Degree: B.S.
Director: Lori A. White (lawhite@rci.rutgers.edu)
Undergraduate Program Website:
https://dbm.rutgers.edu/biochemistry/
Department Managing the Undergraduate Program in Biochemistry: Biochemistry and Microbiology
Department Chair: Max Haggblom
Department Website: http://dbm.rutgers.edu
The biochemistry major provides students with an integrated education
in biochemistry that brings together the basics of biochemistry and its
application to biological systems. The major takes advantage of the
diversity of molecular/biochemical research and coursework that is
offered at Rutgers at School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) and the other schools. Students will apply
their basic understanding of biochemistry to a specific area of
interest, ranging from toxicology/pharmacology to food and nutritional
sciences, microbiology, animal science, and plant biology. This
redesigned and enhanced curriculum follows the recommendations of the
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) and has
components of both a traditional course-centered approach to teaching
and the more current content- and outcome-centered approach. The
purpose of the major is to prepare students for futures in science,
either through obtaining advanced degrees or through entering the
workforce in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological and chemical
industries, government service, communications, law, and many other
fields.
