Chemistry - Biochemistry Option

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REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE WITH A MAJOR IN CHEMISTRY - BIOCHEMISTRY OPTION:

General Education - Credits: 39

See General Education Requirements .

Specific Departmental Core Requirements:

CHEM 150 - Fund of Chem I Atoms/Molecules Credits: 4
CHEM 151 - Fund of Chem II Chem Reaction Credits: 4
CHEM 250 - Org Chem I:Organic Compounds Credits: 4
CHEM 251 - Org Chem II:Biological Chem Credits: 4
CHEM 300 - At the Forefront of Chem Rsrch Credits: 2
CHEM 311 - General Biochemistry I Credits: 3
CHEM 356 - Phys Chem I:Quantum Mechanics Credits: 4
CHEM 363 - Inorganic Chemistry Credits: 3
CHEM 365 - Analytical Chemistry Credits: 4
CHEM 496 - Seminar Credits: 1
CHEM 497 - Seminar Credits: 1

Subtotal Departmental Core Requirements - Credits: 34

Other Specific Departmental Requirements:

CHEM 312 - General Biochemistry Lab Credits: 1
CHEM 313 - General Biochemistry II Credits: 3
CHEM 411 - Advanced Biochemistry Lab Credits: 3

Subtotal Other Departmental Requirements - Credits: 7

Auxiliary Requirements from Other Departments:

MATH 221 - Calculus I Credits: 4
MATH 222 - Calculus II Credits: 4
BIO 113 - Intro to Cell & Molecular Bio Credits: 4
PHYS 201 - Physics - Non Calculus I Credits: 4
PHYS 202 - Physics - Non Calculus II Credits: 4

Choose one from the following:

Subtotal Auxiliary Requirements - Credits: 24

Total Major Requirements - Credits: 65

Free Electives (variable)

TOTAL REQUIRED FOR GRADUATION - CREDITS: 120

Suggested Electives (non-required):

CHEM 305 - Nat Prod From Plant Credits: 3
CHEM 380 - Intro to Chemical Research Credits: 1
CHEM 381 - Intro to Chemistry Research Lab Credits: 1-3
CHEM 357 - Phys Chem II:Thermodynamics Credits: 4
CHEM 431 - Advanced Organic Chemistry Credits: 3
CHEM 454 - Adv Topics in Chemistry Credits: 1-4
CHEM 460 - Synthesis and Spectroscopy Credits: 3
CHEM 464 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Credits: 4
CHEM 465 - Instrumental Analytical Chem Credits: 4
(Students majoring in the Chemistry-Biochemistry option find this course particularly useful.)

Notes

For students majoring in the Chemistry-Biochemistry option, the Biology Department waives Bio 112 as a prerequisite for Bio 113 and has made Bio 113 the only prerequisite for the upper-division courses listed above.

Students double majoring in Chemistry-Biochemistry Option and Biology-General or Biology-Cellular and Molecular Biology Option may take the senior seminar sequence in either chemistry (Chem 496 and 497) or biology (Bio 496 and 497); these students do not have to take both senior seminar sequences.