Biochemistry Concentration

The concentration in Biochemistry consists of 10 credits

Take one course from the Biology 100-sequence

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-100B	Explorations in Biology: Frankenstein Fish	1
BIO-100C	Explorations of Biology: Life at the extreme	1
BIO-100D	Explorations in Biology: A Diagnostic Odyssey	1
BIO-100E	Explorations in Biology: Microbes Rule	1
BIO-100F	Explorations in Biology: Genetic Engineering	1
BIO-100G	Explorations in Biology: Reproducing Life	1
BIO-100H	Explorations in Biology: Disease Ecology in a Changing World	1
BIO-100J	Explorations in Biology: Our Blue Planet	1
BIO-100K	Explorations in Biology: Coming to Life – Embryogenesis and Development	1

Choose one of the following:

Course Number	Title	Credits

All concentrators must take:

Course Number	Title	Credits
CHEM-120	Principles of Chemistry	1
CHEM-190	Organic Chemistry I	1
CHEM-255	Organic Chemistry II	1
BIO-211/NEURO-211	Genes, Molecules, and Cells	1
BICHM-270/CHEM-270/BIO-270	Biological Chemistry	1
BICHM-346/BIO-346	Biochemistry	1
BICHM-550	Senior Thesis I	1

Choose either:

Course Number	Title	Credits
BICHM-321/CHEM-321	Physical Chemistry I	1
BICHM-322/CHEM-322	Physical Chemistry II	1

Take one full credit from the list provided below. Note that Chem 322, 327, 331, and 362 are 0.5 credit courses.

Course Number	Title	Credits
BIO-212	Introduction to Bioinformatics	1
BIO-221	Microbiology	1
BIO-331/NEURO-331	Physiology	1
BIO-334/NEURO-334	Developmental Genetics	1
BIO-348	Advanced Genetics	1
BIO-357/NEURO-357	Cellular Neurobiology	1
BIO-425	Seminar in Epigenetics	1
BIO-428	Seminar in Genetic Medicine	1
BIO-454	Molecular Genetics	1
CHEM-321/BICHM-321	Physical Chemistry I	1
CHEM-322/BICHM-322	Physical Chemistry II	1
CHEM-327	Metals in Biology	.50
CHEM-329	Antibiotics	0.5
BICHM-331/CHEM-331	Biochemistry of Marine Mammals	.5
CHEM-360	Organic Synthesis Toward Improved Human Health	1
CHEM-362	Structural Biology	0.5
CHEM-364	Enzyme Reaction Mechanisms	0.5
CHEM-365	Chemical Biology	0.5

SSIH Requirement

Course Number	Title	Credits
BICHM-346/BIO-346	Biochemistry	1