Biochemistry Concentration

This curriculum is for students graduating in 2019 or later.

Foundational Competencies (9-12 credit hours)

• Written Expression: one or two courses, depending on placement
• EN 1250, Seminar on Academic Writing (3 cr.) OR
• EN 1200/1210, Developmental Writing (6 cr.)
• Oral Expression: one course
• CO 1251, Speech Communication (3 cr.)
• Quantitative Analysis: one course (3 cr.)

Language (0-9 credit hours)

• Students must complete the 1030 level or equivalent in the language they continue from high school; those who place above this level (1030) are exempt from the requirement.
• Students must complete a two-course sequence (1010-1020) if they begin a new language at JCU.

Integrated Courses * (15 credit hours)

• Engaging the Global Community (1 course; 3 cr.)
• Exploring the Natural World (2 linked courses; 6 cr.)
• Examining Human Experience (2 linked courses; 6 cr.)

Jesuit Heritage (16 credit hours)

• Philosophy: two courses (one from each of the following categories)
• Knowledge & Reality (3 cr.) AND
• Values & Society (3 cr.)
• Theology & Religious Studies: two courses
• TRS 101, Intro to Theology & Religious Studies (3 cr.) AND
• An additional 200- or 300- level TRS course (3 cr.)
• Issues in Social Justice: one course (3 cr.)
• Creative and Performing Arts: one course (1+ cr.)

Core Requirements in the Major

• Additional Writing Course
• Additional Presentation Component
• Capstone Experience

*Notes:

• Foundational writing (EN 1250 or EN 1200/1210) is a prerequisite for all integrated courses
• Foundational Quantitative Analysis is a prerequisite for Exploring the Natural World
• Within the five integrated courses, students must include one science course (BL, CH, MT/CS, PH/EP, PS), one social science course (EC, PO, SC), and one humanities course (AH, CMLC/CL/IC, CO, EN, HS)

*Notes:

• CH 3660 (Physical Chemistry II) may count as an upper-division elective by permission for all pathways except the Chemical Physics Concentration.

• Chemical Physics concentrations must take the CH 3660 sequence and the PH 1510/1511, 1520/1521 sequence.

*Notes:

• CH 3630, CH 3670 are required, but the full physical chemistry suite CH 3630, 3660, 3670 and 3680 is strongly encouraged for students considering graduate school in a chemistry-related area.
• If the CH 3630-3660 sequence is taken, CH 3660 (3 cr.) may count as an upper-division elective by petition
• It is strongly recommended that CH 4410, 4430 (5 cr.) be taken as one of the chemistry electives (CH 4430 satisfies the CAP, OP and AW requirements for the integrated core)
• CH 399 (1-3 cr.) is strongly encouraged
• For majors , who entered in the 2017-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin, upper-division biology electives may be selected from: BL 2130 (4 cr.), 3010 (3 cr.), 3020 (3 cr.), 3100/3105 (4 cr.), 3500/3505 (5 cr.), 3600/3605 (4 cr.), 4100 (3 cr.), 4590 (3 cr.), 4650 (3 cr.), 4710 (3 cr.), 4750 (3 cr.), or other courses approved by the chemistry department chair
• For majors declaring, who entered in the 2019-2021 Undergraduate Bulletin, the upper-division biology elective may be selected from: BL 3010 (3 cr.), 3020 (3 cr.), 3100/3105 (4 cr.), 4100 (3 cr.), 4590 (3 cr.), 4650 (3 cr.), 4700 (3 cr.), 4710 (3 cr.), PS 4260 (3 cr.).
• For students planning to take the Medical College Aptitude Test (MCAT), BL 2130 (4 cr.) and PS 1000 (3 cr.) are required; SC 1010 is highly recommended.

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