BCH 162: Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory

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Units: 5

Hours: Lecture, 2 hours; laboratory, 9 hours

Catalog page 147

Prerequisites: BCH 015 with a grade of C- or better; BCH 110B with a grade of C- or better or BCH 110HB with a grade of C- or better; BCH 110C with a grade of C- or better, may be taken concurrently or BCH 110HC with a grade of C- or better, may be taken concurrently; or consent of instructor

Description: Advanced biochemistry laboratory techniques including modern methods of protein engineering, purification, and characterization, enzyme assays, principles of various types of column chromatography, SDS gel and other methods of electrophoresis, centrifugation, and crystallization. Most experiments include quantitative reasoning through data manipulation, numerical simulations, parametric evaluation, and detailed laboratory reports.

Credit: Satisfactory(S) or No Credit(N/C) is not available.

Derived Information — The following is not part of the official catalog but is computed from catalog data.

Serves as a prerequisite for

BCH 189 CHEM 166
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Enrollment History (from UCR Banner, not catalog)
Year F W S Su Total
2025-26  48/ 84 87/ 84 135/168
2024-25  65/ 84 70/ 84 135/168
2023-24  53/ 84 55/ 63 108/147
2022-23  81/ 84 96/105 177/189
2021-22  80/ 86 74/ 84 154/170
2020-21 107/111 85/ 88 192/199
2019-20  41/ 42 89/ 93 130/135
2018-19  59/ 63 46/ 72 105/135
2017-18  44/ 72 64/ 72 108/144
2016-17  42/ 72 49/ 72  91/144