Course description
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has 24 faculty members, approximately 60 graduate students and 10 postdoctoral fellows who investigate the frontiers of molecular biology, synthetic methodology, molecular recognition and detection, enzymology, environmental chemistry, material synthesis and characterization, and computational chemistry, as well as those of the traditional areas of biochemistry and analytical, inorganic, organic and physical chemistry.
BIOCHEMISTRY CURRICULUM (BCHM)
FRESHMAN YEAR
ENGL 1100 English Comp I
ENGL 1120 English Comp II
MATH 1610 Calculus I
MATH 1620 Calculus II
CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1120 General Chemistry II
CHEM 1111 Chem Lab
CHEM 1121 Chem Lab
CORE HISTORY I
BIOL 1020/1021 Principles of Biology
SOPHOMORE YEAR
CHEM 2070 Organic Chem I
CHEM 2080 Organic Chem II
CHEM 2071 Organic Lab
CHEM 2081 Organic Lab
MATH 2630 Calculus III
MATH 2650 Differential Equations
PHYS 1600/1601 Physics I
PHYS 1610/1611 Physics II
CHEM 3050 Analytical Chem
CORE History II
CHEM 3051 Analytical Lab
JUNIOR YEAR
CHEM 4070 Physical Chem I
CHEM 4080 Physical Chem II
CHEM 4071 Physical Lab
CHEM 4081 Physical Lab
BIOL 3200 Microbiology
ENGL 2200 World Literature I
BCHE 5180 Biochemistry I
BCHE 5190 Biochemistry II
BCHE 5181 Biochem Lab
Elective
BIOL3000 Genetics
SENIOR YEAR
CHEM 4100 Inorganic Chem
CHEM 4130 Instr. Analysis
CHEM 4101 Inorganic Lab
CHEM 4131 Instr. Analysis Lab
CHEM 4950 Undergrad Seminar
CORE FINE ARTS
CHEM 4901**Special Problems
CORE PHILOSOPHY
ENGL 2210 World Literature II
CORE SOCIAL SCI GRP II
CORE SOCIAL SCI GRP I
Elective
TOTAL HOURS 120
