BS in Biochemistry Curriculum For the undergraduate degree a minimum of 126 semester hours of credit are needed for graduation.
General education requirements - 42 s.h.
English Composition (ENGL 1100, 1200) - 6 s.h.
General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis (CHEM 1150, 1151, 1160, 1161) - 8 s.h.
Social Science (courses to be selected from at least three of the following areas): - 12 s.h. Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
College Algebra (MATH 1065) - 3 s.h.
Humanities and Fine Arts (at least one course in humanities and one in fine arts from the following): - 10 s.h.
Humanities: Literature (English or American), Literature in a foreign language or in translation , Philosophy, among others.
Fine Arts: Art, Music, Theatre Arts, Dance, Speech
Health and Exercise Sports (HLTH 1000, EXSS 1000) - 3 s.h.
Required Biology courses: - 22 s.h.
Principles of Biology I (BIOL 1100, 1101) (4,0)
Principles of Biology II (BIOL 1200, 1201) (4,0)
Principles of Genetics (BIOL 2300) (3)
Cellular Physiology (BIOL 3310, 3311) (4,0)
Principles of Biochemistry I,II (BIOL 5800, 5810, 5821) (3,3,1)
Required Chemistry courses: 23 s.h.
Quantitative & Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 2250, 2251) (3,2)
Organic Chemistry I & Laboratory (CHEM 2750, 2753) (3,1)
Organic Chemistry & Laboratory II (CHEM 2760, 2763) (3,1)
Physical Chemistry & Laboratory I (CHEM 3950, 3951) (4,1)
Physical Chemistry & Laboratory II (CHEM 3960, 3961) (4,1)
Required cognate courses: 25 or 27 s.h.
Introduction to Functions (MATH 1083) (3) OR Pre-Calculus Mathematics
(MATH 1085) (5)
Calculus I, II, III (Math 2171, 2172, 2173) (4,4,4)
General Physics Laboratory (PHYS 1251,1261) (1,1)
Advanced General Physics (PHYS 2350, 2360) (4,4)
Recommended elective courses (selected from the following): 6 s.h.
Basic Laboratory Methods for Biotechnology (BIOL 3100, 3101) (3,0)
Microbiology (BIOL 3220, 3221) (4,0)
Transmission Electron Microscopy (BIOL 5510, 5511) (4,0)
Scanning Electron Microscopy (BIOL 5520, 5521) (2,0)
Molecular Genetics (BIOL 5870) (3)
Biotechniques and Laboratory (BIOL 5900, 5901) (2,3)
Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations (MATH 4331) (3)
General electives to complete 126 semester hours.
