Chemistry 135 is an introductory course to Chemical Biology, required for chemical biology majors and also commonly taken by ChemE Majors with a biotech emphasis. The course is taught from the perspective of a chemist and focuses more on mechanisms and chemical reasoning than MCB 102 (biochemistry). This course does not have a lab component ordiscussion section, and is primarily lecture based.
*Depending on the professor, this may or may not be a prerequisite. Matt Francis, for instance, emphasized that Chem 3/12B is more important than Bio 1A.
Additional Notes
3 hours of lecture per week. 5-8 hours per problem set.
The class is predominantly juniors and seniors, as this is an upper-division elective. Chemical biology majors typically take it in the Fall of Junior year. This class is not time-intensive (in terms of spending time in class) since there is no discussion or lab, but do treat it like a typical 3-unit technical course in terms of workload.
This course is a great choice for those wanting to take an upper division biology-related course that isn’t pure biology. Would highly recommend!
Written by: Emmy Tian
Last edited: Spring 2018