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Biochemistry Major & Biochemistry Major with ACS Certification, B.S.

(59-68 credits)

Required Core Courses (43 credits / 52 credits with ACS certification)

BIOL 150Principles of Biology

4
BIOL 151Principles of Biology II

4
BIOL 333Genetics

3
CHEM 105General Chemistry

4
CHEM 106Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry

4
CHEM 205Organic Chemistry I

4
CHEM 206Organic Chemistry II

4
CHEM 220Chemical Research Methods

2
CHEM 311Biochemical Methods

1
CHEM 315Biochemistry I

3
CHEM 316Biochemistry II

3
CBS 495Senior Seminar

3
Total Credit Hours:39

One of the following two options

For B.S. without ACS certification

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

4

Or

For B.S. with ACS Certification
Note:  A year of calculus is recommended for CHEM 305
CHEM 305Physical Chemistry: Kinetics & Thermodynamics

4
CHEM 322Practice of Chemical Analysis

3
CBS 370Research Design and Proposal

1
CBS 371Undergraduate Research

1
5 more credits of 300- or 400-level Chemistry courses that include 90 lab hours

5
Total Credit Hours:14-16

Required Supporting Courses (15-16 credits)

Two semesters of Physics

PHYS 105Fundamentals of Physics I

4
PHYS 106Fundamentals of Physics II

4
OR
PHYS 201University Physics I

4
PHYS 202University Physics II

4
Total Credit Hours:16

Two of the following courses (7 or 8 credits)

MATH 230Calculus with Analytic Geometry I

4
MATH 231Calculus with Analytic Geometry II

4
MATH 223Beginning Statistics

3
Total Credit Hours:7-8

Will accept either MATH 223 or MATH 224