8 credit(s) Irregularly
    Individual or group research into particular aspects or problems in architecture, under supervision of the faculty.
    Repeatable
  
  • ARC 998 - Design VII-Thesis

    1-9 credit(s) Every semester
    A major, semester-long, final design project initiated and based on a program produced by the student and accepted by the faculty.
    PREREQ: ARC 505  WITH MINIMUM GRADE C AND ARC 623 
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 9 credits maximum

Art

  
  • ART 500 - Selected Topics

    1-3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • ART 511 - Aesthetics,Advanced

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    An examination of the main theories of art, classical and contemporary.
  
  • ART 531 - Professional Practices in Visual Arts

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Prepare students to function in professional context by understanding professional interactions, possibilities they have to choose from, what questions to ask and what might be expected of them. Skills fundamental to the working artist.
  
  • ART 553 - Decoding Images of Representation

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    This course examines significant themes and issues in contemporary theory and criticism as they impact the ways in which art is produced, viewed and written today.
  
  • ART 561 - Studio Symposium

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: ART 361
    Seminar discussions from artist’s point of view on issues, theories, criticism in contemporary art. Visiting artists, critics, faculty participation. Reading and paper required. Individual research in conjunction with course expectations for students taking ART 561.
  
  • ART 563 - Art in America I

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Evolution of modernist trends in American art from 1890 to 1945. Some music and literary trends also featured.
  
  • ART 564 - Art in America II

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuation of ART 563. Covers period in American art from 1945 to 1975. Music and literature also covered.
    PREREQ: ART 563 
  
  • ART 601 - Practicing in Public

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: TRM 601 
    This course brings together graduate students from across VPA for interdisciplinary graduate critique. Critique of exhibition of student work is led by a visiting artist, curator, and/or critic.
    Repeatable 2 time(s), 9 credits maximum
  
  • ART 610 - Topics in the History of Art

    3 credit(s)
    Double Numbered with: ART 410
    A seminar in the history of and theory of the visual arts from ancient times to the present. Topics vary. Discussions incorporate current theory, recent scholarship, and problems addressed in contemporary art. Additional work required of graduate students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • ART 631 - Art Nouveau Design and Architecture: Studies in Material Culture

    4 credit(s)
    Double Numbered with: ART 431
    Introduction to the historical and social context that gave rise to Art Nouveau, its various manifestations, and the important practitioners and promoters of this movement in Europe and the United States.
  
  • ART 640 - Visiting Artist Lecture Series

    1 credit(s) Every semester
    Double Numbered with: ART 340
    Contemporary artists and art educators with significant national and international exhibition and publishing records talk about their work and its development, including art-historical and other inter-disciplinary connections. Additional work required of graduate students.
    Repeatable 5 time(s), 6 credits maximum
  
  • ART 690 - Independent Study

    1-6 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
    In-depth exploration of a problem or problems. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor or instructors and the department.
    Repeatable
  
  • ART 701 - Graduate Seminar

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest
  
  • ART 702 - Graduate Seminar

    3 credit(s) Upon sufficient interest

American Sign Language

  
  • ASL 600 - Selected Topics

    1-3 credit(s)
    Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
    Repeatable
  
  • ASL 601 - American Sign Language I for Professional Practice

    3 credit(s) Every semester
    Introduction to American Sign Language as a living, unique language underlying Deaf culture in the US. Vocabulary and grammar for basic conversations. For students with no or minimal signing skills.
  
  • ASL 602 - American Sign Language II for Professional Practice

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Continuing development of skills developed in ASL I. Vocabulary, receptive and expressive skills to engage in spontaneous conversations and tell stories in ASL.
    PREREQ: ASL 601 
  
  • ASL 603 - American Sign Language III for Professional Practice

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Building on ASL I and II, students will develop ability to converse in ASL, tell stories and narratives, and think critically about Deaf culture and ASL in a variety of contexts.
    PREREQ: ASL 602 

Biochemistry

  
  • BCM 630 - Journal Club in Molecular Pharmacology & Structural Biology

    1 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: BCM 430
    Critical evaluation of recent journal articles that focus on molecular pharmacology and/or structural biology. Students make at least one presentation per semester and participate in weekly discussion. Additional work required of graduate students.
    Repeatable 1 time(s), 2 credits maximum
  
  • BCM 675 - Biochemistry I

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: BCM 475
    Structure and function of nucleic acids and proteins. Protein isolation and characterization. Enzyme kinetics, mechanisms, and regulation. Principles and application of thermodynamic concepts to metabolism. DNA replication, transcription, and translation. Students enrolled in 675 will be required to present a special topic lecture or complete a research paper.
  
  • BCM 676 - Biochemistry II

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Double Numbered with: BCM 476
    Continuation of Biochemistry I. Mechanisms, integration, and regulation of intermediary, autotrophic, nitrogen, and energy metabolism. Structure, function, and metabolism of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Biogenesis and function of subcellular organelles. Students enrolled in 676 will be required to present a special topic lecture or write a research paper.
  
  • BCM 677 - Preparation and Analysis of Proteins and Nucleic Acids

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: CHE 677 
    Double Numbered with: BCM 477
    Experimental methods for biologically synthesizing and chemically purifying macromolecules in order to analyze their structure and function, including: polymerase chain reaction; site-directed mutagenesis; Protein expression and purification; nucleic acid and protein electrophoresis. Additional work required of graduate students.
  
  • BCM 678 - Perspectives in Biochemistry

    3 credit(s) At least 1x fall or spring
    Crosslisted with: CHE 678 
    Survey of Biochemistry with emphasis on the unifying concepts of Chemistry and Biology, requiring a graduate-level background in science.
 

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