BIOCHEMISTRY
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
At least 124 hrs. (of which 45 must be Junior/Senior hrs. — courses numbered 300 or above) must be completed for graduation.
Completing the minimum requirements listed on this page will result in 120 overall hrs. and 33 Jr/Sr hrs.
Double majors must complete at least 15 hrs. unique to the major.
I. General College Requirements (33 hrs.):
English (9 hrs.): ENGL 101 ___; ENGL 102 (or 105) ___; ENGL 203 (or 205, 209, 210, 211) ___
Argument & Reason (3 hrs., one of the following): _____ COMS 130,230,
PHIL 148, 310
Western Civilization (6 hrs.): HWC 204 (or 114) ___;
HWC 205 (or 115) ___
Principal Course and/or Foreign Language Requirements
(No more than one course from each topical subgroup from the principal course list can be applied toward fulfillment of this requirement.(see: http://www2.ku.edu/~clasus/pnwc/principal_courses.shtml)
Social Science (3 hrs.) ___; Humanities (3 hrs.) ___; and three additional courses in foreign language,
social sciences, or humanities: ________, ________, ________.
II. General Science Requirements (44 hrs.):
_____ CHEM 184 Foundations of Chemistry I (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 188 Foundations of Chemistry II (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 516 Analytical Chemistry (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 624 Organic Chem. I (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 625 Organic Chem. I lab (2 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 626 Organic Chem. II (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 627 Organic Chem. II lab (2 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 640 Biol. Physical Chem. (3 hrs.) OR
CHEM 646 Physical Chem. (4 hrs.)
_____ MATH 121 & MATH 122 Calculus I & II (10 hrs.)
_____ PHSX 211 & PHSX 212 Gen. Physics I & II (8 hrs.) OR
PHSX 114 & PHSX 115 College Physics I & II (8 hrs.)
III. Biochemistry Requirements (25 hrs.):
_____ BIOL 150 (or 151, Honors) Principles of Molecular & Cellular Biology (4 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 152 (or 153, Honors) Principles of
Organismal Biology (4 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 350 Principles of Genetics (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 636 Biochemistry I (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 637 Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory
(2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 638 Biochemistry II (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 639 Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory (2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 672 Gene Expression (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 599 Senior Seminar in Biochemistry (1 hr.)
(must be taken in senior year)
IV. Elective Requirements (12 hrs.):
Biology courses, numbered 400 or higher, must be selected in consultation with a Biochemistry advisor. Some suggested courses are:
BIOL 400 Fundamentals of Microbiology
BIOL 408 Physiology of Organisms
BIOL 416 Cell Structure & Function
BIOL 424 Independent Study
BIOL 430 Laboratory in Molecular Biology
BIOL 518 Microbial Genetics
BIOL 688 Molecular Biology of Cancer
or biology courses having a biochemistry course as a prerequisite.
No more than 3 hrs. of BIOL 423 Non-Lab Independent Study and/or BIOL 424 Independent Study (combined) can be applied towards the elective requirement.
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