Download Biochemistry Major - Zylstra - Suggested Course Sequence

Biochemistry Major - Zylstra - Suggested Course Sequence
Freshman
01:119:115 General Biology I (4)
01:160:161 General Chemistry (4)
01:640:151 Calculus for Math and Physical Sciences I (4)
01:355:101 Expository Writing I
15 credits
Sophomore
11:115:201 Contemporary Issues in Biochemistry (2)
01:160:307/315 Organic Chemistry I (4)
01:750:xxx Physics (3 to 5)
01:447:380 Genetics (4)
RU option elective (3)
16 to 18 credits
11:115:404 General Biochemistry (3)
11:115:414 Experimental Biochemistry (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
18 credits
11:115:493 Research Problems in Biochemistry (3)
11:115:494 Research Problems in Biochemistry (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
11:115:406 Problem Solving in Biochemistry (2)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
11:115:409 Principles of Biophysical Chemistry (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
11:115:491 Biochemical Communications (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
15 credits
17 credits
 Students with a strong science background can take an additional RU Option Elective (3 cr) both semesters of their freshman year.
 Calculus can be delayed to the Sophomore year. General Biology and General Chemistry must be taken the freshman year.
 11:115:201 Contemporary Issues in Biochemistry can be taken either semester the Sophomore year.
 Physics may be delayed to the Junior or Senior years.
 A total of 128 credits are needed to graduate from Rutgers. The above is the bare minimum needed to achieve 128 credits.
 It is highly recommended to find a research lab in your Junior year and to start doing research before your Senior year.
 If you take at least three semesters of Research Problems in Biochemistry (minimum of 3 credits per semester in the same lab) then
you may request to be excused from the 11:115:406 Problem Solving requirement.
 11:115:491 Biochemical Communications can be taken either semester the senior year. It is advisable to have taken at least one
semester of Research Problems in Biochemistry before taking Biochemical Communications.
Junior
11:115:403 General Biochemistry (4)
11:115:413 Experimental Biochemistry (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
RU or Biochemistry elective (3)
16 credits
01:119:116 General Biology II (4)
01:119:117 Biology Research Lab (2)
01:160:161 General Chemistry (4)
01:160:171 Introduction to Experimentation (1)
01:640:151 Calculus for Math and Physical Sciences II (4)
15 credits
01:160:308/316 Organic Chemistry II (4)
01:160:309/311 Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)
01:750:xxx Physics (3 to 5)
11:680:390 General Microbiology (4)[Microbiology Option]
RU option elective (3)
16 to 18 credits
Senior
Biochemistry Major - Zylstra - Suggested Course Sequence
Sciences Core (47 to 51 credits)
01:119:115/116/117 General Biology I and II and Lab (4,4,2) (Fall, Spring, Summer)
01:160:161/162 General Chemistry I and II (4,4) or equivalent (Fall, Spring, Summer)
01:160:171 General Chemistry Laboratory (1) (Fall, Spring, Summer)
01:160:307/308 or 315/316 Organic Chemistry I and II (4,4) (Fall, Spring, Summer)
01:160:309 or 311 Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2) (Fall, Spring, Summer)
01:640:151/152 Calculus for Math and Physical Sciences I and II (4, 4)
01:750:193/1941 Physics for the Sciences (4,4)
or 01:750:201/202 Extended General Physics (5,5)
or 01:750:203/204 General Physics I and II (3,3) (Note #1)
01:447:380 Genetics (4) (Fall, Spring, Summer)
Biochemistry Core (20 credits)
11:115:201 Contemporary Issues in Biochemistry (2) (Fall/Spring) (Note #2)
11:115:403/404 General Biochemistry I and II (4,3) (Fall/Spring)
11:115:413/414 Experimental Biochemistry I and II (3,3) (Fall/Spring)
11:115:406 Problem Solving in Biochemistry (2) (Spring) (Note #3)
11:115:409 Principles of Biophysical Chemistry (3) (Spring)
or 01:160:342 Physical Chemistry: Biochemical Systems (3) (Spring) (Note #4)
Note #1 Pre-medical students should be aware that two semesters of Physics lab are required for
medical school admission. Extended General Physics and Physics for the Sciences contain the
lab but General Physics does not.
Note #2: Normally taken in the sophomore year. Transfer students entering in the Fall of the
junior year will take it in the Fall of that year. This class satisfies the ethics requirement.
Note #3: If you do three semesters of Research (minimum of 3 credits per semester in the same
lab) then you may request to be excused from the 11:115:406 Problem Solving requirement.
Note #4: At present 01:160:342 requires 01:640:251 Multivariable Calculus (4).
Technology/Techniques - two from this list (5.5 to 6 credits)
11:115:428 Homology Modeling of Protein Three Dimensional Structure (3)
11:115:452 Biochemical Separations (3) (Fall)
11:126:483 Nucleotide Sequence Analysis (3) (Fall, Spring)
11:126:482 Molecular Genetics (3) (Fall)
01:160:251 Analytical Chemistry (2.5) (Fall, Spring)
01:960:401 Basic Statistics for Research (3) (Fall, Spring)
11:126:485 Bioinformatics (3) (Fall)
Required Research (9 credits minimum)
11:115:493/494 Research Problems in Biochemistry (3,3) (Fall, Spring)
or 11:015:497/498 George H. Cook Honors Research (3,3) (Fall, Spring)
11:115:491 Biochemical Communications (3) (Fall, Spring)
Biochemistry Major - Zylstra - Suggested Course Sequence
General Option - four from this list (12 credits minimum)
11:126:481 Molecular Genetics (3)
11:115:412 Proteins and Enzymes (3) OR
11:115:452 Biochemical Separations (3)
Two additional courses chosen from the options below with no more than one from any single
option with one exception: 11:115:434 Molecular Toxicology (1.5) and 11:115:436
Molecular Toxicology Laboratory (2.5) shall be considered as a single course for this option.
Microbiology Option - four from this list (12 credits minimum)
11:680:380 General Microbiology (4) (Fall, Spring, Summer) (Required)
11:680:394 Applied Microbiology (4) (Fall)
01:680:481 Bacterial Physiology (3) (Spring)
11:126:486 Analytical Methods in Microbiology (3) (Spring, even years)
11:126:407 Comparative Virology (3) (Fall, odd years)
01:146:474 Immunology (3) (Spring)
01:146:475 Laboratory in Immunology (1) (Spring)
11:680:480 Microbial Genetics and Genomics (3) (Spring)
Biochemical Toxicology - four from this list (12 credits minimum)
11:115:422 Biochemical Mechanisms of Toxicology (3)
11:067:450 Endocrinology (3)
11:115:434 Molecular Toxicology (1.5)
11:115:436 Molecular Toxicology Laboratory (2.5)*
11:115:421 Biochemistry of Cancer (3)
01:146:356 Systems Physiology (3)
01:146:357 Systems Physiology Laboratory (1)*
01:146:474 Immunology (3)
01:146:475 Laboratory in Immunology (1)*
30:718:304 Pathophysiology (3)
30:718:405 Pharmacology I (2)
30:718:406 Pharmacology II (2)
Biochemistry of Plant Systems - four from this list (12 credits minimum)
16:765:520 Plant Biochemistry and Metabolism (3)
11:776:382 Plant Physiology (4)
11:770:301 General Plant Pathology (3)
11:770:311 General Plant Pathology Laboratory (1)
11:776:242 Plant Science (3)
11:776:305 Plant Genetics (4)
11:776:312 Medicinal Plants (3)
11:776:403 Plant Science Techniques (3)
11:776:452 Plant Tissue Culture (3)
Protein and Structural Biochemistry - four from this list (12 credits minimum)
01:640:251 Calculus III (4)
11:115:412 Proteins and Enzymes (3)
11:115:428 Homology Modeling of Protein Three Dimensional Structure (3)
11:115:452 Biochemical Separations (3)
01:694:412 Proteomics and Functional Genomics (3)
01:694:413 Chromatin and Epigenomics: the science of chromatin modifications in development
and disease (3)