Biophysical Chemistry
Covers equilibrium thermodynamics and chemical kinetics, emphasizing solution behavior and applications to biological macromolecules.
Summary
Historical reviews of Inhyuk Jang, Silvia Cavagnero: The course is hard and requires significant time and effort, with heavy reliance on textbook readings that many students neglect.
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Prerequisites
Course map(CHEM 116, 327, or 329),MATH 222, (PHYSICS 201, 207, or 247), and (BIOCHEM 501, 507,BIOCORE 383, or concurrent enrollment), or graduate/professional standing. Not open to students with credit forCHEM 561 or 565.
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Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Silvia Cavagnero: Silvia Cavagnero receives polarized reviews regarding her lecture style, with some calling it awful and disorganized while others praise her clear explanations and organization. She is consistently described as kind, caring, and helpful, offering extra credit and support. However, one review notes the course content may lack relevance for biochemistry majors.
INHYUK JANG is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
SILVIA CAVAGNERO is recorded teaching in Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews for Silvia Cavagnero describe CHEM 665 as a conceptually demanding but rewarding course where she breaks down complex topics clearly and offers strong student support.
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.16 GPA, 56.4% A/AB (n=117 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.37 GPA, 51.9% A/AB (n=79 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.34 GPA, 69.2% A/AB (n=143 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Inhyuk Jang, Silvia Cavagnero: The course is hard and requires significant time and effort, with heavy reliance on textbook readings that many students neglect.
Historical reviews of Silvia Cavagnero: Some students criticize lecture pacing as uneven or disorganized, while others praise the well-organized lectures and helpful office hours.
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About this comparison
1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.
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Model & dataset provenance
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