Recommended Course Schedule: Biochemistry Major
Degree Plan*
*Listed below is a SUGGESTED Degree Plan. For OFFICIAL program information, please refer to the catalog content above and consult your academic advisor.
Note: Chemistry and Biochemistry majors have the same suggested degree plan for the first two years.
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| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | |
| CHE 141 (or equivalent) | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| MAT 115 (or equivalent) | Calculus I | 4 |
| BIO 141 | Unity of Living Organisms | 4 |
| Freshman Seminar (Humanities or Social Sciences) | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHE 142 (or equivalent) | General Chemistry II | 4 |
| MAT 116 (or equivalent) | Calculus II | 4 |
| BIO 241 | Biology of Organisms in the Environment | 4 |
| ENG 101 | Rhetoric and College Writing | 3 |
| Comparative Societies (Humanities or Social Sciences) | 3 | |
| Hours | 18 | |
| Year 2 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CHE 267 (or equivalent) | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHE 268 (or equivalent) | Organic Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 |
| ASP 201 (or equivalent) | University Physics I | 4 |
| ENG 102 | College Writing and Civic Engagement | 3 |
| MAT 121 | Applied Statistics | 3 |
| General Education Requirement (Humanities or Social Sciences) | 3 | |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHE 269 (or equivalent) | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHE 271 (or equivalent) | Organic Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
| ASP 202 (or equivalent) | University Physics II | 4 |
| COM 112 | Oral Communication | 3 |
| Hours | 11 | |
| Year 3 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CHE 301 | General Seminar | 3 |
| CHE 321 | Chemical Analysis | 4 |
| CHE 475 | General Biochemistry | 3 |
| CHE 476 | General Biochemistry Laboratory | 2 |
| Hours | 12 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHE 302 or 400 | ECCE: Undergraduate Research | 3 |
| CHE 485 | Advanced Biochemistry | 4 |
| 400-level Chemistry Elective | 3 | |
| General Education Requirement (Visual, Creative and Performing Arts Humanities) | 3 | |
| ECCE U.S. Communities/Global Awareness | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Year 4 | ||
| Fall | ||
| CHE 401 | Physical Chemistry I – Thermodynamics | 3 |
| Upper Division Biology Elective | 3 | |
| ECCE U.S. Communities/Global Awareness | 3 | |
| General Education Requirement (Humanities or Social Sciences) | 6 | |
| Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHE 418 | Bioanalytical Chemistry | 3 |
| Upper Division Biology Elective | 3 | |
| UNI 301 | ECCE: Speakers Series | 1 |
| Elective | 6 | |
| Hours | 13 | |
| Total Hours: | 120 | |