Recommended Academic Plan for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (B M B at UP)
For students entering Summer 2005 and later

Semester 1	Credits	Semester 2	Credits
MATH 140 (GQ) Calculus with Analytic Geometry I	4	MATH 141(GQ)Calculus with Analytic Geometry II	4
CHEM 110 (GN) Chemical Principles	3	CHEM 112 (GN) Chemical Principles	3
CHEM 111 (GN) Experimental Chemistry	1	CHEM 113(GN) Experimental Chemistry	1
PSU 016 First-Year Seminar	1	ENGL 15 OR 30 (GWS) Composition/Honors Composition	3
Art (GA), Humanities (GH), or Social Behavioral Sciences (GS)	6	PHYS 211 (GN)General Physics: Mechanics	4
Total Credits:	15	Total Credits:	15
Semester 3	Credits	Semester 4	Credits
CHEM 210 Organic Chemistry	3	CHEM 212 Organic Chemistry	3
BIOL 222 Genetics	3	CHEM 213 Laboratory in Organic Chemistry	2
PHYS 212 (GN) General Physics: Electricity And Magnetism	4	PHYS 213 (GN) General Physics: Fluids and Thermal Physics	2
BMB 251 Molecular & Cell Biology I	3	BMB 252 Molecular & Cell Biology II	3
*LIST B ELECTIVE	2-3	MICRB 201 Introductory Microbiology	3
		MICRB 202 Introductory Microbiology Laboratory	2
Total Credits:	15-16	Total Credits:	15
Semester 5	Credits	Semester 6	Credits
BMB 400 Molecular Biology of the Gene	3	BMB 402 General Biochemistry	3
BMB 401General Biochemistry	2	BMB 445W Laboratory in Molecular Genetics	2
BMB 342 Lab in Proteins, Nucleic Acids, & Molecular Cloning	3	CHEM 452 Physical Chemistry	3
CHEM 450 Physical Chemistry	3	CAS 100 A, B, or C (GWS) Effective Speech	3
PHYS 214 (GN) General Physics: Wave Motion & Quantum Physics	2	# LIST A ELECTIVE	3-4
Art (GA), Humanities (GH), or Social Behavioral Sciences (GS)	3	Health & Physical Activity (GHA)	1
Total Credits:	16	Total Credits:	15-16
Semester 7	Credits	Semester 8	Credits
BMB 443W Laboratory in Protein Purification & Enzymology	3	# LIST A ELECTIVE	2-4
# LIST A ELECTIVE	3-4	Art (GA), Humanities (GH), or Social Behavioral Sciences (GS)	6
Health & Physical Activity (GHA)	2	± LIST C FREE ELECTIVES	5-6
Art (GA), Humanities (GH), or Social Behavioral Sciences (GS)	3	ENGL 202C (GWS) Technical Writing	3
± LIST C FREE ELECTIVES	3
BMB 446 Laboratory in Molecular Genetics II	1
Total Credits:	15-16	Total Credits:	16-19

• Bold Italics indicates course requires a grade of C or better for entrance into this major
• Italics indicate courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.
• Bold type indicates all 3 courses are required to graduate, a grade of C or better is required in 2 of the 3 courses.
• # indicates List A Electives: CHEM 423 (3), 457 (1-2), BMB 411 (1), 430 (3), 432 (3), 433 (3), 435 (2), 444 (1), 450 (2), 460 (2), 460 (3), 464 (3), 474/497A (2), 480 (3), MICRB 401 (3),410 (3), 415 (3)
• * indicates List B Electives: CMPSC 101 (3), 201 (3), Math 220 (2), 231 (2), 250 (3), Stat 250 (3) 301 (3), 401 (3)
• ± indicates see the Department List C for exclusions
• To graduate all students must earn C or higher in 9 credits of any 400-level BMB/ MICRB courses except BMB 443, 444, 445, BMB/MICRB 495, 496, MICRB 421W, 422, 447
• GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, and GS are codes used to identify General Education requirements.
• W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy University Writing Across the Curriculum requirements.

Scheduling patterns for courses not taught each semester

Fall - only taught courses: BMB 251H, 400, 401H, 428, 430, 443W, 446, 464 BMB/MICRB 435, 450 MICRB 401, 413, 421W and MICRB/BIOTC 416

Spring - only taught courses: BMB 221, 252H, 402H, 433, 437, 444, 445W, 474, 497A, 497B BMB/MICRB 252, 432, 460, 480 MICRB 201H, 412, 415, 422, 447

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