All students who complete our B.S. Chemistry degree meet the American Chemical Society standards to be certified graduates. Our department certifies each B.S. Chemistry graduate to the American Chemical Society, and appropriate certificates are issued. Note that MATH 121, MATH 122 and two units of physics are required prerequisites for these courses. Additional coursework and undergraduate research experiences are encouraged. The Biochemistry B.S. Major.
Biochemistry is one of the most important interdisciplinary fields in science today.
Drawing on all sciences, particularly biology and chemistry, biochemistry explores the living world at the cellular and subcellular levels. The chemical reactions and structures of biomolecules form the crux of this discipline. Metabolism, energetics, and nucleic acid chemistry are a few of the major divisions of this field. Note that MATH 121, MATH 122 and two units of physics are required prerequisites for this course. Additional coursework and undergraduate research experiences are encouraged.