B.S. Medical Biochemistry Track

The following courses are required by the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Department for the B.S. degree in Biochemistry, Medical Biochemistry Track. Additional College of Arts & Sciences requirements and K-State 8/UGE requirements are listed below the Departmental requirements.

Departmental requirements

Suggested Term Class Chart (pdf)

Biochemistry courses

BIOCH 110 - Biochem & Society (3 credits)
BIOCH 521 - General Biochemistry (3 credits)
BIOCH 522 - General Biochemistry Laboratory (3 credits)
BIOCH 571 - Medical Biochemistry (3 credits)
BIOCH 755 - Biochemistry 1 (3 credits)
*BIOCH 765 - Biochemistry 2 (3 credits)

*Or any 3 credits of BIOCH at 700 level or higher

Chemistry courses

CHM 210 - Chemistry 1 (4 credits)
CHM 230 - Chemistry 2 (4 credits)
CHM 371 - Chemical Analysis (4 credits)
[CHM 220 & CHM 250 - Honors Chemistry 1 & 2 (10 credits) may be substituted for CHM 210, 230 & 371]

CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry (3 credits)
CHM 351 - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2 credits)
[CHM 531, 532, 550 - Organic Chem 1, Organic Chem Lab & Organic Chem 2 (8 credits) may be substituted for CHM 350, 351. CHM 550 (3 credits) will count toward electives.]

Biology courses

BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology (4 credits)
BIOL 450 - Modern Genetics (4 credits)
BIOL 455 - General Microbiology (4 credits)
BIOL 541 - Cell Biology (3 credits)
BIOL 670 - Immunology (4 credits)

Physics courses

PHYS 113 - General Physics 1 (4 credits)
PHYS 114 - General Physics 2 (4 credits)

Mathematics course

MATH 220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus 1 (4 credits)

Statistics courses

STAT 340 - Biometrics 1 (3 credits)
STAT 341 - Biometrics 2 (3 credits)

Upper-division electives

16 Credits from:

BIOL 340 Structure and Function of the Human Body (8 credits) [3 credits can be used as BMB-Med electives]
BIOL 410 Biology of the Cancer Cell (2 credits)
MATH 221 Analytical Geometry and Calculus 2 (4 credits)
MATH 222 Analytical Geometry and Calculus 3 (4 credits)
MATH 340 Differential Equations (4 credits)
PHILO 365 Medical Ethics (3 credits) [Use as BMB-Med elective or A&S Philosophy requirement, not both.]
PSYCH 470 Psychobiology (3 credits)
BIOCH, BIOL, CHM, CIS, MATH OR STAT 500 to 799

GPA requirement in science and mathematics courses

To graduate, a student must have a grade of C or better in all science and mathematics courses required for the degree, including transfer courses, as specified above. In addition, to graduate a student must have a 2.2 GPA in required science and mathematics courses taken at K-State.

Note: The courses in this list satisfy the natural sciences and quantitative reasoning requirements shown in the general requirements for the B.A. degree.

College of Arts & Sciences course requirements

English and Communication courses

Three courses, 8 credit hours minimum. Purpose: to give students practice in oral presentation and in writing and analyzing expository and argumentative prose.

ENGL 100 - Expository Writing 1 (3 credits)
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing 2 (3 credits)

AND

COMM 105 - Public Speaking 1A (2 credits)
Or
COMM 106 - Public Speaking 1 (3 credits)

Humanities

Four courses, one course for each section, 11 credit hours minimum:

Fine arts (one course)
Philosophy (one course)
Western heritage (one course)
Literary or rhetorical arts (one course)

Consult Course Catalog for specific courses in each of these areas.

Social sciences

Four courses, 12 credit hours minimum, from at least three disciplines. A wide range of choices available. One of these courses often satisfies the International studies overlay requirement.