Overview of Requirements
Total Graduation Requirement: 36 credit units: (including Social Science and Humanities requirements and 1 credit unit of Living World General requirement). There is an 18 credit unit major requirement. This program with the College General Education Curriculum automatically satisfies all of the undergraduate course suggestions or requirements for entry into medical schools.
| Freshman/Sophomore | |
| 2 Credits | Calculus, 2 semesters (Math 104,114 or 140,141) |
| 3 Credits | General Chemistry (Chem 101 or 15, 102 or 16), 2 semesters with laboratory (Chem 53,54) |
| 3 Credits | General Physics with calculus (Phys 150 or 170, 151 or 171), 2 semesters with laboratory |
| Sophomore/Junior | |
| 3 Credits | Organic Chemistry, 2 semesters (Chem 241, 242) with 1 semester laboratory (Chem 245) |
| Junior/Senior | |
| 2 Credits | Physical Chemistry, 2 semesters (Chem 221,222) |
| 3 Credits | Biochemistry/Biophysics/and Gene Expression, 3 semesters (Chem 251, 451, 452) |
| 2 Credits | Research in Selected Faculty Laboratories, 2 semesters (Biochem
404) (Publications resulting from biochemistry major research in the primary literature). |
Program
Vagelos Scholars
Research