Department of Chemistry

The bachelor of science with a major in biochemistry program is designed for students focused on preprofessional study, preparing them for admission to a school of medicine, veterinary medicine or dentistry with a series of core courses in chemistry and biology. The curriculum offers lecture and laboratory course work in topics that will effectively prepare students for future plans in these areas and will also provide students with extensive preparation for graduate school in chemistry, biochemistry and molecular biology or career plans within the areas of chemistry, biochemistry or related areas of biotechnology.

Required Courses

• BIOL1201, BIOL1202 Biological Sciences I, II
• BIOL2003, BIOL2004 Cell Biology (Lecture and Laboratory)
• BIOL3256, BIOL3257 Genetics (Lecture and Laboratory)
• CHEM1201, CHEM1202 General Chemistry I, II
• CHEM1203, CHEM1204 General Chemistry Laboratory I, II
• CHEM2211, CHEM2213 Inorganic Chemistry (Lecture and Laboratory)
• CHEM2221, CHEM2223 Analytical Chemistry (Lecture and Laboratory)
• CHEM2261, CHEM2262 Organic Chemistry I, II
• CHEM2263, CHEM2264 Organic Chemistry Laboratory I, II
• CHEM3242 Physical Chemistry II
• CHEM3244 Physical Chemistry Laboratory II
• CHEM3281, CHEM3282 Biochemistry I, II
• CHEM3383 Biochemistry Laboratory
• CHEM4233 Instrumental Analysis
• CHEM4234 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory
• CHEM4501 Capstone Research Assessment
• MATH1201, MATH2202 Calculus I, II
• PHYS2003, PHYS2013 PHYS2004, PHYS2014 General Physics with Calculus I, II

Electives (11 credits)

• BIOL3342 Introduction to Bioinformatics
• BIOL3360 Molecular Biology (Lecture and Laboratory)
• BIOL3408, BIOL3409 Forensic Science (Lecture and Laboratory)
• BIOL4444 Selected Studies in Cell and Molecular Biology
• CHEM3241 Physical Chemistry I
• CHEM4215 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
• CHEM4351 Chemical Kinetics
• CHEM4430 Special Topics in Chemistry

Any course in the Biology Area II course sequence (cell and molecular biology) would apply as an elective in this area.