Chemistry and Biology (Course 5-7)
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Biology
General Institute Requirements (GIRs)
The General Institute Requirements include a Communication Requirement that is integrated into both the HASS Requirement and the requirements of each major; see details below.
| Summary of Subject Requirements | Subjects |
|---|---|
| Science Requirement | 6 |
| Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Requirement; at least two of these subjects must be designated as communication-intensive (CI-H) to fulfill the Communication Requirement. | 8 |
| Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied by 5.12 and 7.03 in the Departmental Program] | 2 |
| Laboratory Requirement (12 units) [can be satisfied by 7.003[J] or the combination of 5.351, 5.352, and 5.353 in the Departmental Program] | 1 |
| Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree | 17 |
| Physical Education Requirement | |
|---|---|
| Swimming requirement, plus four physical education courses for eight points. |
Departmental Program
Choose at least two subjects in the major that are designated as communication-intensive (CI-M) to fulfill the Communication Requirement.
| Required Subjects | Units | |
| 5.03 | Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I | 12 |
| 5.07[J] | Introduction to Biological Chemistry | 12 |
| or 7.05 | General Biochemistry | |
| 5.08[J] | Fundamentals of Chemical Biology | 12 |
| 5.12 | Organic Chemistry I | 12 |
| 5.13 | Organic Chemistry II | 12 |
| 5.601 | Thermodynamics I | 6 |
| 5.611 | Introduction to Spectroscopy | 6 |
| 7.03 | Genetics | 12 |
| 7.06 | Cell Biology | 12 |
| Departmental Laboratory Requirement | ||
| 5.351 | Fundamentals of Spectroscopy | 4 |
| 5.352 | Synthesis of Coordination Compounds and Kinetics (CI-M) | 5 |
| 5.353 | Macromolecular Prodrugs | 4 |
| 7.002 | Fundamentals of Experimental Molecular Biology | 6 |
| Select one of the following options: | 9-12 | |
Option 1 | ||
| Recombinant DNA Technology | ||
| Cancer Drug Efficacy (CI-M) | ||
Option 2 | ||
| Applied Molecular Biology Laboratory (CI-M) | ||
| Restricted Electives | ||
| Select 30 units of the following: | 30 | |
| Principles of Inorganic Chemistry II | ||
| Organic Structure Determination | ||
| Continuous Flow Chemistry: Sustainable Conversion of Reclaimed Vegetable Oil into Biodiesel | ||
| Chemistry of Renewable Energy | ||
| Synthesis of Boron Heterocycles | ||
| Quantum Dots | ||
| Time- and Frequency-resolved Spectroscopy of Photosynthesis | ||
| Fast-flow Peptide and Protein Synthesis | ||
| Research and Communication in Chemistry | ||
| Advanced Organic Chemistry | ||
| Thermodynamics II and Kinetics | ||
| Electronic Structure of Molecules | ||
| Physical Chemistry | ||
| Modern Biostatistics | ||
| Modern Computational Biology | ||
| Communication in Experimental Biology (CI-M) | ||
| Human Physiology | ||
| Microbial Physiology | ||
| Immunology | ||
| Advanced Concepts in Immunology | ||
| Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease | ||
| Principles of Human Disease and Aging | ||
| Molecular Biology | ||
| Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology | ||
| Fundamentals of Ecology | ||
| Current Topics in Mammalian Biology: Medical Implications | ||
| Systems Biology 1 | ||
| Evolutionary Biology: Concepts, Models and Computation | ||
| Human Genetics and Genomics | ||
| Biological and Engineering Principles Underlying Novel Biotherapeutics | ||
| The Hallmarks of Cancer | ||
| Building with Cells | ||
| Developmental Neurobiology | ||
| Modeling with Machine Learning: from Algorithms to Applications and Machine Learning in Molecular and Cellular Biology 1, 2 | ||
| Systems Neuroscience Laboratory 1 | ||
| Principles and Applications of Genetic Engineering for Biotechnology and Neuroscience | ||
| Units in Major | 154-157 | |
| Unrestricted Electives | 59-62 | |
| Units in Major That Also Satisfy the GIRs | (36) | |
| Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree | 180 | |
The units for any subject that counts as one of the 17 GIR subjects cannot also be counted as units required beyond the GIRs.
| 1 | Subject has prerequisites that are outside of the program. |
| 2 | Students must complete 6.C01 & 7.C01 simultaneously in order to receive credit. |
