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Major Requirements

Requirements for the biochemistry major include the following courses, none of which may be taken S/U. Students planning graduate study in biochemistry or molecular biology are advised to include a year of calculus and a year of physics in their program of study.

Foundation courses: BCH 252 and 253; BIO 150 and 151, 202 and 203, 230 and 231; CHM 111, 222 and 223, 224, or 118, 222 and 223, CHM 332 or 335.

Beyond the common foundation, the requirements for individual tracks within the major include:

Biochemistry Track

• One physiology course from: BIO 200 and 201, 204 and 205 or 312 and 313;
• BCH 352 and 353;
• one elective from: BCH 380; BIO 306, 310, 332; CHM 328, 338, 357, 369.

Molecular Biology Track

• BIO 204 and 205;
• BIO 332 and 333;
• one elective from: BCH 380, BCH 352; BIO 302, 306, 310, 312, 321, 322, 334, 350.