BIOL 3611 — Biochemistry

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, spring, summerBostonOakland, CATraditional

Covers structure and function of biomolecules, central concepts of bioenergetics and thermodynamics, enzyme kinetics and regulation, and metabolic pathways.

Prerequisites

all of:
- BIOL 2301 (min D-)
- one of:
  - CHEM 2313 (min D-)
  - CHEM 2317 (min D-)

Corequisites (same term)

BIOL 3612

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Summer B 2023	1	86	120	72%	34.0
Fall 2023	4	295	374	79%	19.8
Spring 2024	2	268	284	94%	8.0
Summer A 2024	1	130	150	87%	20.0
Summer B 2024	1	77	120	64%	43.0
Fall 2024	3	282	356	79%	24.7
Spring 2025	2	285	294	97%	4.5
Summer A 2025	1	122	150	81%	28.0
Summer B 2025	1	66	73	90%	7.0
Fall 2025	2	284	288	99%	2.0
Spring 2026	2	292	294	99%	1.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 32% · T 42% · W 46% · Th 28% · F 27%

Common patterns: W (20% of sections), MWR (18% of sections), TF (18% of sections), T (15% of sections), MTWR (7% of sections), M (7% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Julian Sosnik (61% of students) · reviews
Veronica Godoy-Carter (39% of students) · reviews
Jennifer Cassano (0% of students) · reviews

Spring

Veronica Godoy-Carter (51% of students) · reviews
Julian Sosnik (49% of students) · reviews

Summer A

Kirsten Fertuck (100% of students) · reviews

Summer B

Jonathon Bennett (62% of students) · reviews
Veronica Donato (38% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

BIOC 4900, BIOC 4971, BIOL 4707, BIOL 4983, BIOL 5541, BIOL 5549, BIOL 5583, CHEM 3331, PHSC 2330

Courses that list BIOL 3611 in their prerequisites.

Links

Official catalog (BIOL course descriptions) · Student reviews on RateMyHusky · All BIOL courses · Plan it at numap.app