Department of Chemistry
Bachelor's of Science in Biochemistry

BIOCHEMISTRY REQUIREMENTS

Major Requirements Credit Hours: 73 hrs

Required Chemistry Courses - 37 hrs
CHEM 1104 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1141 General Chemistry I Lab
CHEM 1204 General Chemistry II
CHEM 1241 General Chemistry II Lab
CHEM 2303 Quantitative Analysis
CHEM 2342 Quantitative Analysis Lab
CHEM 3103 Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 3141 Organic Chemistry I Lab
CHEM 3203 Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 3241 Organic Chemistry Lab II
CHEM 3242 Organic Chemistry Lab
CHEM 3503 Physical Chemistry I
CHEM 3541 Physical Chemistry Lab
CHEM 3714 General Biochemistry
CHEM 4403 Advanced Biochemistry
CHEM 4862 Chemistry Capstone
CHEM 4991 Chemistry Research

Required Biology Courses - 12 hrs
BIOL 1214 Fundamentals of Biology

Choice of one of the following combinations:
BIOL 2214 General Botany or
BIOL 3114 General Microbiology or
BIOL 2414 General Zoology
And either:
BIOL 3514 Cell Biology or
BIOL 4214 Molecular Biology

Required Physics Courses - 8 hrs
PHYS 1503 General Physics I
PHYS 1541 General Physics I Lab
PHYS 1603 General Physics II
PHYS 1641 General Physics II Lab

Required Math Course - 4 hrs
MATH 2004 Calculus and Analytic Geometry I

Twelve credits must be selected from the following biology or chemistry elective courses: 12 hrs

Biology Electives - 12 hrs
BIOL 3003 Genetics
BIOL 3041 Genetics Lab
BIOL 3414 Comparative Physiology
BIOL 4314 Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology
BIOL 4991-8 Research

Chemistry Elective - 2 hrs
CHEM 4442 Laboratory Techniques in Biochemistry