Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry

In addition, students seeking the Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry must complete the following degree-level requirements. In some cases, courses that fulfill degree-level requirements also meet the requirements of the core.

1. Two courses with a writing flag. One of these courses must be upper-division. Courses with a writing flag are identified in the Course Schedule available at http://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules. They may be used simultaneously to fulfill other requirements, unless otherwise specified.
2. At least thirty-six semester hours of upper-division coursework.
3. At least twenty-one semester hours of upper-division coursework, including at least twelve semester hours of upper-division coursework in chemistry, must be completed in residence at the University.

4. One of the following foreign language/culture choices:
   
   1. Second-semester-level proficiency, or the equivalent, in a foreign language.
   2. First-semester-level proficiency, or the equivalent, in a foreign language and a three-semester-hour course in the culture of the same language area.
   3. Two three-semester-hour courses in one foreign culture area. The courses must be chosen from an approved list available in the dean's office and the college advising centers.
5. Mathematics 408C and 408D, or 408N, 408S, and 408M; and at least three semester hours of upper-division coursework in mathematics or computer science.
6. One of the following sequences: Physics 301, 101L, 316, and 116L; 303K, 103M, 303L, and 103N; 317K, 117M, 317L, and 117N.
7. The following chemistry courses:
   
   1. General chemistry:  Chemistry 301 or 301H, 302 or 302H, and 204 or 317.
   2. Organic chemistry:  Chemistry 128K, 128L, 328M, and 328N; or 220C, 320M, and 320N.
   3. Biochemistry:  Chemistry 339K, 339L, 369L, and 370.
   4. Physical chemistry:  Chemistry 353 or 353M.
   5. Analytical chemistry:  Chemistry 455.
8. Either Biology 311C, 311D, and 325 or Biology 315H and 325H; and nine additional semester hours in biology, chosen from the following courses. These nine hours must include at least three hours in each of the following areas; a single course may not fulfill this requirement in more than one area. A course may not count toward both requirement 8 and requirement 9.
   
   1. Cellular and developmental biology: Biology 320, 226L and either 326M or 326R, 330, 331L, 335, 344, 346, 347, 349, 360K, 361, 365W
   2. Physiology: Biology 328, 339, 345, 361T, 365R or 371M, 365S.
9. At least six semester hours chosen from the following courses: Chemistry 431*, 339J, 341*, 354, 354L, 354S, 364C, 364D, 364E, 364F, 365D, 367C, 367L, 369K*, 369T*, 371K*, 372C*, 375K or 475K, and 376K*. At least three of these hours must be in a laboratory course; courses marked with an asterisk fulfill this laboratory requirement. Three of these hours may come from the biology courses listed above in 8a. A course may not count toward both requirement 8 and requirement 9. No more than three semester hours in Chemistry 369K may be counted toward this requirement; three additional hours may be counted as electives. No more than three semester hours in Chemistry 371K may be counted toward this requirement; three additional hours may be counted as electives. No more than three semester hours of Chemistry 372C may be counted toward this requirement; three additional hours may be counted as electives.
10. Enough additional coursework to make a total of 127 semester hours.

6. One of the following sequences: Physics 301, 101L, 316, and 116L; 303K, 103M, 303L, and 103N; 317K, 117M, 317L, and 117N.
7. Biology 311C, 311D, and 325, or Biology 315H and 325H.
8. Six additional hours of upper-division biology chosen from the following:  Biology 320, 226L* and 326R, 330, 331L*, 337, 344, 347, 349, and 360K*. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) may count toward the laboratory hours in requirement 10.
9. Six additional hours of upper-division chemistry chosen from the following:  Chemistry 128L* and 328N, 341*, 353 or 353M, 153K*, 455*, 369L*, and 369T*. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) may count toward the laboratory hours in requirement 10.
10. Of the twelve upper-division hours used to satisfy requirement 8 and requirement 9, at least six hours must be laboratory-based courses.
11. Systems and Synthetic Biology 339J, 339Q, and 364C.

12. One of the following sequences:
    
    1. Computer Science 303E and nine hours chosen from:  Computer Science 313E, 320N, 324E, 326E, 327E, and 329E.
    2. Computer Science 312 and nine hours chosen from:  Computer Science 313K, 314, and an upper-division computer science course. (Note: Students seeking a more rigorous foundation in computer science are encouraged to choose sequence b.)
13. Six hours of Biology 377 or Chemistry 369K or another approved independent research course.
14. Enough additional coursework to make a total of 127 semester hours. 

6. A section of Undergraduate Studies 302 or 303 that is approved by the departmental honors adviser.
7. A section of Rhetoric and Writing 309S that is restricted to Dean’s Scholars.
8. Chemistry 379H and either a three-semester-hour upper-division research course approved by the departmental honors adviser or a second section of Chemistry 379H.
9. Twenty-eight additional semester hours of coursework approved by the departmental honors adviser. 
10. Six semester hours of coursework in the College of Liberal Arts or the College of Fine Arts.
11. Enough additional coursework to make a total of 120 semester hours.

To graduate under option III, students must remain in good standing in the Dean’s Scholars Honors Program, must earn grades of at least A- in the departmental research and thesis courses described in requirement 8 above, and must present their research in an approved public forum, such as the college’s annual Undergraduate Research Forum.