The biochemistry option is recommended for students planning to go directly into professional fields of biochemistry, for students planning to attend graduate school in biochemistry, molecular biology or pharmacology and for students planning to enter professional schools such as medicine, veterinary science or pharmacy.
For more information, contact a program advisor:
Eric Abbey, PhD: eabbey@ewu.edu
Yao Houndonougbo, PhD: yhoundonoug@ewu.edu
Wes Steiner, PhD: wsteiner@ewu.edu
The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Chemistry/Biochemistry Major with Biochemistry Option, Bachelor of Science (BS)
Note: the following option will require more than 12 terms (or four years) to complete at an average of 15 credits per term.
Grade Requirements: due to the cumulative nature of chemistry courses, the department strongly recommends that students receive a grade ≥C in all prerequisite chemistry courses.
| Required Courses | ||
| CHEM 171 & 171L & CHEM 172 & CHEM 172L & CHEM 173 & CHEM 173L | GENERAL CHEMISTRY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I and GENERAL CHEMISTRY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II and GENERAL CHEMISTRY III and GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY III | 15 |
| CHEM 304 & 304L | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS and QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS LAB | 6 |
| CHEM 351 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 352 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 353 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CHEM 372 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I | 3 |
| CHEM 421 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 422 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| CHEM 431 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY | 1 |
| CHEM 480 | BIOCHEMISTRY | 5 |
| CHEM 481 | INTERMEDIARY METABOLISM | 5 |
| CHEM 482 | INTEGRATED TOPICS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS | 3 |
| CHEM 483 | BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY 1 | 2 |
| Choose one of the following three courses | 3-5 | |
| MODERN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY | ||
| INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS | ||
| PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | ||
| Choose one or more of these courses | 2-3 | |
| PRE-MEDICAL, DENTAL, VETERINARY AND PHARMACY PREPARATION | ||
| PRE-MEDICAL, DENTAL, VETERINARY AND PHARMACY PREPARATION | ||
| ORGANIC CHEM LABORATORY II | ||
| BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY 2 | ||
| Choose one of the following three courses | 4 | |
| INTERNSHIP | ||
| SEMINAR | ||
| DIRECTED STUDY | ||
| Required Supporting Courses | ||
| BIOL 171 | BIOLOGY I | 5 |
| BIOL 172 | BIOLOGY II | 5 |
| BIOL 173 | BIOLOGY III | 5 |
| BIOL 310 | FUNDAMENTALS OF GENETICS | 5 |
| MATH/HONS 161 | CALCULUS I | 5 |
| MATH 162 | CALCULUS II | 5 |
| MATH 163 | CALCULUS III | 5 |
| PHYS 151 | GENERAL PHYSICS I | 4 |
| PHYS 152 | GENERAL PHYSICS II | 4 |
| PHYS 153 | GENERAL PHYSICS III | 4 |
| PHYS 161 | MECHANICS LABORATORY | 1 |
| PHYS 162 | HEAT AND OPTICS LABORATORY | 1 |
| PHYS 163 | ELECTRONICS LABORATORY I | 1 |
| Suggested–a computer programming course is strongly recommended. See your chemistry/biochemistry advisor. | ||
| Suggested supporting courses for Pre-Med/Pre-Dent/Pre-Vet students | ||
| BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION | ||
| MICROBIOLOGY | ||
| HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY III | ||
| BIOMEDICAL ETHICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO TECHNICAL COMMUNICATION | ||
| Required Capstone | ||
| CHEM 491 | SENIOR THESIS | 4-6 |
| or CHEM 490 | ADVANCED INORGANIC CHEMISTRY OR SENIOR CAPSTONE | |
| Total Credits | 122-127 | |
The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.
Courses may be offered in different terms and not all courses are offered every term, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. There may be some courses that have required prerequisites not listed in the plan, review the course descriptions for information. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.
All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.
| First Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| CHEM 171 & 171L | 5 | CHEM 172 & 172L | 5 | CHEM 173 & 173L | 5 |
| MATH 161 | 5 | MATH 162 | 5 | MATH 163 | 5 |
| PHYS 151 & PHYS 161 (Natural Science BACR 1) | 5 | PHYS 152 & PHYS 162 (Natural Science BACR 2) | 5 | PHYS 153 & PHYS 163 | 5 |
| 15 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Second Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| BIOL 171 | 5 | BIOL 172 | 5 | BIOL 173 | 5 |
| CHEM 304 & 304L | 6 | Humanities & Arts BACR 11 | 5 | ENGL 201 | 5 |
| ENGL 101 | 5 | Social Science BACR 11 | 5 | Global Studies - graduation requirement1 | 5 |
| 16 | 15 | 15 | |||
| Third Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| CHEM 351 | 4 | CHEM 319, 420, or 423 | 3-5 | BIOL 310 | 5 |
| Humanities & Arts BACR 21 | 5 | CHEM 319 | 4 | CHEM 353 | 3 |
| Social Science BACR 21 | 5 | CHEM 352 | 4 | Diversity - graduation requirement1 | 5 |
| CHEM 372 | 3 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 4 | ||
| 14 | 14-16 | 17 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
| Fall Quarter | Credits | Winter Quarter | Credits | Spring Quarter | Credits |
| CHEM 421 | 4 | BIOL 371, CHEM 371, CHEM 373, or CHEM 484 | 1 | CHEM 482 | 3 |
| CHEM 431 | 1 | CHEM 422 | 4 | CHEM 490 or 491 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement) | 5 |
| CHEM 480 | 5 | CHEM 481 | 5 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 5 |
| CHEM 483 | 2 | CHEM 484 | 2 | Elective - certificate, minor, or general elective | 3 |
| CHEM 499 | 2 | CHEM 499 | 2 | ||
| 14 | 14 | 16 | |||
| Total Credits 180-182 | |||||
University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.