BIOENGR C204
Physical Chemistry of Biomacromolecules
Description: (Formerly numbered Biomedical Engineering C204.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours; outside study, seven hours. Requisites: Chemistry 20A, 20B, 30A, Life Sciences 2, 3, 23L. To understand biological materials and design synthetic replacements, it is imperative to understand their physical chemistry. Biomacromolecules such as protein or DNA can be analyzed and characterized by applying fundamentals of polymer physical chemistry. Investigation of polymer structure and conformation, bulk and solution thermodynamics and phase behavior, polymer networks, and viscoelasticity. Application of engineering principles to problems involving biomacromolecules such as protein conformation, solvation of charged species, and separation and characterization of biomacromolecules. Concurrently scheduled with course C104. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Fall 2025 - This class was pretty fun and engaging, and it is all about the many different ways we can simplify and build variety of models for polymers. Prof Wong is very nice and tries to make the class very engaging, my only problem was that I felt like there was not enough practice problems for the final exam and that we needed more equations then what was provided on the equation sheet. Thankfully he gave us the equation sheet before the exam so we knew what was on it and what was not. Another thing is that he will say there is no memorization but realistically you have to memorize a lot of the equations. The discussions are very helpful both for HWs and also summarizing what was covered that week, and the final group project is relatively chill. Overall a pretty chill class just make sure to memorize the equations and it be helpful to make weekly summaries for stuff you learned cause all the topics can get pretty confusing together.
Fall 2025 - This class was pretty fun and engaging, and it is all about the many different ways we can simplify and build variety of models for polymers. Prof Wong is very nice and tries to make the class very engaging, my only problem was that I felt like there was not enough practice problems for the final exam and that we needed more equations then what was provided on the equation sheet. Thankfully he gave us the equation sheet before the exam so we knew what was on it and what was not. Another thing is that he will say there is no memorization but realistically you have to memorize a lot of the equations. The discussions are very helpful both for HWs and also summarizing what was covered that week, and the final group project is relatively chill. Overall a pretty chill class just make sure to memorize the equations and it be helpful to make weekly summaries for stuff you learned cause all the topics can get pretty confusing together.
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