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Biology-Chemistry Requirements and when to take them
This page will help you see what courses you should take and when you should take them. There are two basic things you should keep in mind
FIRST - REQUIRED COURSES. FIRST PRIORITY – You must complete the required courses to obtain your degree in Biology or Biology-Chemistry. You should take courses shown in bold letters at the times stated here or there will be trouble fitting those courses in later. Elective Biology courses have a little more latitude regarding when you can take them NOTE: required courses are determined by your major, so look in the College Catalogue where the required courses are listed.
SECOND - YOUR FIELD.
There are many fields in Biology or Biology-Chemistry at SJC. Each has a
set of "specialty" courses that prepare you for that field.
Look at the Biology Home Page for your area of
interest. This will help you know what Major, Track and Minor to take.
Here is a very helpful guide for your planning and registration.
FRESHMAN YEAR
(if you want fewer hours do NOT drop chemistry, instead save math
electives for Sophomore year
Fall - 4h Biol
111 (general), 4h Chem 121 (general), 6h Core 1,
one of precalculus, Calculus 1 or Math342 Statistics
Winter - 4h Biol
112 (general), 4h Chem 122 (general), 6h Core 2,
and one of Psych225 Statistics, Calculus or Biol
elective
ELECTIVES
- Precalculus
and Calculus 1 – Calculus 1 is needed for Physics if you had no Calculus
in high school
- more electives are at the bottom
of this page
SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall - 4h Bio 225 (CVA), 4h Chem 233 (organic), 6h Core 3, 3h precalculus
or calculus, or elective
Winter - 4h Chem
234 (organic), 6h Core 4, and
7-8h from Bio. or Chem: Bio
337 (required) Chem. 246 or Calculus 1
NOTE: Bio
337 Genetics and Chem. 246 Quantitative Analysis are both required and this is
a good time to get at least one
ELECTIVES The following
courses can be taken in sophomore or in junior or senior year – NOTE pay attention to the College
Catalogue, some courses are offered every other year.
Fall - Calculus 1 if you don't have it yet
Winter - Basic Microbiology,
Calculus 1
- more recommendations are further
down this page
JUNIOR
& SENIOR YEAR - NOTE
pay attention to the catalogue, some courses are offered every other year.
Fall - Chem. 379 Biochemistry (required)
Winter – Chem 246 Quantitative Analysis
(required), Bio 337 Genetics (required)
Cores 5-10
Physics I & II – best done in junior year
Work on getting your required courses
ELECTIVES – NOTE pay attention to the college
catalogue, some courses are offered every other year.
- recommendations are in the next section
*Only Biology Majors taking the Health Therapy Minor can count Human Anatomy & Physiology (HAP) for the biology or biology chemistry major.
ELECTIVES:
1. BIOLOGY ELECTIVES base these on what you want to do with your “Biology-Chemistry” Degree (e.g. if you want to go to medical school you will want to get courses like Histology, Microbiology and Human Medical Physiology)
FRESHMAN – Amphibian Research (can take up to 3 years), Intro Forensic
Science, Statistics
SOPHOMORES – Ecology, Entomology, Introductory Microbiology, Animal
Behavior, Invertebrate Zoology, Evolution,
Ichthyology-Herpetology, Ornithology-Mammalogy,
Independent Study
JUNIORS AND SENIORS - Advanced Microbiology, Advanced Forensic Science,
Conservation Biology, Human Medical
Physiology, Biochemistry, Histology, Cellular &
Molecular Biology, Junior Biology Research, Senior Biology Research
2. CHEMISTRY ELECTIVES In
addition to biology electives above are the following chemistry electives for jr & sr: Physical Chemistry I
& II, Medicinal Chemistry, Instrumental Methods of Analysis, Seminar in
Chemistry,
Research in Chemistry
3. MINOR - BIOLOGY-CHEMISTRY MAJORS - There is no minor required.
BIOLOGY-CHEMISTRY MAJORS KEEPING TRACK of the courses you've taken
and those you still need - click here for a
checklist