Biochemistry, BS, Certified by the American Chemical Society
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| Subject Area 1A: English Composition | 3 | |
| Subject Area 1B: Critical Thinking | 3 | |
| Subject Area 1C: Oral Communication | 3 | |
| Subject Area 2: Mathematical Concepts & Quantitative Reasoning 1 | 0 | |
| Subject Area 3A: Arts | 3 | |
| Subject Area 3B: Humanities | 3 | |
| Upper Division 3 Arts or Humanities: (3UD) | 3 | |
| Subject Area 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences | 3 | |
| Upper Division 4 Social and Behavioral Sciences: (4UD) | 3 | |
| Subject Area 5A: Physical Science 1 | 0 | |
| Subject Area 5B: Biological Sciences 1 | 0 | |
| Subject Area 5C: Laboratory 1 | 0 | |
| Upper Division 5 Science: (5UD) 2 | 0 | |
| Subject Area 6: Ethnic Studies | 3 | |
| General Education Subtotal | 27 | |
| Campus Requirements | ||
| First-Year Seminar (FYS) | 2 | |
| American Institutions: Government | 3 | |
| American Institutions: History | 3 | |
| Junior Year Diversity & Reflection (JYDR) | 3 | |
| Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) 1 | 0 | |
| Capstone 1 | 0 | |
| Campus Requirement Subtotal | 11 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Requirements | ||
| Lower Division | ||
| CHEM 1000 | Foundations of Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 1001 | Foundations of Chemistry Laboratory | 2 |
| CHEM 1100 | Foundations of Analytical Chemistry | 2 |
| CHEM 1600 | Foundations of Physical Chemistry | 2 |
| CHEM 2300 | Foundations of Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 2400 | Foundations of Biochemistry | 2 |
| CHEM 2940 | Research Methods in Biochemistry ([Satisfies 5A]) | 2 |
| Upper Division | ||
| CHEM 3300 | Intermediate Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 3301 | Organic Chemistry Laboratory I | 2 |
| CHEM 3400 | Biochemistry of Metabolic Pathways | 2 |
| CHEM 3401 | Biochemistry Laboratory I | 2 |
| CHEM 3600 | Physical Chemistry:Thermodynamics and Kinetics | 3 |
| CHEM 3948 | Seminar in Biochemical Literature | 3 |
| CHEM 4400 | Biochemistry of Nucleic Acids | 2 |
| CHEM 4948 | Senior Seminar in Biochemistry ([Satisfies Capstone]) | 3 |
| Cognates | ||
| Biology | ||
| Complete 8 Units Satisfies 5A and 5C | 8 | |
| BIOL 2010 | Introductory Biology - Cells | 4 |
| BIOL 2110 | Introductory Biology - Animals | 4 |
| or BIOL 2120 | Introductory Biology - Plants | |
| Mathematics | ||
| Completed 8 units Satisfies 2 | ||
| Choose on of the following sequences: | 8 | |
| Calculus for the Biological and Chemical Sciences I and Calculus for Biological & Chemical Sciences II (OR) | ||
| Single Variable Calculus I for Engineers and Single Variable Calculus II for Engineers (OR) | ||
| Single Variable Calculus I and Single Variable Calculus II | ||
| Additional Requirements for the B.S. in Biochemistry Certified by the American Chemical Society | ||
| Lower Division Courses (6 units) | ||
| CHEM 2110 | Foundations of Quantitative Chemical Analysis | 3 |
| CHEM 2240 | Foundations of Bioinorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| Upper Division Courses (12 units) | ||
| CHEM 3310 | Advanced Organic Chemistry | 2 |
| CHEM 4100 | Chemical Separations | 1 |
| CHEM 4101 | Chemical Separations Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 4110 | Spectroscopy | 1 |
| CHEM 4120 | Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | 1 |
| CHEM 4121 | Spectroscopy Laboratory | 1 |
| CHEM 4401 | Biochemistry Laboratory II | 2 |
| CHEM 4800 | Honors Research | 3 |
| 3 additional units selected from the following list: | 3 | |
| Advanced Quantitative Chemical Analysis | ||
| Organic Chemistry Laboratory II | ||
| Concepts of Food Analysis | ||
| Food Science | ||
| Physical Chemistry: Quantum and Statistical Mechanics | ||
| Inorganic Chemistry | ||
| Protein Chemistry | ||
| Food Chemistry | ||
| Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism | ||
| Major Subtotal | 81 | |
| Additional Units Needed Towards Graduation | 1 | |
| Total Units | 120 | |
- 1
Satisfied in Major or cognate.
- 2
Students are waived from the Upper Division area of their program.
- 3
American Institution - Government (American & Constitutional Ideals) satisfies one course of the two required in Subject Area 4.