Biochemistry Major, B.S., ASBMB-Accredited

The Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry, ASBMB-Accredited degree program is accredited by the American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB). This course of study is ideal for students interested in pursuing graduate studies in the fields of biochemistry & molecular biology (BMB), biotechnology, biomedicine or in the health professions (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, etc). All biochemistry students have excellent research opportunities in areas such as protein biochemistry, enzymology, bio-organic reaction mechanisms, cellular biochemistry, molecular oncology and carcinogenesis. Students can take additional courses in order to also meet the American Chemical Society degree certification requirements.

Degree Requirements

 

Requirements for a B.S., ASBMB-Accredited degree in biochemistry:

BIO 198	General Biology I	3
BIO 198L	General Biology I Laboratory	1
BIO 199	General Biology II	3
BIO 199L	General Biology II Laboratory	1
BIO 201	Molecular Genetics	4
BIO 201L	Molecular Genetics Laboratory	0
CHE 152	General Chemistry I	3
CHE 153L	General Chemistry I Laboratory	1
CHE 154	General Chemistry II	3
CHE 155L	General Chemistry II Laboratory	1
CHE 232	Organic Chemistry I	3
CHE 233L	Organic Chemistry I Laboratory	1
CHE 234	Organic Chemistry II	3
CHE 235L	Organic Chemistry II Laboratory	1
CHE 310	Analytical Chemistry	4
CHE 310L	Analytical Chemistry Laboratory	0
PHY 200	General Physics I	4
PHY 200L	General Physics I Laboratory	0
PHY 201	General Physics II	4
PHY 201L	General Physics II Laboratory	0
MAT 260	Calculus I	4
CHE 305	Applied Physical Chemistry	3
CHE 320	Biochemistry	3
CHE 320L	Biochemistry Laboratory	1
CHE 325	Biochemistry of Metabolism	3
CHE 420	Advanced Biochemistry	4
CHE 451	Capstone Chemical Research	1-2
CHE 454	Capstone Chemical Communication	1
CHE 470	Tissue Culture	4
CHE 490	Molecular Basis of Cancer	4

3 credits of CHE 451 are required

One of the following lecture/laboratory pairs:

BIO 307	Microbiology	4
BIO 307L	Microbiology Laboratory	0
BIO 310	Developmental Biology	4
BIO 310L	Developmental Biology Laboratory	0
BIO 315	Virology	4
BIO 315L	Virology Laboratory	0
BIO 330	General Physiology	4
BIO 330L	General Physiology Laboratory	0
BIO 350	Cell Biology	4
BIO 350L	Cell Biology Laboratory	0
BIO 360	Immunology	4
BIO 360L	Immunology Laboratory	0
BIO 370	Molecular Biology	4
BIO 370L	Molecular Biology Laboratory	0
BIO 390	Essentials of Electron Microscopy	4
BIO 390L	Essentials of Electron Laboratory	0
BIO 408	Bioinformatics and Genomics	4
BIO 408L	Bioinformatics and Genomics Laboratory	0

Students can also earn an additional ASBMB certification to their B.S. Biochemistry, ASBMB-accredited degree by passing an ASBMB certification exam during their final year of study. Students that take this course of study, pass the ASBMB-certification exam with distinction, have a minimum 3.4 GPA and meet some other requirements are eligible to be inducted into the ASBMB National Honor Society (see the website for full details, http://asbmb.org/honorsociety/).

PHY 205/PHY 205L can substitute for PHY 200/PHY 200L, and PHY 206/PHY 206L can substitute for PHY 201/PHY 201L.

Students can take some additional courses and substitute some others in order to earn a degree that is both ASBMB-accredited and ACS-certified. The following additional course would be required: Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry (CHE 245) with Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (CHE 245L), Advanced Instrumental Chemistry (CHE 430) with Advanced Instrumental Chemistry Laboratory (CHE 430L), and Calculus II (MAT 261). The following substitutions would need to be made: Physical Chemistry I (CHE 352) with Physical Chemistry I Laboratory (CHE 353L) and Physical Chemistry II (CHE 354) with Physical Chemistry II Laboratory (CHE 355L) would replace Applied Physical Chemistry (CHE 305);  General Physics with Calculus I (PHY 205) with General Physics with Calculus I Laboratory (PHY 205L) and General Physics with Calculus II (PHY 206) with General Physics with Calculus II Laboratory (PHY 206L) would replace the non-calculus based physics course series (PHY 200, PHY 200L, PHY 206, PHY 206L). Total credit hours for this ASBMB-accredited and ACS-certified option is 91 hours.

 

Total Credit Hours: 74