Course Form
I. Summary of Proposed Changes
Dept / Program
Biochemistry
Prefix and Course #
BCH694
Course Title
Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics Seminar
Short Title (max. 26 characters incl. spaces)
BSD Seminar
Summarize the change(s) proposed
To give this course a permanent number.
II. Endorsement/Approvals
Complete the form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office
Please type / print name Signature
Date
Requestor:
Stephen Lodmell
Phone/ email :
6393/
stephen.lodmell@umontana.edu
Program Chair/Director:
Bruce Bowler
Other affected programs
(none)
Dean:
Christopher Comer
Are other departments/programs affected by this
Please obtain signature(s) from the
modification because of
Chair/Director of any such department/
(a) required courses incl. prerequisites or corequisites, NO
program (above) before submission
(b) perceived overlap in content areas NO
(c) cross-listing of coursework NO
III: To Add a New Course Syllabus and assessment information is required (paste syllabus into
section V or attach). Course should have internal coherence and clear focus.
NO
Common Course Numbering Review: Does an equivalent course exist elsewhere YES
in the MUS? Do the proposed abbreviation, number, title and credits align with
existing course(s)? Please indicate equivalent course/campus 
XX
http://mus.edu/transfer/CCN/ccn_default.asp
Exact entry to appear in the next catalog (Specify course abbreviation, level, number, title, credits,
repeatability (if applicable), frequency of offering, prerequisites, and a brief description.) 
BCH 694 (G) Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics Seminar, 1 cr. (Cr/NC only; R-8). Offered Autumn and
Spring. Prereq., graduate standing or consent of instructor. Presentation of current research in Structural
Biology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, or related fields by invited outside speakers, UM faculty, and senior
graduate students.
Justification: How does the course fit with the existing curriculum? Why is it needed?
This course represents the core seminar series for the graduate program in Biochemistry and Biophysics. It
has been offered as an experimental course several times and has featured both internal speakers and invited
outside speakers who are leaders in their fields. Note: we have designated this course BCH694 to avoid
overlap with the Integrative Microbiology and Biochemistry seminar series, which already has the BCH594
course number.
Are there curricular adjustments to accommodate teaching this course?
No
Complete for UG courses. (UG courses should be assigned a 400 number).
Describe graduate increment (Reference guidelines: http://www.umt.edu/facultysenate/Grad/UG.htm)
Fees may be requested only for courses meeting specific conditions determined by the
Board of Regents. Please indicate whether this course will be considered for a fee.
If YES, what is the proposed amount of the fee?
YES
NO
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Justification:
IV. To Delete or Change an Existing Course – check X all that apply
Deletion
Title
Course Number
From:
Level U, UG, G
Change
To:
Description Change
Change in Credits
From:
To:
Prerequisites
1. Current course information at it appears in catalog
(http://www.umt.edu/catalog) 
From:
To:
Repeatability
Cross Listing
(primary program
initiates form)
Is there a fee associated with the course?
2. Full and exact entry (as proposed) 
3. If cross-listed course: secondary program & course
number
4. Is this a course with MUS Common Course Numbering? If yes, then will this change eliminate the
course’s common course status? Please explain below.
5. Graduate increment if level of course is changed to UG.
Reference guidelines at:
http://www.umt.edu/facultysenate/Grad/UG.htm
(syllabus required in section V)
Have you reviewed the graduate increment
guidelines? Please check (X) space provided.
6. Other programs affected by the change
7. Justification for proposed change
V. Syllabus/Assessment Information
Required for new courses and course change from U to UG. Paste syllabus in field below or attach and send
digital copy with form.
See attached below
VI Department Summary (Required if several forms are submitted) In a separate document list course
number, title, and proposed change for all proposals.
VII Copies and Electronic Submission. After approval, submit original, one copy, summary of
proposals and electronic file to the Faculty Senate Office, UH 221, camie.foos@mso.umt.edu.
Revised 11-2009
Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics Seminar
BCH694
Spring 2011
Instructor:
Time:
Location:
Stephen Lodmell, Professor
CHCB202. ext 6393.
E-mail: stephen.lodmell@umontana.edu
Office Hrs: Tues 11AM to noon and by appointment
Thursdays, 4:10 – 5PM
ISB110
Course Objectives: To explore a broad range of current topics in structural biology,
biochemistry and biophysics by attending professional seminars, reading and discussing the
primary literature.
Course Requirements: Participants are required to attend all regularly scheduled seminars. Each
week prior to seminar, students will read an electronically distributed version of one of the
speaker’s recent publications. During the seminar period, students will complete a
worksheet/seminar evaluation that will be distributed at the beginning of each seminar.
Course Recommendations: Participants are strongly encouraged to interact with speakers.
Interaction is not limited to questioning the speaker during seminar, but could also include
meeting with her or him anytime during their visit. Please contact Dr. Lodmell (X6393) no later
than Tuesday morning if you wish to meet with the following Thursday’s speaker.
Grading: This is a Credit/ No credit course. Students are expected to attend Seminar each week.
More than two absences will result in no credit. All students enrolled in the course for credit are
required to complete a brief summary and critique form that should be picked up at the
beginning of each seminar period and handed back following seminar.
(Sample scheduling from last year’s seminar series BIOC595)
Speaker/
Affiliation
Joachim Schultz
University of
Tubingen
Nigel Priestley
University of
Montana
Klára Briknarová
University of
Montana
Darrell Jackson
University of
Montana
Lara M. Taubner
Rocky Mountain
Laboratories
Michael Maroney
University of
Massachusetts,
Amherst
William Atkins
University of
Washington
Christopher P. Hill
University of Utah
Dalia Rokhsana
Montana State
University
Bozeman
Valerie Daggett
University of
Washington
Akif Tezcan
UC San Diego
Valeriy Smirnov
UM
Wayne Hubbell
UCLA
Title
Room
“Transmembrane signaling
ISB 110
in Chimeras of amino acid
chemotaxis transporters and
class III adenylyl cyclases”
“Dr. Strangebug or: How I
Chem
Learned to Stop Worrying
212
About Pure Science and
Love Infectious Disease
Drug Development”
“Protein Interactions and
ISB 110
Conformational Changes in
Fibronectin Fibril Formation”
Chem
“Synaptic Modification of
212
AMPARs and NMDARs by
Oxidative Stress
“Structural studies of an
Chem
unruly protein: ligand
212
binding and polymerization
of prion protein”
“The Ins and Outs of Ni
Chem
Trafficking”
212
TBA
“Proteasome Activation:
Opening the Gate to
Nature’s Molecule of Mass
Destruction”
In silico modeling of the
active site structures of Cuproteins: What are the key
elements?
Dynameomics
Inorganic Control of
Biological Self-Assembly
Oxygen Isotope Effects in
Mechanistic Enzymology
TBA
Skaggs
169
Chem
212
Chem
212
Chem
212
Chem
212
ISB 110
Chem
212