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Dr. Dennis Merat
Chair &
Chemical Hygiene Officer
Chemistry Department
(901)321-4201


Biochemistry Paradigm

First Year

 first semester courses

 credits

 second semester courses

credits
 Biol 111 Principles of Biology I & lab  4  Biol 112 Principles of Biology II & lab  4
 Chem 113 Principles of Chemistry I & lab  4  Chem 114 Principles of Chemistry II & lab  4
 ENG 111  Composition I  3  ENG 112  Composition II  3
 MATH 131  Calculus I  3  SPCH 125  Speech Communication  3
 elective  1  Social Science electvie  3
 ORIN 100  Orientation  0     
 TOTAL 15  TOTAL 17
 

Second Year

 first semester courses

 credits

 second semester courses

 credits
 BIOL 217 Human A&P I & lab  4  BIOL 218 Human A&P II & lab  4
 CHEM 211  Organic Chemistry I and lab  4  CHEM 212  Organic Chemistry II and lab  4
 PHYS 201 Intro to Physics I & lab  4  PHYS 202 Intro to Physics II & lab  4
 MATH 201  Applied Statistics  3  Religious Studies elective  3
 TOTAL 15  TOTAL 15
 

Third Year    

 first semester courses

 credits

  second semester courses

 credits
 BIOL 311 Genetics & lab  4  BIOL 421 Cell/Molecular Biology & lab  4
 CHEM 315 Biochemistry I & lab  4  CHEM 316 Biochemistry II  3
 CHEM 330  Research Seminar I  0  CHEM 214 Qunatitative Analysis & lab  4
 ENG 211, 212, 212, or 222  Literature  3  Foreign Language II  3
 Foreign Language I

 3

   
 elective  3    

 TOTAL

17  TOTAL 14
 

Fourth Year    

 first semester courses

 credits

 second semester courses

 credits
 BIOL 415  Immunology & lab   4  BIOL 321 Microbiology & lab  4
 Moral Values elective  3  CHEM 311  Organic Qualitative Analysis  3
 Religious Studies elective  3  CHEM 438  Lipids  3
 Social Science elective  3  CS 240  Intro to Bioinformatics  3
 Free Elective  1  CHem 431  Research Seminar II  2
 TOTAL 14  TOTAL 15

 Total credits required for the degree:  122

 MATH 100, 101, 103, 117;  ENG 100;  and CHEM 101 do not count towards the free electives.