@BiffBrown : That one is currently being thrown around (as in a current student I tutor joining Dr. Lutz, now department chair, lab has said it is something in the works)…I think the college is starting to put pressure on departments to align curriculum with research though, so the restructuring of chemistry courses is only a first step. A concentration may be what they are aiming for as it is also an effective marketing tool whether new courses are developed or not. For bchem, Emory would not really need to hire new faculty, it would just have to convince some of the tenured instructors who do biomolecular or biophysical to teach electives and courses that would contribute to the concentration. It would take 2-3 years because they have to roll out all of the new foundation courses (first 2 come out next academic year and when 221-222 is phased out, my guess is that the other 3 will be rolled out the following year) first and then phase out and restructure older ones. During the next 2 years, they will develop the advanced courses for the curriculum (assuming it doesn’t completely bomb). I imagine that a concentration would arrive from the completion of all of this.