2016-17BiochemistryCurriculumChecklist
(updated3/16)
BiochemistryisaninterdisciplinarymajorthatisadministeredjointlybytheBiologyandChemistryDepartments.Students
interestedinthebiochemistrymajormayconsultProf.AnthonyAnnunziato(401AHiggins),Prof.KathyDunn(412Higgins),
Prof.EranthieWeerapana(202Merkert),orProf.JianminGao(203Merkert).
RequiredCourses
BIOLOGY
(totalof12CreditsRequired)
BIOL2000Molecules&Cells(fall&spring)
BIOL2010Ecology&Evolution(fall/spring)ORBIOL3030IntroductiontoPhysiology(fall/spring)
Onecourseincellbiologyfromthefollowinglist(3-4credits)
• BIOL3040CellBiology(fall/spring)
• BIOL3210PlantBiology(spring)
• BIOL4140Microbiology(spring)
Onecourseingeneticsorgenomicsfromthefollowinglist(3-4credits)
• BIOL3150IntroductiontoGenomics(fall)
• BIOL3190Genetics&Genomics(fall/spring)—4credits
BiochemistryMajorswhohavea5ontheAPBiologyexamintheirsenioryearmayelecttobeginthemajorwithBIOL3040
CellBiologyandthentakeanadditionalcoursefromthe“AdvancedElective”list(foratotalofthreeAdvancedElectives).
BIOLOGYLAB(3credits)
BIOL2040:InvestigationsinMolecularCellBiology(fall&spring)
CHEMISTRYCOURSES(23credits)
Fall
CHEM1109/1111GeneralChemistryIwithLab
(orCHEM1117/1119)
Spring
CHEM1110/1112GeneralChemistryIIwithLab
(orCHEM1118/1120)
CHEM2231/2233OrganicChemistryIwithLab
(orCHEM2241)
CHEM2232/2234OrganicChemistryIIwithLab
(orCHEM2242)
CHEM3351/3353AnalyticalChemistryandLab
CHEM4473PhysicalChemistry/BiochemMajors
BIOCHEMISTRYCOURSES(6credits)
Option1(Biology)–maybetakeninanyorder:
BIOL4350BiologicalChemistry(fall&spring)
Option2(Chemistry)–tobetakenInsequence:
CHEM4461Biochemistry1(fall)
BIOL4400MolecularBiology(spring)
CHEM4462Biochemistry2(spring)
MATHEMATICSCOURSES(3credits)
CalculusII:MATH1101orMATH1105
PHYSICSCOURSES(10credits)
PHYS2100IntrotoPhysicsIwithLab(calc-based)
PHYS2101IntrotoPhysicsIIwithLab(calc-based)
ADVANCEDELECTIVES(2courses)
StudentsplanningtogotoGradSchoolareurgedtobecomeinvolvedinUndergraduateResearchor
takeanAdvanceLaboratorycourse.
Fall2016
Spring2017
LectureOptions:
LectureOptions:
IntroductiontoBioinformatics(BIOL4200)
DevelopmentalBiology(BIOL4320)
VirusInfections&CellularTransport(BIOL5330)
CancerBiology(BIOL4510)
CancerasaMetabolicDisease(BIOL5420)
RecombinantDNATechnology(BIOL5060)
SyntheticBiology(BIOL5440)—2credits
ImmunityandInfectiousDisease(BIOL5230)
BiologyoftheNucleus(BIOL5700)
CancerasaMetabolicDisease(BIOL5420)
PhysicalMethodsofBiochemistry(CHEM5564)
VirusInfections&CellTransport(BIOL5330)
AdvancedLabsOptions:
Genomics&PersonalizedMedicine(BIOL5430)
ResearchinMolecularCellBiologyLab(BIOL4801)
AdvancedTopicsinBiochemistry(CHEM5582)
ResearchinMolecularMicrobiologyLab(BIOL4810)
AdvancedLabsOptions:
ResearchinMolecularBiologyLab(BIOL4830)
ResearchinMolecularCellBiologyLab(BIOL4801)
TwosemestersofUndergraduateResearch
ResearchinMolecularGeneticsLab(BIOL4870)
TwosemestersofUndergraduateResearch
UniversityCoreRequirements
Arts(1course)
Literature(1course)
Philosophy(2courses)
Writing(1course)
CulturalDiversity(1course)
Math(1course)
SocialScience(2courses)
ForeignLanguageRequirement
Completed:
Yes Missing
History(2courses)
NaturalScience(2courses)
Theology(2courses)