M.S. in Biochemistry
If interested in any degree offering in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, please review the department webpage: http://www.chemistry.montana.edu/graduate/.
The Master of Science (M.S.) Degree in Biochemistry requires a minimum of 30 credits and can include only those courses listed on an approved Program of Study. A student’s Program of Study requires approval from the student's research advisor, committee members and department head. The M.S. degree can include creative scholarship and an accompanying thesis (Plan A) or be based solely on coursework (Plan B). A thesis M.S. requires that a student take at least 10 credits of BCH 590 (Master’s Thesis). A coursework M.S. degree culminates with a professional paper or project and requires enrollment in BCH 575 (Professional Paper). In Plan B, at least 15 course credits on the student’s MS program of study will need to come from BCH courses offered in the department. Graduate Classes outside of the department are permissible with approval from the student’s advisor. Nine credits at the 400-level are allowed. Additional information about both types of M.S. programs – coursework and thesis – is published on the Graduate School’s Degree Requirements site: https://www.montana.edu/gradschool/policy/degreq_masters.html.
Acceptable courses on a program of study for Plans A and B - Student must consult with advisor. The department recognizes that certain courses outside of the department are avaible and acceptable alternatives to course listed below.
| BCH 524 | Mass Spectrometry | 3 |
| BCH 525 | Metabolomics and Systems Biology | |
| BCH 526 | Adv Protein NMR Spectroscopy | 3 |
| BCH 543 | Proteins | 3 |
| BCH 544 | Molecular Biology | 3 |
| BCH 545 | Advanced Physical Biochemistry | 3 |
| BCH 546 | Metabolomics and Systems Biology | 3 |
| BCH 547 | Bioinorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| BCH 550 | X-ray Crystallography | 3 |
| BCH 553 | Protein Structure, Function, and Evolution | 3 |
| BCH 575 | Professional Paper | 1-6 |
| BCH 591 | Special Topics | 3 |
| BCH 592 | Independent Study | 1-3 |
| BCH 594 | Seminar | 1 |
| CHMY 501 | Advanced Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHMY 513 | Computational Chemistry | 3 |
| CHMY 515 | Structure and Bonding in Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHMY 517 | Synthetic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHMY 523 | Organic Reaction Mechanisms | 3 |
| CHMY 524 | Mass Spectrometry | 3 |
| CHMY 526 | Solution NMR Spectroscopy:practical applications to the structural determination of small molecules | 3 |
| CHMY 533 | Physical Organic Chemistry | 3 |