as given Fall Quarter 1997

Laboratory sessions are scheduled for 2:30 - 6:00.

Teaching Assistant: Shailesh Kulkarni.

Lectures are 2:20-3:10 (M,W,F) except when full period is used for lab.

   DATE                      TOPIC [instructor]                
   Sept. 15 (M)   Molecular Structure:  Experimental [Allinger]
		  and Theoretical Treatments

   Sept. 17 (W)   Molecular Mechanics:  History and [Allinger]
		  Potential Functions

   Sept. 19 (F)   MM3: Improvements over MM2 [Allinger]

   Sept. 22 (M)   Molecular Mechanics.  MM2 Input-Output [Allinger]

   Sept. 24 (W)   MM2 Program (MM2 minimizations) [T. A.]
		  Laboratory (Introduction)

   Sept. 26 (F)   MM3 Exercises (Laboratory) [T. A.]

   Sept. 29 (M)   Laboratory (Introduction to Computer Graphics [T.A.]

   Oct. 1 (W)     Laboratory (MM3 Exercises) [T. A.]

   Oct. 3 (F)     Experimental Methods. Electron and [Allinger]
                   X-Ray Diffraction.  The vibrational problem.

   Oct. 6 (M)     Molecular Mechanics. Agreement with Experiment [Allinger]

   Oct. 8 (W)     More on MM3: [Allinger]

   Oct. 10 (F)    Laboratory (MM3 Exercises) [T. A.]

   Oct. 13 (M)    Introduction to Protein Structure [Wampler]
		  and the Structure Data Base

   Oct. 15 (W)    Protein Structure & Molecular Mechanics [Wampler]

   Oct. 17 (F)    MM3: Spectroscopy [Allinger]

   Oct. 20 (M)    Delocalized Electronic Systems/Electrostatics [Allinger]

   Oct. 22 (W)    Hyperconjugation and other chemical effects [Allinger]

   Oct. 24 (F)    Laboratory (Browsing data bases; [T. A.]
		  Building and Examining Protein Structures;
		  exercises in peptide minimization)

   Oct. 27 (M)    Protein Force Fields & Electrostatic [Wampler]
		  Parameters

   Oct. 29 (W)    Surfaces and Electrostatic Potentials [Wampler]

   Oct. 31 (F)    Solvation and Water Models [Wampler]

   Nov. 3 (M)     Mid Term Examination [T. A.]

   Nov. 5 (W)     Static Analysis and Structure Comparisons [Wampler]

   Nov. 7 (F)     Laboratory (Homology Modeling) [T. A.]

   Nov. 10 (M)    Introduction to Molecular Dynamics [Wampler]

   Nov. 12 (W)    Molecular Dynamics [Wampler]

   Nov. 14 (F)    Laboratory (Peptide Dynamics) [T. A.]

   Nov. 17 (M)    Molecular Dynamics & Analysis [Wampler]

   Nov. 19 (W)    Analysis continued...[Wampler]

   Nov. 21 (F)    Some examples and uses & Summary with review  [Wampler]

   Nov. 24-28     THANKSGIVING BREAK

   Dec. 4 (Thurs.)     FINAL EXAM (3:30 pm - 6:30 pm)