Biochemistry Major Requirements
23 courses distributed as follows:
Requirements for A.C.S. approved major: All of the requirements listed below for the Biochemistry major including CHEM 404 Instrumental Analysis and CHEM 210 Inorganic Chemistry
*Number of courses required for the major is reduced by one if CHEM 109 Accelerated General Chemistry is taken in place of CHEM 107 General Chemistry I and CHEM 107 General Chemistry II.
Eight Chemistry courses*
Four Biology courses
| BIOL 191 | Introduction to Molecular & Cell Biology | 4 |
| BIOL 192 | Introduction to Organismal Biology | 4 |
| BIOL 293 | Intro to Ecology & Evolution | 4 |
| BIOL 312 | Molecular Biology of the Cell | 4 |
Five Biochemistry courses
Two Mathematics courses
Two Physics courses
Two additional courses selected from the list below:
Biochemistry Degree Pathway
The major in Biochemistry is a demanding program. In order to ensure that all required courses are completed within four years, the following sequence is recommended:
First Year
Second Year
Third Year
Fourth Year
| CHEM 304 | Physical Chemistry II | 3 |
| BIOC 490 | Senior Thesis Research | 7 |
| Two additional Biochemistry courses selected from Elective list above | |