The course requirements for the CBI trainees are made up of three components:
- Departmental requirements
- CBI-TG Core Courses
- CHEM 570 – Concepts in Chemical Biology, and
- CHEM 474 – Drug Discovery & Development
- MCB 580 – Research Ethics and Responsibilities
Examples of representative course schedules for students from four of the five departments participating in the CBI training program are listed below. Since all departments have course electives, the two CBI core courses can fulfill these electives. Obviously, these schedules are minimal requirements and, in practice, students can take more courses on topics of interest.
Biochemistry Students
MCB 501 – Advanced Biochemistry
MCB 502 – Advanced Molecular Genetics
MCB 540 – Scientific Writing
MCB 552 – Lab Techniques in Biochemistry or BIOC 406 Gene Expression
MCB 555 – Analysis of Biochemical Literature
MCB 580 – Research Ethics and Responsibilities
MCB 493 PBC/BIOC 441 – Physical Chemistry Principles
BIOC 446 – Physical Biochemistry
CHEM 474 – CBI TP core 2 Drug Discovery & Development
CHEM 570 – CBI TP core 1 Concepts in Chemical Biology
Six hours of electives, which may also be in SCS chosen from below:
CHEM 572 – Enzyme Mechanisms
CHEM 532 – Physical Organic Chemistry
CHBE 573 – Biomolecular Engineering
Microbiology Students
MCB 501 – Advanced Biochemistry
MCB 502 – Advanced Molecular Genetics
MCB 580 – Research Ethics and Responsibilities
MCB 585 – Current Topics in Microbiology
MICR 595 – Microbiology Seminar
CHEM 440 – Physical Chemistry
Three 400+ level Microbiology courses or 400+ level courses outside Microbiology including:
CHEM 474 – CBI TP core 2 Drug Discovery & Development
CHEM 570 – CBI TP core 1 Concepts in Chemical Biology
Chemistry Students
For each Chemistry area below, the listed courses are required for a CBITP student in that area as part of the coursework needed to satisfy Chemistry’s Ph.D. requirement of 20 hours. You will have the opportunity to discuss your specific coursework in detail, at first with a faculty member who is the incoming student advisor for your area, and then later after you join a group with your faculty research advisor.
Chemistry students who are in the CBITP must take MCB 580 – Research Ethics and Responsibilities
Analytical
CHEM 570 – Concepts in Chemical Biology
CHEM 474 – Drug Discovery & Development
CHEM 520 – Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Chemical Biology
CHEM 570 – Concepts in Chemical Biology
CHEM 474 – Drug Discovery & Development
CHEM 532 – Physical Organic Chemistry (not required, but commonly taken by CB area students)
Inorganic
CHEM 570 – Concepts in Chemical Biology
CHEM 474 – Drug Discovery & Development
CHEM 512 – Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 516 – Physical Inorganic Chemistry
Materials
CHEM 570 – Concepts in Chemical Biology
CHEM 474 – Drug Discovery & Development
CHEM 584 – Introduction to Materials Chemistry
CHEM 588 – Physical Methods in Materials Chemistry
Organic
CHEM 570 – Concepts in Chemical Biology
CHEM 474 – Drug Discovery & Development
CHEM 530 – Structure and Spectroscopy
CHEM 532 – Physical Organic Chemistry
CHEM 534 – Advanced Organic Synthesis
Physical
CHEM 570 – Concepts in Chemical Biology
CHEM 474 – Drug Discovery & Development
CHEM 540 – Quantum Mechanics
CHEM 544 – Statistical Thermodynamics
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Students
CHBE 521 – Applied Mathematics in CHBE
CHBE 467 – Kinetics
CHBE 485, CHBE 487, or CHBE 488 – Fluids/Transport
CHBE 474 – Biomolecular Engineering
CHBE 495 – Metabolic Engineering
CHBE 565 – Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Seminar
CHEM 474 – CBI TP core 2 Drug Discovery & Development
CHEM 570 – CBI TP core 1 Concepts in Chemical Biology
MCB 580 – Research Ethics and Responsibilities
MCB 501 – Advanced Biochemistry or MCB 502 – Advanced Molecular Genetics