Program Overview

Chemistry and Biology (Course 5-7)

Chemistry and Biology

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
  • 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
  • 5.03: Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I: 12 units
  • 5.07[J]: Introduction to Biological Chemistry: 12 units or 7.05: General Biochemistry
  • 5.08[J]: Fundamentals of Chemical Biology: 12 units
  • 5.12: Organic Chemistry I: 12 units
  • 5.13: Organic Chemistry II: 12 units
  • 5.601: Thermodynamics I: 6 units
  • 5.611: Introduction to Spectroscopy: 6 units
  • 7.03: Genetics: 12 units
  • 7.06: Cell Biology: 12 units
• Departmental Laboratory Requirement
  • 5.351: Fundamentals of Spectroscopy: 4 units
  • 5.352: Synthesis of Coordination Compounds and Kinetics (CI-M): 5 units
  • 5.353: Macromolecular Prodrugs: 4 units
  • 7.002: Fundamentals of Experimental Molecular Biology: 6 units
  • Select one of the following options:
    • Option 1
      • 5.361: Recombinant DNA Technology
      • 5.362: Cancer Drug Efficacy (CI-M)
    • Option 2
      • 7.003[J]: Applied Molecular Biology Laboratory (CI-M)
• Restricted Electives
  • Select 30 units of the following:
    • 5.04: Principles of Inorganic Chemistry II
    • 5.363: Organic Structure Determination
    • 5.371: Continuous Flow Chemistry: Sustainable Conversion of Reclaimed Vegetable Oil into Biodiesel
    • 5.372: Chemistry of Renewable Energy
    • 5.373: Synthesis of Boron Heterocycles
    • 5.381: Quantum Dots
    • 5.382: Time- and Frequency-resolved Spectroscopy of Photosynthesis
    • 5.383: Fast-flow Peptide and Protein Synthesis
    • 5.39: Research and Communication in Chemistry
    • 5.43: Advanced Organic Chemistry
    • 5.602: Thermodynamics II and Kinetics
    • 5.612: Electronic Structure of Molecules
    • 5.62: Physical Chemistry
    • 7.093: Modern Biostatistics
    • 7.094: Modern Computational Biology
    • 7.19: Communication in Experimental Biology (CI-M)
    • 7.20[J]: Human Physiology
    • 7.21: Microbial Physiology
    • 7.23[J]: Immunology
    • 7.24: Advanced Concepts in Immunology
    • 7.26: Molecular Basis of Infectious Disease
    • 7.27: Principles of Human Disease and Aging
    • 7.28: Molecular Biology
    • 7.29[J]: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
    • 7.30[J]: Fundamentals of Ecology
    • 7.31: Current Topics in Mammalian Biology: Medical Implications
    • 7.32: Systems Biology 1
    • 7.33[J]: Evolutionary Biology: Concepts, Models and Computation
    • 7.35: Human Genetics and Genomics
    • 7.371[J]: Biological and Engineering Principles Underlying Novel Biotherapeutics
    • 7.45: The Hallmarks of Cancer
    • 7.46: Building with Cells
    • 7.49[J]: Developmental Neurobiology
    • 6.C01 & 7.C01: Modeling with Machine Learning: from Algorithms to Applications and Machine Learning in Molecular and Cellular Biology 1, 2
    • 9.17: Systems Neuroscience Laboratory 1
    • 9.26[J]: 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.

| Subject has prerequisites that are outside of the program.
| Students must complete 6.C01 & 7.C01 simultaneously in order to receive credit.