Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems OpenCourseWare: A Free Undergraduate Course on Thermodynamics by MIT

Published Jan 24, 2009

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Students pursuing B.S. (Bachelor of Science) degrees in biological engineering at MIT are required to complete the 'Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems' course. Biology majors and undergraduate students in the biomedical engineering minor program can also take this course. 'Thermodynamics of Bimolecular Systems,' which is now featured on MIT's OpenCourseWare website, introduces the principles of thermodynamics that characterize biomolecular systems.

Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems: Course Specifics

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Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems: Course Description

Professors Moungi Bawendi, Robert Field, Linda Griffith and Kim Hamad-Schifferli taught this 'Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems' course. This bachelor level course is required for B.S. (Bachelor of Science) candidates in MIT's Biological Engineering Department. 'Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems' OpenCourseWare introduces basic thermodynamics and equilibrium properties of both microscopic and macroscopic systems. OpenCourseWare users also learn about solvation and regular solutions. 'Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems' was a lecture course.

A reading list and lecture notes are included in 'Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems' OpenCourseWare. More detailed information about this online biological engineering course from MIT is available at the thermodynamics course page.

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