Biochemistry, B.S.

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The Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry is designed to fit the needs of those who plan to complete their formal education with the bachelor’s degree and obtain positions in scientific and industrial laboratories, attend health professional schools, or do graduate study in biochemistry or molecular life sciences.

The total number of units required for the Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry is 120 units, of which 84 units are in the major. Consult with an advisor for the specific number of units required in all areas of the degree including GE and free electives.

Requirements for the Major (84 units)

Lower Division Required Courses (46 units)

Upper Division Required Courses (31 units)

Upper Division Electives (7 units)

Students must take a minimum of 2 units of coursework listed under Chemistry and a minimum of 2 units of coursework listed under Biology and Microbiology totaling 7 units to meet the major electives requirement for the Biochemistry B.S. program. Students may apply a maximum of 1 unit of CHEM 4990 to fulfill the elective requirement.

Students that seek to earn a BS Biochemistry degree that is approved by the American Chemical Society can do so by choosing as an elective an additional upper division chemistry course that includes at least two units of laboratory, or one unit of directed laboratory research (CHEM 4990).

Please note that some of the below electives have prerequisites. Students should consult their adviser.

Chemistry

Biology and Microbiology

BIOL 4240 - General Embryology (3)
BIOL 4300 - Fundamental Research in Plant Ecological Physiology (4)
BIOL 4320 - Fundamentals of Toxicology (3)
BIOL 4330 - Integrative Human Physiology (3)
BIOL 4340 - Fundamentals Research in Human Physiology (2)
BIOL 4360 - Neurobiology: Cellular and Molecular Physiology of the Nervous System (3)
BIOL 4370 - Cell Signaling (3)
BIOL 4390 - Endocrinology (3)
MICR 3100 - General Microbiology (also listed as BIOL 3100) (4)
* MICR 3700 - Medical Microbiology (4)
MICR 4600 - Theoretical and Applied Immunology (4)
MICR 4100 - General Virology (3)
* MICR 3500 - Bacterial Physiology (3)
BIOL 3000 - Biostatistics (4)
BIOL 3400 - Principles of Genetics (3)
BIOL 4130 - Molecular Diagnostics (3)
* BIOL 4150 - Population Genetics (3)
BIOL 4160 - Molecular Genetics (3)
BIOL 4170 - Gene Manipulation (3)
* BIOL 4180 - Advanced Evolutionary Biology (3)
* MICR 3300 - Microbial Genetics (3)
* BINF 4020 - Phylogenomic Analysis (2)
BINF 4500 - Advanced Topics in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (1)
BINF 4540 - Special Topics in Bioinformatics (1-3) (2 units)
*If you take this course, you will be required to take pre-requisite courses that are not part of the BS Biochemistry degree requirements. This means you would be taking an extra course that does not count towards your degree.

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