Biochemistry, A.B. Major

Requirements

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

BIOL 111	Unity & Diversity of Biology	1
BIOL 112	Biomolecular Foundations of Biology	1
BIOL 255	Molecular Genetics	1
	One additional Biology course
CHEM 103	General Chemistry I with Recitation	1
	Or
CHEM 107	General Chemistry I	1
CHEM 108	General Chemistry II	1
CHEM 221	Organic Chemistry I	1
CHEM 231	Quantitative Chemical Methods	1
CHEM 222	Organic Chemistry II	1
CHEM 341	Survey of Physical Chemistry	1
	Or
CHEM 342	Physical Chemistry I	1
	And
CHEM 343	Physical Chemistry II	1
CHEM 352	Foundational Biochemistry	1
CHEM 353	Advanced Biochemistry	1
CHEM 354	Experimental Biochemistry	1
CHEM 365	Course-based Research Experience in Chemistry	1
	Or
CHEM 366	Course-based Research Experience in Chemistry	1
MATH 161	Calculus I	1
	And
MATH 162	Calculus II	1
	Or
MATH 161	Calculus I	1
	And
MATH 186	Applied Statistics	1
	Or
MATH 161	Calculus I	1
	And
BIOL 265	Biostatistics	1
PHYS 111	General Physics-Mechanics and Thermodynamics	1
	And
PHYS 112	General Physics-Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics	1
	Or
PHYS 131	Physics I: Mechanics	1
	And
PHYS 133	Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves	1
	Or
PHYS 151	Accelerated Physics I: Mechanics and Thermodynamics	1
	And
PHYS 152	Accelerated Physics II: Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics	1

One additional Biology course: 200-level or above.

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.