Undergraduates apply to NJCU with a Priority Deadline for Freshman and Transfer Students:

Fall Semester Start: April 15

Spring Semester Start: December 1

Candidates must apply for and be accepted into the University. There are no requirements for admission to this degree track, but students are encouraged to begin taking MATH 190 and 191 Calculus I and II, PHYS 130 and 131 College Physics I and II, CHEM 105 and 106 General Chemistry I & II, and BIOL 130 and 131 Principles of Biology I and II as early as possible in their academic careers.

Program Curriculum

The program of study is rigorous and designed for sequential learning. It consists of 41 credits (minimum) in general education courses, followed by seven required courses in Physics and Mathematics for 17 credits (up to 9 credits may be counted toward General Education Tier II Quantitative Literacy Mode of Inquiry), nineteen interdisciplinary major courses between Chemistry and Biology for 55 credits, and two to five elective courses (7-16 credits) for a total of 120 credits including:

General Education (total 41 credits)

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Up to 9 credits of Tier II Seminars in Quantitative Literacy Mode of Inquiry may come from Math and Physics requirements.

Required courses (total 72 credits)

Mathematics and Physics (17 credits)

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Counts towards General Education Quantitative Literacy Mode of Inquiry (Tier II Seminars) for up to 9 credits total.

Chemistry and Biology

Required elective courses: select from the following courses (total of 7 credits)

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Only one research course (CHEM 492/493, BIOL 350/450) may be counted toward major required elective.

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Counts towards General Education Quantitative Literacy Mode of Inquiry (Tier II Seminars) for up to 9 credits total.

The B.S. in Biochemistry program will focus on the development of durable, translatable skills and strong fundamental knowledge. The program enables students to develop life-long learning capability with a vigorous grounding in its core concepts nurtured through a continual, progressive emphasis on critical reasoning skills, experiential learning, and the ability to communicate information and concepts in a clear, accurate, and organized form using both the written and spoken word.

The B.S. in Biochemistry consists of foundation courses in chemistry, biology, physics, and mathematics with core courses in biochemistry focusing on the molecular and cellular understanding of biological processes in terms of energy, structure and function, information storage and processing, in the context of the pervasive role of evolution and homeostasis.