Biochemistry

Bachelor of Science
Biochemistry

A minimum of 120 credit hours is required for a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry, and an average of at least two grade points per credit hour must be obtained. These requirements for the B.S. degree are in addition to credit received for algebra, trigonometry, and basic ROTC.

General Education Electives must fulfill the Missouri S&T general education requirements applicable to the student’s catalog year. 

Freshman Year
First SemesterCreditsSecond SemesterCredits
CHEM 11001BIO SCI 12133
CHEM 11101BIO SCI 12191
CHEM 13104CHEM 13203
CHEM 13191CHEM 40101
ENGLISH 11203ENGLISH 1160 or SPM S 11853
MATH 1214 or 1210 and 12114MATH 12154
 14 15
Sophomore Year
First SemesterCreditsSecond SemesterCredits
BIO SCI 22133CHEM 22203
BIO SCI 22191CHEM 22291
CHEM 22103CHEM 25104
CHEM 22191General Education Elective13
COMP SCI 19732PHYSICS 21454
COMP SCI 19831 
PHYSICS 11454 
 15 15
Junior Year
First SemesterCreditsSecond SemesterCredits
CHEM 46103BIO SCI 22233
CHEM 46192CHEM 46203
General Education Elective13General Education Elective13
General Elective3General Electives6
STAT 34254 
 15 15
Senior Year
First SemesterCreditsSecond SemesterCredits
CHEM 40991BIO SCI 33133
CHEM 46303CHEM 24103
General electives9CHEM 46503
HISTORY 1200, or 1300, or 1310, or POL SCI 12003General Education Elective13
 General Electives3
 16 15
Total Credits: 120
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Gen. Ed. Elective must fulfill the Missouri S&T general education requirements applicable to the students catalog year.

Notes:

Grade Requirements: A minimum grade of ”C” is required for each chemistry course counted towards the degree.

ROTC: Basic ROTC may be taken in the freshman and sophomore year, but does not count towards the degree.

Electives: The degree has twenty-one (21) hours of general electives credit that may not include Math courses prerequisite to calculus. Not more than one (1) credit hour of CHEM 4010 can be included for degree credit. Up to eight (8) credit hours may be taken of CHEM 4099.