These requirements are for students who matriculated in academic year 2024-2025. Students who matriculated prior to fall 2024 should refer to the Archives to view the requirements for their Bulletin year.
Bachelor of Science Requirements
Summary of Requirements for the Degree
- University Requirements (123 total s.h.)
- Students must complete all University requirements including those listed below.
- All undergraduate students must complete at least two writing-intensive courses for a total of at least six credits at Temple as part of their major. The specific writing-intensive course options for this major are:
Course List Code Title Credit Hours BIOL 2297 Research Techniques in Genetics 3 CHEM 4196 Instrumental Analysis 5 CHEM 4496 Research Techniques in Biochemistry 4 - Students must complete the General Education (GenEd) requirements.
- See the General Education section of the Undergraduate Bulletin for the GenEd curriculum.
- Students who complete CST majors receive a waiver for 2 Science & Technology (GS) and 1 Quantitative Literacy (GQ) GenEd courses.
- Students must satisfy general Temple University residency requirements.
- College Requirements
- A minimum of 90 total credits within the College of Science & Technology (CST), the College of Liberal Arts (CLA), and/or the College of Engineering (ENG).
- A minimum of 45 of these credits must be upper-level (courses numbered 2000 and above).
- Complete a one-credit first-year or transfer seminar.
- SCTC 1001 CST First Year Seminar for every entering first-year CST student.
- SCTC 2001 CST Transfer Seminar for every entering transfer CST student.
- A minimum of 90 total credits within the College of Science & Technology (CST), the College of Liberal Arts (CLA), and/or the College of Engineering (ENG).
- Major Requirements for Bachelor of Science (78-83 s.h.)
At least 10 courses required for the major must be completed at Temple. At least 4 Biology and 4 Chemistry courses must be completed at Temple.Course List Code Title Credit Hours Chemistry Select one of the following: 4 CHEM 1031
& CHEM 1033General Chemistry I
and General Chemistry Laboratory ICHEM 1951
& CHEM 1953Honors General Chemical Science I
and Honors Chemical Science Laboratory I (F)Select one of the following: 4 CHEM 1032
& CHEM 1034General Chemistry II
and General Chemistry Laboratory IICHEM 1952
& CHEM 1954Honors General Chemical Science II
and Honors Chemical Science Laboratory II (S)Select one of the following: 4 CHEM 2201
& CHEM 2203Organic Chemistry I
and Organic Chemistry Laboratory ICHEM 2211
& CHEM 2213Organic Chemistry for Majors I
and Organic Majors Laboratory I (F)CHEM 2921
& CHEM 2923Organic Chemistry for Honors I
and Organic Honors Laboratory I (F)Select one of the following: 4 CHEM 2202
& CHEM 2204Organic Chemistry II
and Organic Chemistry Laboratory IICHEM 2212
& CHEM 2214Organic Chemistry for Majors II
and Organic Majors Laboratory II (S)CHEM 2922
& CHEM 2924Organic Chemistry for Honors II
and Organic Honors Laboratory II (S)CHEM 3103
& CHEM 3105Analytical Chemistry
and Analytical Chemistry Lab4 CHEM 3405 Physical Chemistry of Biomolecules 3 CHEM 4401 Biochemistry I 3 CHEM 4496 Research Techniques in Biochemistry 4 Biology BIOL 1111 Introduction to Organismal Biology 4 or BIOL 1911 Honors Introduction to Organismal Biology Select one of the following: 4 BIOL 1112Introduction to Biomolecules, Cells and Genomes or BIOL 1912Honors Introduction to Biomolecules, Cells and Genomes BIOL 2112Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology or BIOL 2912Honors Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology BIOL 2207 Genetics 3 BIOL 2297 Research Techniques in Genetics 1 3 BIOL 3204 Cell Structure and Function (F) 4 BIOL 3324 Molecular Biology 3 BIOL 4376 General Biochemistry II (F) 3 Biochemistry Electives Select three of the following: 1 8-13 BIOL 3011Integrative Cell and Tissue Biology BIOL 3113Genome Analytics BIOL 3128Genomics and Infectious Disease Dynamics (F) BIOL 3201Human Genetics (F) BIOL 3212Introduction to Bioinformatics and Computational Biology BIOL 3225Evolutionary Genetics and Phylogenetics (S) BIOL 3232Behavioral Genetics (F) BIOL 3243Parasitology (Not offered every year) BIOL 3265Developmental Biology (F) BIOL 3301Advanced Cell Biology (S) BIOL 3317General Microbiology (S) BIOL 3322Biology of Plants (F) BIOL 3325Research Techniques in Molecular Biology (S) BIOL 3327Immunology (S) BIOL 3328Virology (F) BIOL 3329Developmental Genetics (Not offered every year) BIOL 3333Advanced Techniques in Microscopy (S) BIOL 3334Mammalian Physiology (S) BIOL 3352Systems Neuroscience BIOL 3356Organization and Development of the Nervous System (S) BIOL 3358Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (S) BIOL 3361Molecular Neuropharmacology (Not offered every year) BIOL 3367Endocrinology (F) BIOL 3368Biology of Cancer (S) BIOL 3371Cell Proliferation (S) BIOL 3373Cell Signaling (S) BIOL 3374Physical Biochemistry (S) BIOL 3379Biotechnology (S) BIOL 3380Contemporary Biology BIOL 3396Scientific Writing for Biology: The Art of Communicating (S) BIOL 3403Genomic Biology BIOL 4338Epigenetics (Not offered every year) BIOL 4341Genome Editing BIOL 4364Biochemistry of Embryogenesis (F) BIOL 4365Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Evo-Devo (S) BIOL 4366Stem Cell Biology (F) BIOL 4375General Biochemistry I (F) BIOL 4483Accelerated Research in Biochemistry 2 BIOL 4491Research in Biochemistry 2 CHEM 3001Inorganic Chemistry CHEM 3301Physical Chemistry Lecture I CHEM 3302Physical Chemistry Lecture II CHEM 3881Cooperative Research 2 CHEM 3891Undergraduate Research 2 CHEM 4000-4800CHEM 4881Cooperative Research 2 CHEM 4891Undergraduate Research 2 MATH 2042Multivariable Calculus or MATH 2043Calculus III or MATH 2943Honors Calculus III Mathematics MATH 1041 Calculus I 4 or MATH 1941 Honors Calculus I MATH 1042 Calculus II 4 or MATH 1942 Honors Calculus II Physics Select one of the following: 4 PHYS 1061Elementary Classical Physics I PHYS 1961Honors Elementary Classical Physics I (F) PHYS 2021General Physics I PHYS 2921Honors General Physics I (F) Select one of the following: 4 PHYS 1062Elementary Classical Physics II PHYS 1962Honors Elementary Classical Physics II (S) PHYS 2022General Physics II PHYS 2922Honors General Physics II (S) Total Credit Hours 78-83 Course List Code Title Credit Hours (F) - Fall only course (S) - Spring only course - 1
This course has a co-requisite of BIOL 2207.
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A minimum of 6 credits of these research courses, in any combination, may be used to fulfill one of the Biochemistry Electives.
Note: Grades of C- or higher are required unless otherwise specified in all courses for the major, including course prerequisites. Most research and Independent Study courses are not available for major credit, such as:
Course List Code Title Credit Hours BIOL 3091 Research Methods 3 BIOL 3681 Cooperative Studies 2 to 4 BIOL 3685 Externship Studies 3 BIOL 4291 Extradepartmental Research 1 to 4 BIOL 4391 Accelerated Research in Biology 1-4 BIOL 4591 Research in Neuroscience 1 to 4