University Catalog 2024-2025

Biochemistry (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Core Courses30
Macromolecular Structure (First semester - Fall)
Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation (Second Semester - Spring)
Molecular Biology Of the Cell (Third Semester - Fall)
Seminar In Biochemistry 1
Laboratory Rotations (First semester - Fall) 2
Special Topics (First semester - Fall)
Advanced Special Topics (Second Semester - Spring)
Doctoral Dissertation Research 3
Biochemistry / Related Course3
Select 1 advanced course in biochemistry or related approved in conjunction with the academic committee
Additional Courses39
"Additional Courses" are approved in conjunction with the academic committee to meet 72 total hours 3
Total Hours72
1

Every semester for 4 years, 8 credit hours total; 1/semester

2

First semester in program - except for targeted students

3

add to reach 72 credit hours

Additional Requirements

  • Successful completion of the Ph.D. degree requires a minimum of 72 credit hours.
  • At least 18 credit hours of formal coursework must be included in the program.

Faculty

  • Joe Barycki
  • Dennis Brown
  • Linda Kay Hanley-Bowdoin
  • Eric S. Miller
  • Melanie Simpson
  • Colleen Jennifer Doherty
  • Michael B. Goshe
  • Charles C. Hardin
  • Thomas Makris
  • Flora Meilleur
  • Robert B. Rose
  • Joshua J. Strable
  • Guozhou Xu
  • Ruben Rellan Alvarez
  • Abdulkerim Eroglu
  • Arion Kennedy
  • Xiaojing Liu
  • Ryan Charles Sartor
  • Joshua Strable
  • Jose Trinidad Ascencio-Ibanez
  • Raquel Hernandez
  • David G. Presutti
  • Paul Douglas Swartz
  • Cynthia L. Hemenway
  • Horace R. Horton
  • Joseph Stephan Kahn
  • James Arthur Knopp
  • Earl S. Maxwell
  • William Laubach Miller
  • James W. Moyer
  • Ron Ross Sederoff
  • Harold E. Swaisgood
  • Elizabeth C. Theil
  • Paul L. Wollenzien
  • Jason Locasale
  • Michael Milburn
  • Whitney Stutts
  • Peter Thompson