Courses of the Graduate Program

Required Courses

Elective courses

 

Required Courses

Students are expected to enroll in the following courses. Exemptions may be granted for students transferring equivalent graduate credits.

16:115:556. Ethical Scientific Conduct (1)
This joint Rutgers and UMDNJ-RWJ Medical School course is designed to meet the ethical scientific conduct training requirements for NIH supported trainees. Topics of discussion include: data selection and falsification, authorship and intellectual property, plagiarism, conflict of interest, ethical use of human subjects and animals in research, cases of scientific misconduct.
 
16:160:537. Biophysical Chemistry I: Proteins and Nucleic Acids: Structure, Thermodynamics, and Kinetics (3)
Prerequisite 01:160:327, 328 or equivalent
Introduction to the physical chemistry of proteins, nucleic acids, and their complexes. Forces that determine biopolymer structure. Principles of protein and nucleic acid structure. Transitions and interactions of biopolymers.
 
16:696:601,602. Seminar in Molecular Biophysics (1,1)
Oral presentations and discussions of the current literature in molecular biophysics.
 
16:696:611,612. Laboratory Rotation in Molecular Biophysics (BA, BA)*
Introduction to the techniques and research areas of molecular biophysics. Participation in the research projects of 2-3 faculty. Students are encouraged to take rotations in different areas. At least one of the rotations should be involved with the structural investigation (either by experimental or theoretical means) of a biopolymer.
*BA - number of credits variable and determined by arrangement between student and faculty member(s).

Elective Courses

The advanced electives in molecular biophysics can be selected from the rich variety of graduate offerings at Rutgers University. These may include:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 
115: 501 Advanced Biochemistry. 
115: 508 Proteins and Enzymes 
115: 510 Enzymes: Kinetics and Mechanisms 
115: 518 Nucleic Acids 
115: 520 Bioenergetics 
115: 552 Biochemical Separations0 
115: 533 Physical Biochemistry 
115: 551 Structure of Biological Membranes

BioMaPS (Biological, Mathematical, and Physical Science)
118:405 Differential Equations in Biology
118:503 Introduction to BioMaPS: Biology at the Interfaces with the Mathematical and Physical Sciences
118:505/160:537 Biophysical Chemistry
118:507 Introduction to Biophysics
118:509 Mathematical Foundations for Biology
118:511 Modeling of Biomolecular Networks: An Introduction to Systems Biology
118:13 Molecular Simulations in Computational Biology
118:515 Statistical Methods in Bioinformatics
118:520 Algorithmic Bioinformatics: A Computer Science Perspective
118:601 Protein Physics
118:602 Probabilistic Graphical Models
118:603 Regulation of Gene Transcription
118:605 Pattern Formation in Biology: Signal Transduction, Biomolecular, and Genetic Networks in Development
118:611 Complex Systems: Physical Reality and Mathematical Models
118:613 Selected Math Topics Physiology and Medicine

Chemistry 
160: 518 Bioorganic Mechanisms 
160: 521 Atomic and Molecular Structure 
160: 522 Statistical Mechanics 
160: 525 Chemical Thermodynamics 
160: 527-528 Physical Chemistry of High Polymers 
160: 529 Molecular Spectroscopy 
160: 533 Chemical Applications of Group Theory 
160: 534 Chemical Kinetics 
160: 535-36 Crystal and Molecular Structure 
160: 539 Protein Engineering and Design 
160: 576 Bioinorganic Chemistry

Computer Science 
198: 503 Data Structures and Algorithms 
198: 510 Numerical Analysis 
198: 528 Parallel Numerical Computing

Mechanics 
654:601-602 Selected Topics in Continuum Mechanics

Microbiology and Molecular Genetics 
681: 517 Protein Technology 
681: 520 Microbial Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 
681: 580 Fundamentals of Molecular Genetics 
681: 582 DNA Damage and Repair

Pharmacology 
718:605 Nucleic Acids

Relevant courses are also offered in the Graduate Programs in Mathematics, Cell & Developmental Biology, Physics, and Physiology & Neurobiology.