Plan of Study: Biochemistry

Changes in the sequence of the following program may be desirable. These must be made in consultation with the student’s academic adviser. To see the title of a course in the plan of study, simply pass the cursor over the course's number. To see an overview of a course, click on its number. A list of all biology courses is found on our Course Descriptions page.

 

 ◄ FIRST YEAR ►  

 Fall Semester   Credits  

 Spring Semester 

 Credits  

BIO 105 

4

BIO 106 

4

CHEM 101 and CHML 101 

4

CHEM 102 and CHML 102 

4

MATH 151 

4

MATH 152 

4

CLAR 110 

3

Foreign Lang. 202* or Elective

3

    CLAR 101 

3

Total 

15 

Total 

18 

  

 ◄ SECOND YEAR ►  

 Fall Semester   Credits 

 Spring Semester 

 Credits 
BIO 291 

3

MATH 252 

3

CHEM 301 and CHML 301 

4

CHEM 201 & CHML 201 

4

CLAR 111 

3

CHEM 302 and CHML 302 

4

CLAR 302 & CLRL 302 

4

Core Area Course (Clare)

3

Core Area Course (Clare)

3

   

Total 

17 

Total 

14 

 

 ◄ THIRD YEAR ►  

 Fall Semester                          Credits 

 Spring Semester 

 Credits 
BIO 371 

4

BIO 466 

4

BIO 321 

3

PHYS 104 and PHYL 104 

4

PHYS 103 and PHYL 103 

4

Core Area Courses (Clare)

6

Core Area Course (Clare)

3

Biology Elective**

3

Total 

14 

Total 

17 

 

 ◄ FOURTH YEAR ►  

 Fall Semester   Credits 

 Spring Semester 

 Credits 
BIO 418 

2

BIO 419 

2

BIO 460 

1

BIO 472 

3

CHEM 401 & CHML 401 

4

Core Area Courses (Clare)

6

CHEM 470 

3

General Elective

2

CLAR 401 

2

   

Total 

12 

Total 

13 

 

* The School of Arts and Sciences requires all majors to complete a foreign language course at the 202 level or higher. Students not prepared to begin at this level will need to take additional courses in the language, which count as general electives.

 

** The biology elective must be chosen from among the following: BIO 294, BIO 308, BIO 318, BIO 319, BIO 331, BIO 332BIO 341, BIO 350, BIO 380, BIO 390, BIO 403, BIO 406.

 

The comprehensive requirement for biochemistry majors is the successful completion of BIO 460. Biochemistry Seminar.