Biochemistry Department Quality?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Hello.
First of all, I would like to say I’m a wolverine! I won a private full-ride scholarship to the university and will attend UMich in the fall. I would also like to thank all of you who answered my questions in a prior thread I created.</p>

<p>Well, at Michigan, I would like to major in mathematics and I contacted the University a while back and they stated that I would receive credit for MATH 115, 116, 215, 217, and 316. I’ll probably start off with an abstract analysis course like MATH 412 or possibly go into the MATH 295-296-395-396 sequence but instead start off with MATH 395. I know Michigan’s math department is top-notch.</p>

<p>What I am wondering about is the quality of the biochemistry department at Michigan. I am really interested in double-majoring or majoring and minoring in Mathematics and Biochemistry. I am also interested in Chemistry as well. I have heard the Chemistry department is of high-quality and that the class sizes are small, the professors are passionate, and it’s overall amazing to learn the basis of chemistry at Michigan. I, however, am also interested in Biochemistry and would like to know how strong the department is. Is it a subsection of the Chemistry department? Is it as high-quality as the department? Would you recommend majoring in Chemistry or Biochemistry?</p>

<p>Thank you very much for your responses.</p>

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<p>Biochem is a subsection of Chem at Michigan, so most everything applies. The only complaint I had as a biochem major was the quality of instruction for some of the upper-level classes, but I started right when they updated the major and changed up the curriculum. It looks like there’s some different instructors now which is good; I particularly like having Nolta do 351/352.</p>

<p>You can go pretty far (210/211, 215/216, 260) before having to decide biochem vs. chem. Generally, more people end up doing biochem than chem because they find it easier, and it has more flexibility with elective credits (6 vs. 0). I think a lot of people are put off by quantum in particular, but as a math major, you might like it. You’ll get your first taste of quantum in P-chem (260).</p>

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<p>Have any of you thought about Biomolecular Science?</p>

<p>I think it’s in the same department and its basically a diet-version of a Biochem major…</p>