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CHEM 430Special Topics in Biochemistry

Units
0.50
Faculty
Science
Subject
Chemistry

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 4 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: scheduled, 2 lecture sections. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

For a current list of offerings see the undergraduate officer.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
      • CHEM331 - Fundamentals of Metabolism 1 (0.50)
      • CHEM333 - Metabolism 1 (0.50)
    • Students must be in level 3A or higher

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001747220 / 40TTh 13:00–14:20

Winter 2027 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 00169420 / 40TTh 11:30–12:50
LEC 701260131 / 9999Online or by arrangement

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  • I took Antibiotics & Resistance with Dr. Sychantha and I highly recommend it. It's a small class so its very easy to ask questions during/after lectures. He is such a great lecturer and this was by far one of my most interesting and useful classes. Also, there is 3 term tests and a final paper/presentation but no final so LFG

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  • Lots of course content, involving lots of different drugs and pharmaceutical concepts. Can be difficult to study for, due to a large amount of course content.

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  • I had pharmacology. Dr. Palmer provides his own free textbook about it which is very detailed and colourful! It makes the course easier to follow if you do your reading. I have slacked off from many of the readings which caused me to do average in the course but it was very interesting to see how drugs interacted with the human body!
    This course was not an easy course. There were tons of material that was covered so make sure you stay on top of it. The final exam required you to almost memorize all 40 or more drugs and their effects and only a select few were chosen so a word of advice: Make cue cards or go on studyblue and make them with the drug and their effects and when you're taking a…

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  • I had the one topic with Dr. Meiering for Protein Structure, Function, Prediction, and Design. It is so far the best course in my undergrad in terms of how well the professor evaluates you. Your scientific research skills are actually used for things you like because you get to choose your topic; it's very different from microbiology labs where you're doing research that you do not care about. Dr. Meiering provides tremendously helpful feedback on the assessments and if you put time into this course you can get a lot out of it,

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

9 posts and comments in 9 threads mention CHEM 430, February 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Spring 2021

CHEM 404 vs CHEM 370 2 points, 9 comments

“I'm trying to determine whether to take CHEM 404 or CHEM 370 online in the Fall 2021 term. I've read a lot of reviews saying CHEM 404 is hard do to well in, but haven't heard anything about CHEM 370. …”

u/katptz: “hey i’m kinda in the same boat as you, need one of these for my minor as well and as of right now im enrolled in 404 but i honestly havent heard anything about both but i thought 404 looked …”

u/person297: “Have you heard anything about CHEM 430? I haven't taken CHEM 333 yet, but I have it planned for the Fall 2021 term. Do you think it'd be possible to take it in the same term and if so do you think CHEM 430 would be harder than CHEM 404 and CHEM 370? …”

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Fall 2020

Spring 2020

Best CHEM Elective for 4A Biochem Online 1 point, 2 comments

u/sgangster: “… I was wondering if anyone in upper year chem/biochem/medchem has an opinion on these courses: CHEM 430: Special Topics in Biochemical Pharmacology CHEM 432: Metabolism 2 CHEM 400: Bioanalytical Chemistry CHEM 464 - Spectroscopy of Organic Chemistry (NMR) CHEM 323 - Analytical …”

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Spring 2019

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”

u/Jackhofmann: “… 339 CHEM 350L CHEM 356 CHEM 363 CHEM 370 CHEM 382L CHEM 383 CHEM 392A CHEM 392B CHEM 400 CHEM 430 CHEM 432 CHEM 464 CHEM 494A CHEM 494B CHEM 495 CHEM 710 CHEM 712 CHEM 727 CHEM 731 CHEM 740 CHEM 750 CHEM 760 CHEM 770 CHEM 773 CHEM 794 CHINA 101R CHINA 102R CHINA 120R CHINA 200R …”

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Winter 2017

Best Biochem electives 6 points, 7 comments

“Are there certain Group A and B electives for 3rd and 4th year biochem that are easy/interesting. Also, are there any that are extremely hard and should be avoided at all costs? Thanks”

u/asylum19: “… Chem 430) and generally the profs are just presenting an extension of their research so they are pretty knowledgeable/passionate Biol 370 quite interesting and pretty easy - would have taken 371 and 477L if I had room in my schedule Biol 483 pretty easy, can do very well if you …”

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