School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Molecular Biology and Healthcare Management (Double Major) (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Healthcare Management (Double Major)

Degree Requirements (151-152 semester credit hours)^{1, 2}

JSOM Faculty

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Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Daniel A. Cohen @dac101000, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Milind Dawande @milind, Theodore E. Day @tday, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Ernan E. Haruvy @eeh017200, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Sanjay Jain @sxj164830, Ganesh Janakiraman @gxj091000, Elena Katok @emk120030, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Özalp Özer @oxo091000, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Suresh P. Sethi @sethi, Kathryn E. Stecke @kes021000, Riki Takeuchi @rxt173730, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Professor Emeritus: Dale Osborne @dosborne

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Pamela Foster Brady @pxf090020, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Paul Convery @pxc141930, David Cordell @dmc012300, Kutsal Dogan @kxd025000, Howard Dover @hfd021000, Forney Fleming III @fwf081000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, Charles Hazzard @cxh056000, William Hefley @weh150130, Robert Hicks @rfh041000, Gerald (Jerry) Hoag @jhoag, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Ching-Chung Kuo @cxk162830, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Dennis McCuistion @dxm094000, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, David Ritchey @davidr, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, Keith Thurgood @klt160130, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Norris Bruce @nxb018100, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Xianjun Geng @xxg091000, J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Amit Mehra @axm078200, Toyah Miller @tlm140330, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, H. Dennis Park @hxp174230, Valery Polkovnichenko @vxp065000, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Orlando C. Richard @pretty, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Jane Salk @jes025000, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, David J. Springate @spring8, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Steven Guengerich @sxg172931, Lale Guler @lxg152230, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, David Parks @dxp153830, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Kelly Slaughter @kts130030, Jeanne Sluder @jis081000, James Szot @jxs011100, McClain Watson @jmw077000

Assistant Professors: Qi (George) Chen @qxc171130, Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Emily Choi @exc113230, Bernhard Ganglmair @bxg107120, Nathan Goldman @ncg160030, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Meng Li @mxl120531, Xiaolin Li @xxl157230, Maria Loumioti @mxl175830, Jean-Marie Meier @jmm172030, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Anyan Qi @axq140430, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Alessio Saretto @axs125732, Simon Siegenthaler @sxs177933, Serdar Simsek @axs158032, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Malcolm Wardlaw @mxw116330, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930, Shengqi Ye @sxy143530, Nir Yehuda @nxy130530, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Xiaofei Zhao @xxz137630

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Christina (Krysta) Betanzos @clb120030, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Jerome Gafford @jmg171130, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Revansiddha Khanapure @rbk160130, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Kathryn Lookadoo @kxl164330, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Sarah Moore @sem054000, Ravi Narayan @rln130030, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Jason Parker @jap090020, Drew Peabody @sdp093020, Nassim Sohaee @nxs045000

Senior Lecturers: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Frank Anderson @fwa012000, Vivek Arora @vxa081000, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Juliann Chapman @jgc160130, George DeCourcy @gad075000, Eugene (Gene) Deluke @gxd052000, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Carol Flannery @flannery, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030, Edward Meda @exm150330, Robert (Stephen) Molina @sxm163630, Prithi Narasimhan @pxn152330, Mohammad Naseri Taheri @mxn121930, Madison Pedigo @mfp013000, Matt Polze @mmp062000, James Richards @jrr013500, Debra Richardson @dlr150330, Anindita Roy Bardhan @axb149330, Kashif Saeed @kxs147230, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000, Amy L. Troutman @amybass, Robert Wright @rgw091000, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

NSM Faculty

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Professors: Lee A. Bulla @bulla, Rockford K. Draper @draper, Juan E. González @jgonzal, Lawrence J. Reitzer @reitzer, Stephen Spiro @sxs067400, Li Zhang @lxz075000, Michael Qiwei Zhang @mqz091000

Professor Emeritus: Hans Bremer @hxb068000, Donald M. Gray @dongray

Clinical Professor: David Murchison @dfm100020

Associate Professors: Gail A. M. Breen @breen, John G. Burr @burr, Jeff L. DeJong @dejong, Heng Du @hxd131030, Ernest M. Hannig @hannig, Tae Hoon Kim @txk142630, Dennis L. Miller @dmiller, Kelli Palmer @klp120030, Duane D. Winkler @ddw130330, Zhenyu Xuan @zxx091000

Assistant Professors: Zachary Campbell @zxc153030, Nikki Delk @nad140230, Jung-whan (Jay) Kim @jxk132330, Faruck Morcos @afg150230, Hyuntae Yoo @hxy103120

Research Assistant Professors: Lan Guo @lxg132130, Li Liu @lliu

Senior Lecturers: Irina Borovkov @ixb053000, Mehmet Candas @candas, Brenna Hill @brh140230, Wen-Ju Lin @wenju, Meenakshi Maitra @mxm172731, Robert C. Marsh @rmarsh, Jing Pan @jxp134330, Elizabeth Pickett @eaw016100, Ruben D. Ramirez @rdr092000, Scott A. Rippel @rippel, Ilya Sapozhnikov @isapoz, Uma Srikanth @ukrish, Michelle Wilson @mxw084000, Wen-Ho Yu @why061000

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours³

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

COMM 1315 Public Speaking

or COMM 1311 Survey of Oral and Technology-based Communication

RHET 1302 Rhetoric⁴

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 2417 Calculus I^{5, 6}

or MATH 2413 Differential Calculus^{5, 6, 7}

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I⁵

or CHEM 1315 Honors Freshman Chemistry I⁵

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁵

or CHEM 1316 Honors Freshman Chemistry II⁵

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture core courses (see advisor)

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts core courses (see advisor)

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History core courses (see advisor)

Government / Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

GOVT 2305 American National Government

GOVT 2306 State and Local Government

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

Choose one course from the following:⁸

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{4, 5}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{4, 5}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{4, 5}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{4, 5}

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

Choose two courses from the following:⁸

MATH 2419 Calculus II^{5, 6, 7}

or MATH 2414 Integral Calculus^{5, 6, 7}

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{4, 5}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{4, 5}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{4, 5}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{4, 5}

II. Major Requirements: 91-92 semester credit hours

Biology Major Preparatory Courses: 20-21 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

CHEM 1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I

or CHEM 1115 Honors Freshman Chemistry Laboratory I

CHEM 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II

or CHEM 1116 Honors Freshman Chemistry Laboratory II

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I⁵

or CHEM 1315 Honors Freshman Chemistry I⁵

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁵

or CHEM 1316 Honors Freshman Chemistry II⁵

CHEM 2123 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory I⁴

CHEM 2125 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory II⁴

CHEM 2323 Introductory Organic Chemistry I⁴

CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II⁴

MATH 2417 Calculus I^{5, 6}

or MATH 2413 Differential Calculus^{5, 6, 7}

MATH 2419 Calculus II^{5, 6}

or MATH 2414 Integral Calculus^{5, 6, 7}

PHYS 2325 Mechanics⁵ and PHYS 2125 Physics Laboratory I

or PHYS 2421 Honors Physics I - Mechanics and Heat^{5, 9}

PHYS 2326 Electromagnetism and Waves⁵

or PHYS 2422 Honors Physics II - Electromagnetism and Waves⁵

PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II

Biology Core Courses: 33 semester credit hours

BIOL 2111 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I⁴

BIOL 2112 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop II⁴

BIOL 2281 Introductory Biology Laboratory⁴

BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I⁴

BIOL 2312 Introduction to Modern Biology II⁴

BIOL 3101 Classical and Molecular Genetics Workshop

BIOL 3102 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology Workshop

BIOL 3161 Biochemistry Workshop I

BIOL 3162 Biochemistry Workshop II

BIOL 3301 Classical and Molecular Genetics

BIOL 3302 Eukaryotic Molecular and Cell Biology

BIOL 3361 Biochemistry I

BIOL 3362 Biochemistry II

or BIOL 3335 Microbial Physiology

BIOL 3380 Biochemistry Laboratory

BIOL 4461 Biophysical Chemistry

Business Major Preparatory Courses: 12 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum⁸

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting⁴

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting⁴

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law⁴

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{4, 5}

or ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{4, 5}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{4, 5}

or ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{4, 5}

OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

or STAT 2332 Introductory Statistics for Life Sciences

or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics

Business Core Courses: 26 semester credit hours

BA 1100 Business Basics and HMGT 3100 Professional Development¹⁰

or HMGT 3200 Introduction to Business and Professional Development¹⁰

BCOM 3310 Business Communication

BCOM 4350 Advanced Business Communication

FIN 3320 Business Finance

IMS 3310 International Business

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

OPRE 3310 Operations Management

OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management

or OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

III. Elective Requirements: 18 semester credit hours

A zero semester credit hour practicum experience is required:

HMGT 4090 Healthcare Management Internship

A zero semester credit hour community engagement experience is required:

BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum

Healthcare Management Core Courses: 15 semester credit hours

HMGT 3301 Introduction to Healthcare Management

HMGT 3311 Healthcare Accounting

HMGT 4321 Introduction to Healthcare Information Systems

HMGT 3310 Healthcare Regulatory Environment

HMGT 4380 Capstone in Healthcare Management

Biology (3 semester credit hours):

BIOL 4380 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory¹¹

or BIOL 3V96 Undergraduate Research in Molecular and Cell Biology

or BIOL 4391 Senior Research in Molecular and Cell Biology

or BIOL 4399 Senior Honors Research for Thesis in Molecular and Cell Biology

All students must complete at least 51 semester credit hours of upper-division courses to graduate.

1. Incoming freshmen must enroll and complete requirements of UNIV 1010 and the corresponding school-related freshman seminar course. Students, including transfer students, who complete their core curriculum at UT Dallas must take UNIV 2020.

2. Degree is 152-153 semester credit hours if students are required to take NATS 1101.

3. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.

4. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.

5. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.

6. Six semester credit hours of Calculus are counted under Mathematics Core and Component Area Option Core, and 2 semester credit hours of Calculus are counted as Biology Major Preparatory Courses.

7. Students may substitute MATH 2413 and MATH 2414 by taking MATH 2417 and MATH 2419.

8. Certain courses listed are prerequisites for major core (e.g., BA 1320 or ECON 2301 for IMS 3310), major concentration, or major related courses. Choose accordingly.

9. Students who complete PHYS 2421 do not need to complete PHYS 2125.

10. JSOM freshmen are required to take BA 1100 and HMGT 3100. Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take HMGT 3200.

11. Requires permission of the Biology Undergraduate Advisor to ensure training in recombinant DNA analysis.