Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Major

Requirements for the Major

Required Courses

BIO 210Introduction to Genetics

4

BMB 210Introduction to Biochemistry and Cell Biology

4

 

CHE 135Accelerated General Chemistry

4

Or Both

CHE 131General Chemistry-I

4

AND

CHE 132General Chemistry-II

4

 

CHE 241Organic Chemistry-I

4

CHE 242Organic Chemistry-II

4

 

MAT 165Modern Calculus-I

3

OR

placement in MAT 185 or higher

 

PHY 110Introduction to Physics

4

OR

PHY 210General Physics-I

4

 

BMB 310Macromolecules

3

BMB 320Cellular Metabolism

3

BMB 330Molecular Genetics

3

BMB 340Cell Biology

3

BMB 500Senior Seminar

3

BMB 316Biochemistry Lab Techniques

3

and at least one of

BMB 335Laboratory in Molecular Genetics

1

BMB 345Laboratory in Cell Biology

1

One of the following physical or computational science courses:

PHY 120Introductory Physics for the Life Sciences

4

PHY 230General Physics-II

4

CHE 250Introduction to Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry

4

CHE 361Thermodynamics and Kinetics

4

CHE 362Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy

4

CSC 160Web, Data, and Design

4

CSC 220Programming and Problem Solving

4

One of the following biological science courses:

BIO 335Developmental Biology

4

BIO 340Microbiology

4

BIO 345Histology

4

BIO 350Comparative Vertebrate Physiology

4

BIO 355Immunology

3

BIO 385Cellular Neurobiology

3

BIO 386Cancer BIology

3

BIO 392Bioinformatics and Genomics

4

BIO 455The Biology of Viruses

3