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REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BIOCHEMISTRY

DEPARTMENTAL AREA 4 AND AREA 5 REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION

Area 4: Scientific Reasoning and Discovery (Natural Science)

Biochemistry

BCHM 1014 (Introduction to Biochemistry)
BCHM 4074 (Career Orientation)
1
BCHM 4115-4116 (General Biochemistry)
BCHM 4124 (Laboratory Problems in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)

Biology

BIOL 1105-1106 (Principles of Biology)
BIOL 1115-1116 (Principles of Biology Laboratory)
BIOL 2004 (Genetics)
BIOL 2604 (General Microbiology)
BIOL 2614 (General Microbiology Laboratory)

Chemistry

CHEM 1035-1036 (General Chemistry)
     or CHEM 1055-1056 (General Chemistry for Majors)2
CHEM 1045-1046 (General Chemistry Laboratory)
CHEM 2535-2536 (Organic Chemistry)
     or CHEM 2565-2566 (Principles of Organic Chemistry)
3
CHEM 2545-2546 (Organic Chemistry Laboratory)
CHEM 2114 and 2124 (Analytical Chemistry and Laboratory)
CHEM 4615-4616 (Physical Chemistry for the Life Sciences)
     or CHEM 3615-3616 (Physical Chemistry)

Physics

PHYS 2205-2206 (General Physics)
PHYS 2215-2216 (General Physics Laboratory)

Area 5: Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning (Mathematical Sciences)

MATH 1015-1016 (Elementary Calculus with Trigonometry I)
     and MATH 2015 (Elementary Calculus with Trigonometry II)
     and
STAT 3615 (Biological Statistics)
        or MATH 2016 (Elementary Calculus with Trigonometry II)
      
     or MATH 1205-1206 (Calculus)
     and
STAT 3615 (Biological Statistics)
        or
Math 2214 (Introduction to Differential Equations)

1-Career Orientation is strongly recommended but not required by the department.
2-The majors course in General Chemistry is recommended but not required.
3-The majors course in Organic Chemistry is recommended but not required.

 

 

     
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