{"id":8551,"date":"2025-04-25T08:40:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T12:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/recommended-graduation-plan-2025\/?page_id=8551"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:17:33","slug":"biochemistry-pre-med","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/recommended-graduation-plan-2025\/biochemistry-pre-med\/","title":{"rendered":"Biochemistry\/Pre-Med"},"content":{"rendered":"
This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.<\/p>\n
NOTE: <\/strong>This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2025-2026 academic year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n PDF<\/a> <\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n CRWT 101 to CRWT 102<\/p>\n CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n MATH 021\/022 to MATH 024 to MATH 110-121<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n NOTE<\/b>: CRWT and MATH are determined by placement testing<\/a> and should be taken following the sequence above.<\/span><\/p>\n Total Credits Required: <\/b>128 credits<\/p>\n GPA Required: <\/b>overall GPA 2.0 and major GPA 2.0<\/p>\n<\/a>\n *General Education courses<\/b> can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the <\/span>General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n Social Science Inquiry<\/a> or Honors Social Science Inquiry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Scientific Reasoning<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Historical Perspectives<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Studies in the Arts and Humanities<\/a> or Honors Studies in the Arts and Humanities<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Global Awareness<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>or Honors Global Awareness\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Culture and Creativity<\/a> or Social Systems and Society <\/a>or Values and Ethics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n Culture and Creativity<\/a> or Social Systems and Society <\/a>or Values and Ethics<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n +W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.<\/span><\/p>\n **Offered in both fall and spring semesters<\/p>\n 1Also satisfies Gen-Ed: Scientific Reasoning Category<\/p>\n 2Also satisfies Gen-Ed: Quantitative Reasoning Category<\/p>\n 3<\/span>BIOL 354\/ENSC 345: Research Design and Statistics-registration permit required.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n # For biochemistry major students, there are two different options to follow to be certified by the<\/p>\n American Chemistry Society (ACS), (this is not required to graduate)<\/p>\n Chemistry Lab (CHEM 451L) and at least one semester of TAS Research Honors as electives<\/p>\n Chemistry Lab (CHEM 451L), Instrumental Analysis Lecture (CHEM 427) and Instrumental<\/p>\n Analysis Lab (CHEM 427L) as electives<\/p>\n These can be taken in the Spring semester of either junior or senior year<\/span><\/p>\n Biochemistry Program strongly recommends taking TAS Research Honors courses (SRSH 301,<\/p>\n 302, 401 and 402) during the 3rd and 4th year for hands-on research experience. Students who<\/p>\n complete all of TAS Research courses (SRSH 301, 302, 401, and 402) will graduate with TAS<\/p>\n Research Honors Distinction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n C<\/b> Biochemistry II (CHEM 446) capstone course is designed to draw from and build on content<\/p>\n and skills learned during a student\u2019s progression through the major with a significant writing<\/p>\n component. In undertaking this course, students will demonstrate: a thorough understanding of<\/p>\n the relevant biochemistry material, an ability to apply problem-solving strategies, oral and written<\/p>\n communication and presentation skills, an ability to comprehend and critically evaluate scientific<\/p>\n literature. Senior presentation for biochemistry major will be one of the requirements for this<\/p>\n course. Requires prerequisite CHEM 425<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WI: Writing Intensive \u2013 3 courses required in the major<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NOTE: CRWT and MATH are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above. First Year Fall Semester Major: (HRS 4) & (HRS 1) Major\/Scientific Reasoning: 1 (HRS 4) & 1 (HRS 1) Gen Ed: (HRS 4) Gen Ed: (HRS 4) Total: (HRS 18) Spring Semester Major: (HRS 4) & (HRS 1) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":973,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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