B.S. in Chemistry Four Year Course Plan with Recommended Courses* for Entering the Health Professions

	FALL		WINTER		SPRING
		Units		Units		Units
Year 1	CHEM 001A/CHEM 01LA (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 0)* General Chemistry	5	CHEM 001B/CHEM 01LB (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 0) General Chemistry	5	CHEM 001C/CHEM 01LC (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 0) General Chemistry	5
	MATH 009A (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) First-Year Calculus	4	MATH 009B (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) First-Year Calculus	4	MATH 009C (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) First-Year Calculus	4
	ENGL 001A (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 0) Beginning Composition	4	ENGL 001B Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 0) Intermediate Composition	4	ENGL 001C (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 0) Applied Intermediate Composition	4
	Breadth (Humanities)	4	PHYS 040A (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 1) General Physics	5	PHYS 040B (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 1) General Physics	5
53	Total Units	17	Total Units	18	Total Units	18
		Units		Units		Units
Year 2	CHEM 112A (Lect. 3/Lab. 4/Disc. 0) Organic Chemistry	4	CHEM 112B (Lect. 3/Lab. 4/Disc. 0) Organic Chemistry	4	CHEM 112C (Lect. 3/Lab. 4/Disc. 0) Organic Chemistry	4
	MATH 010A (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Calculus of Several Variables	4	MATH 010B (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Calculus of Several Variables	4	MATH 046 (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations	4
	PHYS 040C (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 1) General Physics	5	PHYS 040D (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 1) General Physics	5	STAT 100A (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 1) Introduction to Statistics	5
	BIOL 005A (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology	4	BIOL 005B (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 0) Introduction to Organismal Biology	4	BIOL 005C (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 0) Introductory Evolution and Ecology	4
	BIOL 05LA (Lect. 0/Lab. 3/Disc. 0) Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory	1
52	Total Units	18	Total Units	17	Total Units	17
		Units		Units		Units
Year 3	CHEM 110A (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Physical Chemistry: Chemical Thermodynamics	4	CHEM 110B (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Physical Chemistry: Introduction to Statistical Mechanics and Kinetics	4	CHEM 113 (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Physical Chemistry: Introduction to Quantum Chemistry	4
	CHEM 5 (Lect. 3/Lab. 8/Disc. 0) Quantitative Analysis	5	CHEM 150A (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Inorganic Chemistry	4	CHEM 166 (Lect. 2/Lab. 8/Disc. 0) Advanced Structural and Synthetic Methods	4
	BCH 110A (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) General Biochemistry	4	BIOL 121 (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Introductory Microbiology	4	CHEM 191 (Lect. 1/Lab. 0/Disc. 0) Seminar in Chemistry Careers	1
	Breadth (Humanities)	4	Breadth (Humanities)	4	BIOL 121L (Lect. 1/Lab. 6/Disc. 0) Microbiology Laboratory	3
45	Total Units	17	Total Units	16	Total Units	12
		Units		Units		Units
Year 4	BIOL 161A (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 1) Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates	5	CHEM 125 (Lect. 3/Lab. 8/Disc. 0) Instrumental Methods	5	CHEM 114 (Lect. 2/Lab. 8/Disc. 0) Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory	4
	Breadth (Social Science)	4	CHEM 111 (Lect. 2/Lab. 8/Disc. 0) Physical Chemistry Laboratory	4	BIOL 171 (Lect. 3/Lab. 0/Disc. 1) Human Anatomy and Physiology	4
	Breadth (Social Science)	4	BIOL 161B (Lect. 3/Lab. 3/Disc. 1) Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates	5	BIOL 171L (Lect. 0/Lab. 3/Disc. 0) Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory	1
					Breadth (Social Science)	4
40	Total Units	13	Total Units	14	Total Units	13

Descriptions of courses typically required to enter the medical professions:

BIOL 005A. Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology (4) F,W,S

Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 05LA (may be taken concurrently); CHEM 001A and CHEM 01LA with grades of “C-” or better or CHEM 01HA and CHEM 1HLA with grades of “C-” or better; consent of instructor is required for students repeating the course. An intensive course designed to prepare students for upper division courses in cell and molecular biology. Covers biochemical, structural, metabolic, and genetic aspects of cells. (Required for Biology majors; recommended for science majors desiring an introduction to biology.) Credit is not awarded for BIOL 005A if it has already been awarded for BIOL 002.

BIOL 05LA. Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory (1) F,W

Laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005A (may be taken concurrently); consent of instructor is required for students repeating the course. An introduction to laboratory exercises on fundamental principles of and techniques in cell and molecular biology. Illustrates the experimental foundations of the topics covered in BIOL 005A. Credit is not awarded for BIOL 05LA if it has already been awarded for BIOL 002.

BIOL 005B. Introduction to Organismal Biology (4) W,S

Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005A and BIOL 05LA with grades of “C-” or better; CHEM 001A or CHEM 01HA; CHEM 001B or CHEM 01HB; consent of instructor is required for students repeating the course. An intensive course designed to prepare students for upper-division courses in organismal biology. Covers developmental biology, physiology, and regulation at the level of the organism. (Required for Biology majors; recommended for science majors desiring an introduction to biology.) Credit is awarded for only one of BIOL 003 or BIOL 005B.

BIOL 005C. Introductory Evolution and Ecology (4) F,S

Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005A and BIOL 005B (or BIOL 002 and BIOL 003 for non-Biology majors) with grades of “C-” or better; MATH 009A or equivalent (may be taken concurrently); consent of instructor is required for students repeating the course. An intensive course designed to introduce the student to the subjects of evolution and ecology. Covers population dynamics, community ecology, population genetics, and evolutionary theory. (Required for Biology majors; recommended for science majors desiring an introduction to biology.) Students who take BIOL 002 and BIOL 003 as part of another major, or those who take equivalent first-year biology at another institution, may enter directly into BIOL 005C without critical handicap.

BIOL 121. Introductory Microbiology (4) F,W,Summer

Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005A, BIOL 05LA, BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C, CHEM 001C or CHEM 01HC, CHEM 112C, MATH 009B or MATH 09HB, PHYS 002C, PHYS 02LC, BCH 100 or BCH 110A (BCH 100 or BCH 110A may be taken concurrently); or consent of instructor. An intensive introduction to the fundamental physiology and molecular biology of bacteria and viruses. Covers evolutionary origins of metabolic diversity, bacterial and viral molecular genetics, and an introduction to microbial pathogenesis. Cross-listed with MCBL 121.

BIOL 121L. Microbiology Laboratory (3) W,S

Lecture, 1 hour; laboratory, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 121/MCBL 121 with a grade of “C-” or better. Laboratory exercises in diagnostic bacteriology, basic virology, and epidemiology. Includes fundamental quantitative and diagnostic microbiological procedures, basic mechanisms of microbial genetic exchange, and a project examining bacterial epidemiology. Cross-listed with MCBL 121L.

BIOL 161A. Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates (5) F

Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005A, BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C, CHEM 001C or CHEM 01HC, CHEM 112A, MATH 009B or MATH 09HB, PHYS 002A, and one course in statistics with grades of “C-” or better. A study of the functional anatomy of vertebrates, including humans. Examines each organ system from a developmental and evolutionary perspective. Topics include phylogeny, the skeleton, muscles, and the nervous system. BIOL 161A, BIOL 161B, BIOL 171, and BIOL 171L provide a one-year sequence in vertebrate and human anatomy and physiology. Recommended for sophomores and juniors.

BIOL 161B. Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates (5) W

Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 161A, CHEM 112B, and PHYS 002B with grades of “C-” or better. A study of the functional anatomy of vertebrates, including humans. Examines each organ system from a developmental and evolutionary perspective. Topics include circulation, sense organs, the integument, and the respiratory, digestive, and urogenital systems. BIOL161A, BIOL 161B, BIOL 171, and BIOL 171L provide a one-year sequence in vertebrate and human anatomy and physiology. Recommended for sophomores and juniors.

BIOL 171. Human Anatomy and Physiology (4) S

Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 161B; CHEM 112C; MATH 009B or MATH 09HB; PHYS 002C; PHYS 02LC; BCH 100 or BCH 110A; one course in statistics; concurrent enrollment in BIOL 171L is recommended. An analysis of cell, tissue, and organ structure and function in normal and diseased conditions. Topics include the musculoskeletal, circulatory, and autonomic nervous systems; glands and hormones; body fluids and the kidney; digestion and absorption; and pharmacology and hematology. BIOL 161A, BIOL 161B, BIOL 171, and BIOL 171L provide a one-year sequence in vertebrate and human anatomy and physiology.

BIOL 171L. Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory (1) S

Laboratory, 3 hours. S Prerequisite(s): BIOL 161A (may be taken concurrently), CHEM 112C, MATH 009B or MATH 09HB, PHYS 002C, PHYS 02LC, BCH 100 or BCH 110A, one course in statistics; BIOL 161B is recommended; concurrent enrollment in BIOL 171 . Involves laboratory experiments in physiology and study of human anatomy and histology (normal and diseased). Covers experimentation, data collection and analysis, incorporating hematology, blood proteins, urinalysis, neuromuscular control, cardiac excitation and pharmacology, blood pressure, electrocardiography, and electroencephalography. BIOL 161A, BIOL 161B, BIOL 171, and BIOL 171L provide a one-year sequence in vertebrate and human anatomy and physiology.

BCH 110A. General Biochemistry (4) F

Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005B; CHEM 112C. Consideration of the structure and function of biological molecules including proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and nucleic acids.

STAT 100A. Introduction to Statistics (5) F,W,S,Summer

Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): MATH 005 or MATH 008A or equivalent. A general introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include histograms; descriptive statistics; probability; normal, binomial, and Poisson distributions; sampling distributions; hypothesis testing; and confidence intervals. Credit is awarded for only one of STAT 040, STAT 048, or STAT 100A.

THEA 050. Public Speaking (4) Summer

Lecture, 6 hours; studio, 4 hours. Covers the principles and practice of effective speech composition and delivery. Designed to provide students, in all areas, the opportunity to learn communicative skills which are essential in professional careers and community life. Offered in summer only.