Curriculum

Course Requirements

The core curriculum consists of a minimum of 15 credits in core courses plus 5 credits in elective courses for which a letter grade is assigned. Students must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.0 in these courses. Additional course and research requirements are graded pass/fail.

The course requirements are summarized below and brief course descriptions follow the summary.

Summary of Required Courses

Core Courses (15 credits total)

  • IDSP 110 Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology (3 credits)
  • IDSP 113 Genetics (1 credit)
  • IDSP 116, 117 Biochemical and Molecular Methods (2 credits total)
  • IDSP 118 Cell Biology (3 credits)
  • IDSP 119 Gene Expression (1 credit)
  • IDSP 226 Basic Biostatistics (1 credit)
  • BCH 223 Physical Biochemistry (2 credits)
  • BCH 224 Biochemistry of Metabolism (1 credit)
  • BCH 288 Scientific Writing (1 credit)

Elective Courses (5 credits total)

Departmental:

  • BCH 271 Topics in Cell Signaling (1 credit)

  • BCH 281 Molecular Mechanisms of Post-transcriptional Control (1 credit)
  • BCH 282 Protein Structure and Function (1 credit)
  • BCH 283 Molecular Mechanisms of Transcriptional Control (1 credit)
  • BCH 287 Applications of Spectroscopic Techniques to Biochemical Problems (1 credit)

Non-Departmental:
See sample course listings below and the LSUHS course catalog
http://catalog.lsuhscshreveport.edu/content.php?catoid=19&navoid=825

BRIEF COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

See LSUHS Course catalog for full descriptions: http://catalog.lsuhscshreveport.edu/content.php?catoid=19&navoid=825