Biochemistry, A.B. Major

Requirements

The program consists of a minimum of 14 major courses and 4 collateral courses:

MATH 125	Modeling and Differential Calculus
	And
MATH 186	Applied Statistics
	Or
MATH 161	Calculus I
	And
MATH 162	Calculus II
	Or
MATH 161	Calculus I
	And
MATH 186	Applied Statistics
PHYS 111	General Physics-Mechanics and Thermodynamics
	And
PHYS 112	General Physics-Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics
	Or
PHYS 131	Physics I: Mechanics
	And
PHYS 133	Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves
	Or
PHYS 151	Accelerated Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics
	And
PHYS 152	Accelerated Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics
CHEM 107	General Chemistry I
CHEM 108	General Chemistry II
CHEM 221	Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 321	Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 231	Quantitative Chemical Methods
CHEM 341	Survey of Physical Chemistry
	And
	One additional Chemistry course*
	And
CHEM 343	Physical Chemistry II
	Or
CHEM 425	Special Topics in Organic Chemistry
	And
CHEM 326	Physical Chemistry II with Lab
CHEM 352	Foundational Biochemistry
BIOL 111	Unity & Diversity of Biology
BIOL 112	Biomolecular Foundations of Biology
BIOL 255	Molecular Genetics
	One additional Biology course

*One additional Chemistry course: 200-level or above, excluding independent study or thesis. Not required if CHEM 323 or CHEM 325 and CHEM 324 or CHEM 326 are taken.

One additional 200-level Biology course: 200-level or above.

This major in addition to other College-wide requirements for the A.B. degree.

Biochemistry majors may not seek a second major (A.B. or B.S.) or minor in either biology or chemistry.

This page reflects the requirements for completing this major. General graduation requirements for all students can be found here.