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Club Affiliation | Muslim Student Association (Vice President)

Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry

The Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Biochemistry degree offers a liberal arts perspective with biochemistry. While this BA degree requires the same upper-level biochemistry courses as the BS degree, it does require fewer supporting STEM courses in chemistry, biology, mathematics, and physics. This means that, by itself, the BA degree provides less preparation for graduate study or a career in pure biochemistry than the BS degree; however, the fewer requirements make it easier for students to tailor their academic plan to suit their particular need with a wider choice of supporting STEM courses and also courses in health science, business, language, humanities, social science, and art.

All Bachelor of Arts degrees require students to obtain a minor in some discipline.

Students interested in medical school, pharmacy school, and other health-related professional programs should consider Biological Sciences as their required minor. A minor in Sustainability Studies is a good choice for someone interested in environmental science. Minors in business, marketing, psychology, health promotion, and sports & exercise science are just some of the other choices that are available.

Academic Advising

Your academic advisor is a critical partner in fostering your success at IU South Bend and beyond. Your advisor will help you explore academic majors and careers, plan your degree, choose classes, learn about internships and study abroad, and much more. To see who is assigned as your advisor, visit your Student Online Advising Record in one.iu.edu. For more information about advising at IU South Bend, visit the website for the Undergraduate Advising Center.

Final responsibility for meeting degree requirements rests with the student.

Questions about advising? Email sbadvise@iu.edu or call (574) 520-4550.

Degree Requirements (120 cr.)

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Students receiving the Bachelor of Arts degree must complete 120 total credit hours including:

• IU South Bend Campuswide General Education Curriculum (33 cr.)

• Math courses required for the BA in Biochemistry fulfill the Fundamental Literacies Quantitative Reasoning Requirement and three of the required 33 credit hours of the General Education curriculum.

• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Arts Requirements (16-26 cr.)

• The laboratory science requirement is fulfilled by required chemistry courses.

• Required Minor taken in any campus school or interdisiplinary program (15-18 cr.)
• Major Requirements (50 cr.)
• Free Electives (balance of credits needed to equal 120 credit requirement)

• A minimum of 30 credit hours at the 300– or 400–level.
• At least 30 credit hours must be taken in residence at IU South Bend, of which at least 12 credits must be in the major at the 300– or 400–level.
• Courses required for the major and minor must be completed with a grade of C– or higher.
• A minimum CGPA of 2.0 is required.
• All courses are 3 credit hours, unless otherwise noted.

Major Requirements (50 cr.)

Chemistry Requirements (29 cr.)

• CHEM-C 105 Principles of Chemistry I
• CHEM-C 106 Principles of Chemistry II
• CHEM-C 125 Experimental Chemistry I (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 126 Experimental Chemistry II (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 301 Chemistry Seminar 1 (1 cr.)
• CHEM-C 341 Organic Chemistry Lectures 1
• CHEM-C 342 Organic Chemistry Lectures 2
• CHEM-C 343 Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 344 Organic Chemistry Laboratory 2 (2 cr.)
• CHEM-C 484 Biomolecules and Catabolism
• CHEM-C 485 Biosynthetic Pathways and Control of Metabolism
• CHEM-C 486 Biological Chemistry Laboratory (2 cr.)

Biological Sciences Requirements (11 cr.)

• BIOL-L 102 Introduction to Biological Sciences (5 cr.)
• BIOL-L 211 Molecular Biology

Select 3 credits from the following:

• BIOL-L 280 Introduction to Bioinformatics
• BIOL-L 311 Genetics
• BIOL-L 312 Cell Biology
• BIOL-L 313 Cell Biology Laboratory
• BIOL-L 317 Developmental Biology
• BIOL-L 321 Principles of Immunology
• BIOL-L 323 Molecular Biology Laboratory
• BIOL-L 335 Introduction to Nanomedicine
• BIOL-L 337 Introduction to Biostatistics
• BIOL-L 338 Introduction to Genomics
• BIOL-L 391 Special Topics in Biology
  VT: The Biology of Cancer
  VT: Genomics
• BIOL-M 430 Virology Lecture
• MICR-M 310 Microbiology

Mathematics Requirements (5 cr.)

• MATH-M 215 Calculus I (5 cr.)

Physics Requirements (5 cr.)

• PHYS-P 201 General Physics 1 (5 cr.); OR
  PHYS-P 221 Physics 1 (5 cr.)