Biochemistry Major, B.S.

(59-68 credits)

Required Core Courses (36 credits)

BIOL 150	Principles of Biology	4
BIOL 333	Genetics	3
CHEM 105	General Chemistry	4
CHEM 106	Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry	4
CHEM 205	Organic Chemistry I	4
CHEM 206	Organic Chemistry II	4
CHEM 315	Biochemistry I	3
CHEM 316	Biochemistry II	3
CHEM 311	Biochemical Methods	1
CHEM 220	Chemical Research Methods	2
CBS 370	Research Design and Proposal	1
CBS 371	Undergraduate Research	0
CBS 495	Senior Seminar	2

One of the following two options (4-12 credits)

4 more credits of 300- or 400-level Chemistry courses

4

Or

For B.S. with ACS Certification (12 credits)

CHEM 305	Physical Chemistry: Kinetics & Thermo	4
CHEM 322	Practice of Chemical Analysis	3
	5 more credits of 300- or 400-level Chemistry courses that include 90 lab hours	5

Required Supporting Courses (19-20 credits)

BIOL 201

Organismal Diversity and Physiology I

4

Two semesters of Physics (8 credits)

PHYS 105	Fundamentals of Physics I	4
PHYS 106	Fundamentals of Physics II	4
	OR
PHYS 201	University Physics I	4
PHYS 202	University Physics II	4

Two of the following courses (7 or 8 credits)

Note: Students will take either one semester of calculus and one of statistics, or two semesters of calculus. A year of calculus is recommended for CHEM 305

MATH 230	Calculus with Analytic Geometry I	4
MATH 231	Calculus with Analytic Geometry II	4
MATH 223	Beginning Statistics	3
	OR
MATH 224	Elements of Statistics	4