BCMB - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Interdisciplinary) Major (BS)
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Major effective prior to 2011
Modifications Made to Curriculum: Fall 2013, Fall 2019, Fall 2021
Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) Examinations
Students who have earned a score of 5 or higher on the Higher Level (HL) IB exam will receive credit for course and course.
All students with scores of 4 or 5 on the AP biology exam or a score of 5 or above on the Standard Level (SL) IB biology exam can receive four credits toward the general education breadth requirements in science and need not take a test at Drew to receive these credits. However, students with AP or IB-SL listed above who wish to seek exemption from course or course must take a placement test at Drew. Students earning the exemption must still take weekly labs and should register for course (fall) or course (spring). Contact the biology department chair for more information.
Requisites
Requirements for the Major (78 credits)
I. Core (62 credits)
Complete all of the following:
course - Principles of Chemistry I OR course - Principles of Chemistry I, Advanced Section
course - Principles of Chemistry II OR CHEM 161 - Principles of Chemistry II, Advanced Section
course - Organic Chemistry I
course - Organic Chemistry II
course - Foundations in Biochemistry
course - Advanced Biomolecular Structure and Function OR course - Chemical Biology
course - Ecology and Evolution
course - Diversity of Life: Animals, Plants, and Microbes
course - Molecular and Cellular Biology
course - Molecular Genetics
course - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I
course - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
course - University Physics I OR course - Introductory Physics I
course - University Physics II OR course - Introductory Physics II
course - Research in Biochemistry
course - Capstone Seminar
II. Electives (16 credits)
8 additional upper-level credits from the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Mathematics and Computer Science not included in the Core list, and 8 more intermediate or upper-level credits from the same departments. Two of these courses must include a laboratory component.
A second semester of course may count towards this requirement. course may count as an elective, but only if course is used as a Core course. Recent courses used to fulfill the elective include:
course - Microbiology
course - Anatomy and Physiology I
course - Anatomy and Physiology II
course - Geographic Information Systems
course - Evolutionary Genetics
course - Freshwater Ecology
course - Tropical Marine Ecology
course - Emerging Infectious Disease
course - Endocrinology
course - Systems Neurobiology
course - Immunology
course - Cell and Molecular Neurobiology
course - Diseases of the Brain
course - Molecular Biology of Cancer
course - Virology
course - Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry
course - Advanced Analytical Chemistry
course - Physical Chemistry I
course - Intermediate Inorganic Chemistry
course- Advanced Organic Chemistry
course - Computer Networks & Security
course - Advanced Topics in Computer Science
course - Electronics
course - Optics
course - Thermal Physics