General requirements for undergraduate major

A total of 120 credit hours are required for graduation. The BA program is obtained by following the curriculum of the College of Arts and Sciences.

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 below. In addition, to graduate a student must have a 2.2 GPA in required science and mathematics courses taken at K-State.

Biochemistry Track

• BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: (4)
• BIOL 450 - Modern Genetics Credits: (4)
• BIOL 455 - General Microbiology Credits: (4)
• BIOL 541 - Cell Biology Credits: (3)
• BIOCH 110 - Biochemistry and Society Credits: (3)
• BIOCH 521 - General Biochemistry Credits: (3)
• BIOCH 522 - General Biochemistry Laboratory Credits: (2)
• BIOCH 755 - Biochemistry I Credits: (3)
• BIOCH 765 - Biochemistry II Credits: (3)
• CHM 210 - Chemistry I Credits: (4)
• CHM 230 - Chemistry II Credits: (4)
• CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry Credits: (3)
• CHM 351 - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory Credits: (2)
• MATH 220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Credits: (4)
• MATH 221 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II Credits: (4)
• PHYS 113 - General Physics I Credits: (4)
• PHYS 114 - General Physics II Credits: (4)
• STAT 703 - Introduction to Statistical Methods for the Sciences Credits: (3)
• *Upper-division Elective Credits: (19) Biochemistry, chemistry, biological science, statistics, computer science, analytical geometry and calculus III, or differential equations

Medical Biochemistry Track

• BIOCH 110 - Biochemistry and Society Credits: (3)
• BIOCH 521 - General Biochemistry Credits: (3)
• BIOCH 522 - General Biochemistry Laboratory Credits: (2)
• BIOCH 571 - Medical Biochemistry Credits: (3)
• BIOCH 756 - Biochemistry I Laboratory Credits: (2)
• BIOCH 757 - NMR Laboratory Credits: (1)
• BIOCH 758 - Protein Structure Laboratory Credits: (1)
• BIOCH 766 - Recombinant DNA Laboratory I Credits: (1)
• BIOCH 767 - Recombinant DNA Laboratory II Credits: (1)
• BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: (4)
• BIOL 450 - Modern Genetics Credits: (4)
• BIOL 455 - General Microbiology Credits: (4)
• BIOL 541 - Cell Biology Credits: (3)
• CHM 200 - Frontiers in Chemistry Credits: (0)
• CHM 230 - Chemistry II Credits: (4)
• CHM 350 - General Organic Chemistry Credits: (3)
• CHM 351 - General Organic Chemistry Laboratory Credits: (2)
• CHM 371 - Chemical Analysis Credits: (4)
• MATH 220 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus I Credits: (4)
• MATH 221 - Analytic Geometry and Calculus II Credits: (4)
• PHYS 113 - General Physics I Credits: (4)
• PHYS 114 - General Physics II Credits: (4)
• STAT 701 - Fundamental Methods of Biostatistics Credits: (3)
• *Upper-division Elective Credits: (19) Biochemistry, chemistry, biological science, statistics, computer science, analytical geometry and calculus III, or differential equations
• Arts and Sciences requirements Credits: (32)
• Level 4 Foreign Language Credits: (4)

*Note

These courses satisfy the mathematics and natural science requirements shown in the general requirements for the BA degree.

Total hours required for graduation (120 credit hours)