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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2011–2013 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Programs of Study Biochemistry 115 Graduation Requirements for the Major  

Graduation Requirements for the Major


All students must complete the SEBS core requirements appropriate for students majoring in biochemistry (Areas I through VII below), plus the additional major requirements (Area VIII A and B below). To enroll in 11:115:403,404 General Biochemistry (4,3), students must have completed 01:160:307-308  Organic Chemistry (4,4) or 160:315-316  Principles of Organic Chemistry with a grade of C or higher.

I. School Mission: Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (3 credits)

One 3-credit Junior/Senior Colloquium (See the Degree Requirements chapter for a description of this requirement.)

II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences

A. Life Sciences (8 credits)

  01:119:101-102  General Biology (4,4)

B. Physical Sciences (9 credits)

  01:160:161-162  General Chemistry (4,4)

  01:160:171  Introduction to Experimentation (1)

III. Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes (9 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.

VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)

See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter. 01:355:302  Scientific and Technical Writing, 01:355:312  Writing for Biology and Natural Science (3) or 01:355:342  Science Writing (3) is strongly recommended.

VII. Experience-Based Education (3 credits)

11:115:493,494  Research Problems in Biochemistry (BA,BA) or equivalent independent research project or adviser-approved placement in cooperative education

VIII. Proficiency in Biochemistry (69-81.5 credits)

A. REQUIRED COURSES (63-73.5)

Quantitative Skills (8)

  01:640:151  Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (4) or equivalent

  01:640:152  Calculus for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (4)

Professional Ethics (3)

  11:015:405  Ethics in Science (3) or 01:730:249  Medical Ethics (3)

Additional Requirements (48-58.5)

  11:115:403,404  General Biochemistry (4,3)

  11:115:406  Problem Solving in Biochemistry (1.5) (waived for students completing three terms of research in the same laboratory)

  11:115:413  Experimental Biochemistry (3)

  11:115:414  Experimental Biochemistry (3) or equivalent

  01:160:251  Analytical Chemistry (3) (preferred) or 11:115:493-494  Research Problems in Biochemistry (3-6) or adviser-approved equivalent laboratory experience

  01:160:307-308  Organic Chemistry (4,4) or 01:160:315-316  Principles of Organic Chemistry (4,4)

  01:160:309  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2.5) or 311  Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)

  11:115:409 Biophysical Chemistry (3) or 01:160:341-342  Physical Chemistry: Biochemical Systems (3,3) or 01:160:327-328  Physical Chemistry (4,4)

  01:447:380  Genetics (4) or 11:776:305  Plant Genetics (4)

  01:750:193-194  Physics for the Sciences (4,4) or 01:750:201-202  Extended General Physics (5,5) or 01:750:203-204  General Physics (3,3)*

Two of the following (2):

  11:115:491 or 492  Biochemical Communications (3)

  11:115:495,496  Seminar: Biochemistry and Society (1,1)

One of the following (3-4):

  11:115:412  Protein and Enzyme Chemistry (3) 

  11:115:421  Biochemistry of Cancer (3)

  11:115:422  Biochemical Mechanisms of Toxicology (3)

  11:115:428  Homology Modeling of Proteins (3)

  11:115:452  Biochemical Separations (3)

  11:126:427  Methods in Recombinant DNA Technology (4)

  11:126:483  Nucleotide Sequence Analysis (3)

  11:126:484  Biotechnology Robotics (3)

B. ELECTIVES (6-8)

Two additional science courses selected in consultation with the faculty adviser, normally at the 300 or 400 level. Students intending to apply to graduate school in biochemistry or a related field are advised to take a cell biology course, e.g., 01:146:270  Fundamentals of Cell and Development Biology (3) or 01:447:495  Cancer (3), and a molecular biology course, e.g., 11:126:413  Plant Molecular Biology (3) or 11:126:481  Molecular Genetics (3), as preparation for the GRE Subject Test in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology.

Students may complete a formal minor program in nutrition by taking 11:709:400,401 Advanced Nutrition I,II (3,3) as their science electives in addition to 11:709:255  Nutrition and Health (3).

IX. Unspecified Electives (0-9 credits)

Additional courses, as needed, to complete the 128 credits required for a SEBS degree. These can be any courses in the university for which the student has completed the necessary prerequisites.

*Although General Physics (01:750:203-204) can be used to satisfy the requirements of the major without the associated General Physics Lab course (01:750:205-206), students intending to apply to medical or dental school should be aware that many professional schools require a physics laboratory.

 
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