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Aug 31, 2024
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2015-16 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Biochemistry, B.S.
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Department of Chemistry
615-898-5466
Paul Kline, program coordinator
Paul.Kline@mtsu.edu
The major in Biochemistry consists of 55 semester hours in chemistry (36 hours) and biology (19 hours). The 36 semester hours in chemistry include CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 , CHEM 1120 /CHEM 1121 , CHEM 3010 /CHEM 3011 , CHEM 3020 /CHEM 3021 , CHEM 4330 /CHEM 4331 , CHEM 4500 , CHEM 4510 , CHEM 4550 /CHEM 4551 , and 6 semester hours of upper-division chemistry electives. The 19 semester hours in Biology include BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 , BIOL 1120 /BIOL 1121 , BIOL 2230 /BIOL 2231 , BIOL 3250 /BIOL 3251 and 3 semester hours of upper-division biology electives. Also required are MATH 1910 ; PHYS 2010 /PHYS 2011 , PHYS 2020 /PHYS 2021 , and fulfillment of University General Education requirements. A minimum of 12 upper-division semester hours in the biochemistry major must be taken at MTSU. No minor is required.
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Curriculum: Biochemistry
Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories. Total hours in program: 120
NOTE:
Included in the electives will be the hours necessary for the completion of the required 42 upper-division hours for graduation requirements and the necessary hours to satisfy the 120-hour graduation requirement.
NOTE 1: A student who has had little or no high school chemistry or is not satisfied with his/her high school chemistry should first take CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 before taking CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 .
NOTE 2: A student who has a sufficiently high score on the ACT Mathematics test may begin with MATH 1910 . If the background in math is weak, MATH 1710 should be taken before MATH 1730 .
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