Charles V. Schaefer, Jr.
    School of Engineering and Science
 

B.S. in Chemical Biology - Concentration in Bioanalytical Chemistry

The extreme complexity - and fragility - of biological molecules has made it necessary to develop special techniques and instrumentation for their detection and analysis. These methods were employed in the Human Genome Project, and have become vital in drug development efforts and in the field called Chemical Ecology. The bioanalytical chemist is a valued scientist in medical and biomedical research and in the pharmaceutical,flavors and fragrances industries.

The program in Bioanalytical Chemistry is built on the foundations of Chemical Biology. After the first two years in the regular Chemical Biology Program, the Bioanalytical Chemistry student begins concentrating on special techniques such as mass spectrometry, nuclear magnetic resonance, and separations.

The Third and Fourth Years of the program are shown below:

Junior Year
TERM V Hours  
Class Lab Cred
Hu Humanities 3 0 3
Ch 360 Spectra & Structure 3 0 3
Ch 484 Intro. to Molecular Genetics 3 3 4
Ch 421 Chemical Dynamics 3 4 4
Ch 362 Instrum. Analysis I 3 4 4
PE 200 Phys Ed V 0 2 1
TOTALS 15 13 19
   
TERM VI Hours  
Class Lab Cred
Hu Humanities 3 0 3
PEP 242 Modern Physics 3 0 3
Ma 222 Prob. & Statisitcs 3 0 3
Ch 461 Instrum. Analysis II 3 4 4
Ch 580 Biochemistry I 3 0 3
PE 200 Phys Ed VI 0 2 1
TOTALS 15 6 17


Senior Year
TERM VII Hours  
Class Lab Cred
Hu Humanities 3 0 3
Ch 666 Modern Mass Spectrometry* 3 0 3
Ch 662 Separation Methods* 3 0 3
Mgt 244 Microeconomics 3 0 3
Ch 496/8 Project / Research ** 0 8 3
TOTALS 12 8 15
   
TERM VIII Hours  
Class Lab Cred
Hu Humanities 3 0 3
Ch 660 Adv. Instrumental Analysis* 3 0 3
Ch 412 Inorganic Chemistry 3 4 4
Ch 582 Biophysical Chemistry 3 0 3
Ch 497/9 Project / Research ** 0 8 3
TOTALS 12 12 16

With the approval of the advisor
**  For American Chemical Society certification, Ch 412 is required

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