CHEM

Chemistry and Biochemistry

183 courses on record · 47 with sections in Fall 2026

Live section data currently covers GE courses; the rest is filled in by a nightly pass, so this department is likely running more than is listed here.

183 courses

Lower division 33

Lower division courses in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
1	Connections in Chemistry and Biochemistry	no grade history	—
3	Material World GE	3.79 n=113	1 section
7	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Laboratory	no letter grades	—
8	Applications of Nanoscience	no letter grades	—
14A	General Chemistry for Life Scientists I GE	3.23 n=6,599	2 sections
14AE	General Chemistry for Life Scientists I--Enhanced GE	3.15 n=690	1 section
14B	General Chemistry for Life Scientists II GE	3.19 n=7,207	1 section
14BE	General Chemistry for Life Scientists II--Enhanced GE	3.22 n=689	—
14BL	General and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I GE	3.47 n=6,024	2 sections
14C	Structure of Organic Molecules	3.40 n=7,069	2 sections
14CL	General and Organic Chemistry Laboratory II	3.63 n=4,071	2 sections
14D	Organic Reactions and Pharmaceuticals	3.19 n=5,392	2 sections
17	Chemical Principles	3.35 n=359	—
19	Fiat Lux Freshman Seminars	no letter grades	—
20A	Chemical Structure GE	3.54 n=3,673	2 sections
20AH	Chemical Structure (Honors) GE	3.70 n=154	1 section
20B	Chemical Energetics and Change GE	3.25 n=2,706	—
20BH	Chemical Energetics and Change (Honors) GE	3.81 n=182	—
20L	General Chemistry Laboratory GE	3.49 n=2,680	—
30A	Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity	2.97 n=1,337	1 section
30AL	General Chemistry Laboratory II	3.62 n=1,329	1 section
30B	Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy	3.21 n=1,787	1 section
30BL	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I	3.67 n=943	—
30C	Organic Chemistry III: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Biomolecules	2.90 n=777	—
30CL	Organic Chemistry Laboratory II	3.71 n=164	—
88A	Lower-Division Seminar: Serendipity in Science	3.57 n=61	—
88S	Elements of Life in Our Universe	no letter grades	—
88SA	Biochemistry of Love and Attachment: Love Hormones	no letter grades	—
89	Honors Seminars	3.89 n=51	—
96	Special Courses in Chemistry	3.55 n=61	—
98TW	PFAS, Pesticides, and Plastics: How Revolutionary Chemistry Has Changed Our Past and Future	3.81 n=23	—
98XA	PEERS Collaborative Learning Workshops for Life Sciences Majors	no letter grades	4 sections
98XB	PEERS Collaborative Learning Workshops for Physical Sciences and Engineering Majors	no letter grades	1 section

Upper division 47

Upper division courses in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
101	Catalysis in Modern Drug Discovery	3.68 n=245	—
103	Environmental Chemistry	3.49 n=184	—
C105	Introduction to Chemistry of Biology	3.13 n=112	—
C107	Organometallic Chemistry	3.54 n=10 small sample	—
110A	Physical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics	3.28 n=867	1 section
110B	Topics in Physical Chemistry	3.22 n=229	—
113A	Physical Chemistry: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics	3.42 n=321	1 section
C113B	Quantum Chemistry Methods	3.46 n=11 small sample	—
114	Physical Chemistry Laboratory	3.45 n=185	—
C115A	Advanced Quantum Chemistry with Laboratory I	no grade history	—
M120	Soft Matter Laboratory	no grade history	—
C123A	Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics with Laboratory I	no grade history	—
M124	Philosophy of Science: Historical	3.37 n=16 small sample	—
C125	Machine Learning and Applications in Chemistry	3.65 n=14 small sample	—
C126A	Computational Methods for Chemists	3.61 n=36	—
C132A	Core Principles in Cell and Molecular Biology	3.84 n=40	—
136	Organic Structural Methods	3.88 n=173	—
C138	Natural Product Biosynthesis: Chemical Logic and Enzymatic Machinery	3.65 n=42	—
144	Practical and Theoretical Introductory Organic Synthesis	3.34 n=114	—
147	Careers in Chemistry and Biochemistry	no letter grades	1 section
C150	Research Methods and Integrity in Cellular and Molecular Biology	3.89 n=91	—
153A	Biochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism	3.31 n=6,595	—
153B	Biochemistry: DNA, RNA, and Protein Synthesis	3.35 n=1,510	1 section
153C	Biochemistry: Biosynthetic and Energy Metabolism and Its Regulation	3.33 n=1,015	1 section
153L	Biochemical Methods I	3.16 n=1,405	1 section
154	Biochemical Methods II	3.30 n=815	1 section
C155	Mitochondria in Medicine, Biology, and Chemistry	no grade history	—
156	Physical Biochemistry	3.26 n=843	1 section
M157	Food: Molecules, Microbes, Environment	3.76 n=279	—
C159	Mechanisms of Gene Regulation	3.48 n=61	—
C164	Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine	3.90 n=72	—
C165	Metabolic Control by Protein Modification	3.65 n=56	—
171	Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry	3.16 n=604	1 section
C172	Advanced Inorganic Chemistry	3.36 n=251	—
C173	Electrochemical Systems	no grade history	—
C180	Solid-State Chemistry	3.59 n=131	—
184	Chemical Instrumentation	3.32 n=109	—
185	Materials Chemistry Laboratory	3.61 n=143	—
C185	Materials Chemistry Laboratory	3.51 n=19 small sample	—
189	Advanced Honors Seminars: Seminar 1	3.91 n=167	1 section
192B	Undergraduate Practicum in Chemistry and Biochemistry	no grade history	—
192C	Undergraduate Assistant Education Practicum in Chemistry and Biochemistry	no letter grades	1 section
192D	Undergraduate Assistant Education Practicum in Chemistry and Biochemistry	no grade history	—
M192E	Introduction to Collaborative Learning Theory and Practice	3.94 n=397	—
192F	Methods and Application of Collaborative Learning Theory and Practice	3.97 n=1,083	1 section
194	Research Group Seminars: Chemistry and Biochemistry	no grade history	—
196A	Research Apprenticeship in Chemistry and Biochemistry	no grade history	—

Graduate 103

Graduate courses in Chemistry and Biochemistry
Course	Title	Predicted GPA	This term
203B	Ethics in Chemical Research	no letter grades	—
CM205A	Introduction to Chemistry of Biology	3.53 n=82	—
206	Chemistry of Biology Seminar	no letter grades	1 section
C207	Organometallic Chemistry	3.65 n=74	—
210	Advanced Topics in Chemical Research	no letter grades	1 section
C215A	Advanced Quantum Chemistry with Laboratory I	3.53 n=66	1 section
C215B	Quantum Chemistry: Methods	3.60 n=26	—
218	Chemistry Student Exit Seminar	no letter grades	—
219A	Seminars: Research in Physical Chemistry--Photon Resolved Spectroscopy of Materials (Physical Chemistry)	no letter grades	—
219B	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Atmospheric Chemical Processes	no grade history	—
219K	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Statistical Mechanics of Disordered Systems	no grade history	—
219L	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Modern Methods for Molecular Reactions and Structure	no grade history	—
219Q	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Ultrafast Studies of Chemical Reaction Dynamics in Condensed Phase	no letter grades	—
219R	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Kinetic, Thermodynamic, and Interfacial Effects in Materials	no letter grades	1 section
219S	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Nanoscience	no grade history	—
219T	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Single-Molecule Spectroscopy in Biology	no grade history	—
219V	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Complex Fluids: Composition, Structure, and Rheology	no grade history	—
219W	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Biophysics and Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter	no grade history	—
219X	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Dynamic Processes in Chemically Reacting Flow Systems	no grade history	—
219Y	Seminar: Research in Physical Chemistry--Theory and Computation for Materials	no letter grades	—
C223A	Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics with Laboratory I	3.52 n=89	1 section
C223B	Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics	3.51 n=33	—
C226A	Computational Methods for Chemists	3.71 n=36	—
228	Chemical Physics Seminar	3.89 n=367	1 section
230A	Methods of Structural Molecular Biology: X-ray Crystallography and Electron Microscopy	3.47 n=30	—
M230B	Structural Molecular Biology	3.55 n=17 small sample	—
M230D	Structural Molecular Biology Laboratory	3.89 n=44	—
C232A	Core Principles in Cell and Molecular Biology	3.90 n=62	—
232B	Skills Development for Cell and Molecular Biologists	no letter grades	—
232C	Advanced Topics and Approaches in Cell and Molecular Biology Research	no letter grades	—
232D	Career Development for Cell and Molecular Biologists	no letter grades	—
235E	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Theoretical and Physical Organic Chemistry	no grade history	—
235G	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Organometallic Chemistry and Organic Synthesis	no grade history	—
235I	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Fullerene Chemistry and Materials Science	no grade history	—
235K	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Organic Chemistry in Organized and Restricted Media	no grade history	—
235N	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Target- and Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Natural Products and Product-Like Molecules	no letter grades	—
235O	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials	no grade history	—
235P	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Reaction Discovery and total Synthesis of Complex Molecules	no letter grades	1 section
235Q	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Synthetic Organic Chemistry Research	no letter grades	—
235R	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Fluorous Materials, Synthetic Chemistry, and Supermolecular Assembly	no letter grades	1 section
235S	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Synthetic Methods Development and Mechanistic Study	no letter grades	—
235T	Seminar: Research in Organic Chemistry--Chemical Biology, Analytical Chemistry, and Systems Biochemistry	no grade history	—
236	Spectroscopic Methods of Organic Chemistry	3.56 n=126	1 section
C238	Natural Product Biosynthesis: Chemical Logic and Enzymatic Machinery	3.58 n=22	—
241B	Special Topics in Organic Chemistry	3.54 n=48	—
C243A	Structure and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry	3.57 n=119	—
C243B	Organic Chemistry: Mechanism and Structure	3.50 n=77	—
244A	Organic Synthesis: Methodology and Stereochemistry	3.51 n=110	1 section
244B	Strategy and Design in Organic Synthesis	3.69 n=56	—
247	Organic Colloquium	3.91 n=478	1 section
248	Organic Chemistry Student Seminar	3.88 n=74	—
249A	Methods of Materials Chemistry: Synthesis, Characterization, Physical Properties, Applications, and Devices	no letter grades	—
249B	Methods of Chemical Synthesis:cvdganic/Inorganic/Organometallic	no letter grades	—
249C	Methods of Physical/Theoretical/Biophysical Chemistry	no letter grades	—
C250	Research Methods and Integrity in Cellular and Molecular Biology	3.74 n=25	—
CM255	Mitochondria in Medicine, Biology, and Chemistry	no letter grades	—
256B	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Biochemistry of Protein Function	no grade history	—
256G	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Nucleic Acid Structure Determination by NMR	no grade history	—
256L	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Literature of Structural Biology	no grade history	—
256M	Cellular and Biochemical Regulation of Metabolism	no letter grades	—
256N	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Advanced Topics in Structural Biology	no grade history	—
256O	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Membrane Biophysics	no grade history	—
256Q	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Biochemistry and Function of Ubiquinone in Yeast and Higher Eukaryotes	no grade history	—
256R	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Protein Structure	no grade history	—
256T	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--RNA Processing and RNA Genomics	no grade history	—
256U	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Link to Disease	no grade history	—
256V	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry	no letter grades	—
256W	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Cytoskeletal Dynamics during Drosophila Oogenesis	no grade history	—
256X	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Microtubule-Based Structures and Human Diseases	no letter grades	—
256Z	Seminar: Research in Biochemistry--Information Processing in Intracellular and Intercellular Signaling Networks	no grade history	—
257	Physical Chemistry of Biological Macromolecules	3.63 n=38	—
258	Advanced Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	3.89 n=68	1 section
CM259	Mechanisms of Gene Regulation	3.57 n=11 small sample	—
263	Seminars in Chemical Biology	3.77 n=65	—
C264	Free Radicals in Biology and Medicine	3.69 n=10 small sample	—
266	Proteomics and Protein Mass Spectrometry	3.80 n=146	—
267	Nanoscience and Chemistry	3.69 n=11 small sample	—
268	Biochemistry Research Seminar	3.92 n=355	1 section
269A	Protein Structure	3.91 n=115	1 section
269B	Biocatalysis and Bioenergetics	3.95 n=117	1 section
269C	Nucleic Acid Structure and Catalysis	3.91 n=103	1 section
269D	Mechanism and Regulation of Gene Expression	3.83 n=106	1 section
269E	Biomolecular Structure, Catalysis, and Regulation	3.84 n=112	—
272A	Seminar: Research in Inorganic Chemistry--Chemistry of Materials	no grade history	—
272C	Seminar: Research in Inorganic Chemistry--Inorganic Spectroscopy	no grade history	—
272I	Seminar: Research in Inorganic Chemistry--Organometallic Chemistry	no letter grades	—
272K	Seminar: Research in Inorganic Chemistry--Inorganic Nanostructures: Synthesis, Properties, and Functions	no letter grades	—
272L	Seminar: Research in Inorganic Chemistry--Molecular Materials	no grade history	—
272N	Seminar: Research in Inorganic Chemistry--Electrochemical Materials and Interfaces	no letter grades	—
272O	Seminar: Research in Inorganic Chemistry--Applied Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry	no grade history	—
272S	Seminar: Research in Inorganic ChemistryBioinorganic Chemis try	no grade history	—
C273	Electrochemical Systems	3.64 n=102	1 section
C276A	Group Theory and Applications to Inorganic Chemistry	3.62 n=55	—
278	Inorganic Chemistry Student Seminar	3.91 n=333	1 section
C280	Solid-State Chemistry	3.52 n=133	—
285	Materials Chemistry Laboratory	3.47 n=89	—
290	Chemistry and Biochemistry Instrumentation for Research	no grade history	—
M291	Systems Biology: Practical Data Analysis	no grade history	—
375	Teaching Apprentice Practicum	no letter grades	—
400	Safety in Chemical and Biochemical Research	no letter grades	—
495	Teaching College Chemistry	no letter grades	1 section
596	Directed Individual Study or Research	3.75 n=15 small sample	—
599	Research for and Preparation of PhD Dissertation	3.91 n=84	—

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the department average, so a course taught once to a dozen students sits near the department mean rather than at whatever those twelve happened to get. The figure is always shown — small sample marks where it rests mostly on that prior.