Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Design Concentration Sequence

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Recommended Sequence for the Full-time Student Completing the Pharmaceutical Design Concentration

The sequence that appears below was developed based upon the availability of specific courses each semester and the successful completion of course prerequisites.

First Year

Fall Semester

BIOL 102 - General Biology (3 semester hours) and BIOL 103 - General Biology Laboratory (1 semester hour)
(Dual Use for Program Core and General Education-Environmental and Life Sciences group )
ENGL 105 - College Composition (3 semester hours)
or
ENGL 106 - Academic Writing and Critical Thinking (3 semester hours)
GEND 102 - The Creative Mind I (3 semester hours)
MATH 120 - College Algebra (3 semester hours)
EXPL 100 - Cornerstone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 14

Spring Semester

BTEC 170 - Introduction to Biotechnology (3 semester hours)
Electives (6 semester hours)
GEND 103 - The Creative Mind II (3 semester hours)
MATH 280 - Introductory Statistics (3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15

Summer Semester

Optional

Second Year

Fall Semester

BIOL 281 - Cell Biology Lecture (3 semester hours)
BIOL 282 - Cell Biology Laboratory (1 semester hour)
CHEM 151 - General Chemistry I Lecture (3 semester hours) and CHEM 152 - General Chemistry I Laboratory (1 semester hour)
(Dual Use for Program Core and General Education-Scientific Inquiry group )
COMM 110 - Speech (3 semester hours)
MATH 220 - Calculus I (3 semester hours)
EXPL 200 - Steppingstone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 15

Spring Semester

BTEC 215 - Introduction to Bioinformatics (4 semester hours)
CHEM 161 - General Chemistry II (3 semester hours)
CHEM 162 - General Chemistry II Laboratory (1 semester hour)
ENGL 200 - Advanced Composition and Technical Writing (3 semester hours)
Electives (2-3 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 13-14

Summer Semester

Optional

Third Year

Fall Semester

BTEC 298 - Project I (3 semester hours)
BTEC 311 - Pharmacology I (3 semester hours)
CHEM 211 - Organic Chemistry I Lecture (3 semester hours)
CHEM 212 - Organic Chemistry I Lab (1 semester hour)
Electives (3-4 semester hours)
EXPL 300 - Keystone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 14-15

Spring Semester

BTEC 320 - Drug Design and Development (3 semester hours)
BTEC 365 - Internship (3 semester hours)
GEND Electives (6 semester hours)
Pharmaceutical Design Concentration electives (3-4 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 15-16

Summer Semester

Optional

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

BTEC 498 - Project II (3 semester hours)
CHEM 331 - Biochemistry I Lecture (3 semester hours)
CHEM 332 - Biochemistry I Laboratory (1 semester hours)
Electives (3 semester hours)
GEND Group - Leadership and Business (6 semester hours)

Total semester hours: 16

Spring Semester

BTEC 351 - Biotechnology Applications (4 semester hours)
BTEC 435 - Computer-Aided Drug Design (4 semester hours)
GEND Group - Historical and Political Investigation (6 semester hours)
Pharmaceutical Design Concentration electives (1-2 semester hours)
EXPL 400 - Capstone (1 semester hour)

Total semester hours: 16-17

Summer Semester

Optional