Undergraduate Catalog

CHE 332 Quantum Biology

This is the second course of a two-semester sequence. This course will cover the fundamentals of quantum mechanics and spectroscopy, and their applications in chemical and biological phenomena. In other words, it explores how the strangest aspect of nature is manifested in biology and chemistry. Once the fundamentals are covered, the course will dwell on the latest findings in the interface between biology and quantum mechanics such as in bioenergetics, mind and consciousness, genes, ion channels or photosynthesis.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

PHY 108 & 110, or PHY 152 & 154, or CHE 331; and MAT 150

Corequisite

CHE 334 for Chemistry Majors

Distribution

Bachelors, Undergraduate