Biochemistry
Graduate Co-ordinator: Stephen Cheng, PhD
Department Description
The Department offers programs leading to MSc and PhD degrees in the following areas: analytical/physical chemistry including nuclear magnetic resonance and chromatography-mass spectrometry, biophysics of biological interfaces, chemogenomics, enzymology/chemical biology, environmental chemistry, inorganic/organometallic chemistry, proteomics and bioinformatics, supramolecular organic photochemistry and photophysics, synthetic organic chemistry and theoretical/computational chemistry.
Courses
The Doctorate program may be entered in one of three ways:
- Entrance after a completed MSc
- Entrance after a completed BSc
- Transfer from our MSc program (See FGSR Calendar/Program Changes and Program Transfers)
The Doctorate program consists of the following minimum credit-hour requirements listed below. In addition, it is mandatory for all students to:
- Attend all department seminars each semester they are on campus
- Present two department seminars and three progress reports on their research
- Complete and defend a research thesis
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry (after MSc)
| BIOC 800* | 3 or 0 credit hours |
| BIOC 801 |
3 credit hours
|
| BIOC 8xx** | 3 credit hours |
| BIOC 8xx** |
3 credit hours |
| BIOC 901* | 48 or 51 credit hours |
| Total |
60 credit hours
|
*A student may be granted an exemption from CHEM 800 by the Department Head if the student can show that he/she has successfully completed an equivalent course. If granted the exemption, the student would be expected to complete an additional three credit hours of CHEM 901.
**Courses from outside of a student's discipline may be substituted with the permission of the Department Head.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Biochemistry (after BSc)
| BIOC 800* |
3 or 0 credit hours
|
| BIOC 801 |
3 credit hours
|
| BIOC 8xx** | 3 credit hours |
| BIOC 8xx** | 3 credit hours |
| BIOC 8xx** | 3 credit hours |
| BIOC 901* |
75 or 78 credit hours
|
| Total |
90 credit hours
|
*A student may be granted an exemption from CHEM 800 by the Department Head if the student can show that he/she has successfully completed an equivalent course. If granted the exemption, the student would be expected to complete an additional three credit hours of CHEM 901.
**Courses from outside of a student's discipline may be substituted with the permission of the Department Head.
The Master's program consists of the following minimum credit-hour requirements listed below. In addition, it is mandatory for all students to:
- Attend all department seminars each semester they are on campus
- Present a department seminar and two progress reports on their research
- Complete and defend a research thesis
| Courses |
Credit Hours
|
| BIOC 800 |
3 credit hours
|
| BIOC 8xx* | 3 credit hours |
| BIOC 8xx* | 3 credit hours |
| BIOC 901 |
21 credit hours
|
| Total |
30 credit hours
|
*Only one of these courses can be given by the student's supervisor. Courses outside of a student's discipline may be substituted with the permission of the Department Head.
Note: Students with less than our recommended undergraduate background for graduate study may be accepted as a qualifying MSc student, with additional supplementary undergraduate course(s) assigned to them.