{"id":3799,"date":"2010-07-02T18:35:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/program\/for-current-students\/degree-requirements\/biochemistry-and-molecular-biology-track-degree-requirements\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T18:04:39","slug":"biochemistry-and-molecular-biology-track-degree-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/program\/for-current-students\/degree-requirements\/biochemistry-and-molecular-biology-track-degree-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Biochemistry &amp; Molecular Biology Track Degree Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Fulfill departmental requirements<\/p>\n<p>For TA opportunities, select one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TA in BIOC 107, 108 or 631 for noncredit<\/li>\n<li>TA in BIOC 107 or 108 for 2 credit hrs via BIOC 703<\/li>\n<li>TA in other science departments on campus (e.g. Biology) with documentation of satisfactory performance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Course Requirements &#8211; (<i>term, # of credit hours in parentheses<\/i>)<\/h2>\n<h3>Required Track Cores<\/h3>\n<h4>Complete 6 credit hours from the core course options listed below:<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Molecular and Cell Biology<\/span><br \/>\nBIOC 631 Advanced Molecular Biology I (Spring, 4)<br \/>\nBIOC 655 Principles of Cellular and Molecular Biochemistry (Fall, 3)<br \/>\nBIOC 706 Biochemistry of Human Disease (Fall, 3)<i><br \/>\n<\/i>BIOC 740-745 Contemporary Topics in Cell Signaling (Spring, 1) *740-742 offered in odd years and 743-745 in even years<br \/>\nBIOC 650-652 Biophysics core courses (Fall, 1 credit each)<\/p>\n<h3>Electives<\/h3>\n<h4>Complete an additional 2 courses (or a minimum of 4 credit hours)<\/h4>\n<p>Choose from any graduate-level course in a discipline supportive of biomedical research training (can include list of cores above, but courses taken as a core requirement in the department and BBSP cannot count as an elective). Suggested electives listed below are examples of coursework that would satisfy the elective requirements.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Suggested Electives<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Physical Biochemistry &#8211; Choose from modules listed in the <a href=\"\/biochem\/program\/for-current-students\/degree-requirements\/biophysics-track\">Biophysics Program Modules<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BIOC 722 Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology (Fall, 2) \u2013 combined course w\/NBIO 722<\/li>\n<li>BIOC 700 Origins of Life (Spring, 2)<\/li>\n<li>BIOC 805 Molecular Modeling (Fall, 3) \u2013 combined course w\/MEDC 805<\/li>\n<li>CHEM 733 (Special topics course) Advances in Macromolecular Structure and Function (Fall, 3)<\/li>\n<li>MCRO 614 Immunobiology (Fall, 3)<\/li>\n<li>MCRO 630 Virology (Fall, 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>More information on the Graduate School&#8217;s <i>Ph.D. Degree Requirements<\/i> and <i>Admission to Candidacy<\/i> can be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/handbook.unc.edu\/phd.html\">Graduate School Handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fulfill departmental requirements For TA opportunities, select one of the following: TA in BIOC 107, 108 or 631 for noncredit TA in BIOC 107 or 108 for 2 credit hrs via BIOC 703 TA in other science departments on campus (e.g. Biology) with documentation of satisfactory performance Course Requirements &#8211; 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