BSc Specialization in Biochemistry

Program Requirements

45	credits from the Core Component for Biochemistry
18	credits: • CHEM 312 Intermediate Analytical Chemistry (3.00) • CHEM 325 Organic Chemistry IV: Organic Structure and Stereochemistry (3.00) • CHEM 335 Biophysical Chemistry (3.00) • CHEM 477 Advanced Laboratory in Biochemistry (3.00) • BIOL 367 Molecular Biology (3.00) • BIOL 466 Advanced Techniques in Molecular Biology (3.00)
	Note: CHEM 477 or BIOL 466 plus a non‑biochemistry program elective can be replaced by CHEM 419 or CHEM 450.
6	credits of 400-level courses in the Biochemistry area chosen from: • CHEM 470 Environmental Biochemistry (3.00) • CHEM 471 Enzyme Kinetics and Mechanism (3.00) • CHEM 472 Chemical Toxicology (3.00) • CHEM 474 Chemical Ecology (3.00) • CHEM 475 Protein Engineering and Design (3.00) • CHEM 476 Structure and Function of Biomembranes (3.00) • CHEM 481 Bioinorganic Chemistry (3.00)
	Students may also choose CHEM 498 when appropriate.
	Three of these six credits may be replaced by a 400-level course in Chemistry or a 400-level course in Cell and Molecular Biology chosen from: • BIOL 443 Plant Molecular Genetics (3.00) • BIOL 461 Advanced Genetics (3.00) • BIOL 462 Immunology (3.00) • BIOL 463 Comparative Genomics and Genome Evolution (3.00) • BIOL 467 Advanced Cell Biology (3.00) • BIOL 468 Gene Structure (3.00) • BIOL 472 Virology (3.00)
	Students may also choose BIOL 498 when appropriate.

Students in the specialization program must maintain a GPA of 2.00 or better in the core program, to be evaluated annually.