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 (152-153 semester credit hours)^{1, 2}

JSOM Faculty

FACG> jsom-healthcare-management-bs

Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Alain Bensoussan @axb046100, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Metín Çakanyildirim @metin, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Milind Dawande @milind, Theodore E. Day @tday, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, 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, Stanimir Markov @sxm079200, 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, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Norris Bruce @nxb018100, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Dorothée Honhon @dbh130130, Bin Hu @bxh180009, 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, Cuili Qian @cxq170330, Orlando C. Richard @pretty, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, 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

Assistant Professors: Khai Chiong @kxc173030, Emily Choi @exc113230, Andrew Frazelle @aef180002, Ying Huang @yxh124430, Joonhwi Joo @jxj180020, Sora Jun @sxj177030, Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Meng Li @mxl120531, 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, Xiaoxiao Tang @xxt180003, Shervin Tehrani @sst180003, Ashwin Venkataraman @axv190029, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Shouqiang Wang @sxw163830, Junfeng Wu @jxw175430, Steven Xiao @sxx150930, Yingjie Zhang @yxz180067, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Xiaofei Zhao @xxz137630

Professors Emeriti: Dale Osborne @dosborne, John J. Wiorkowski @wiorkow

Assistant Professors Emeriti: J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Jane Salk @jes025000

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Ranavir Bose @rxb132730, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, David Cordell @dmc012300, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, Charles Hazzard @cxh056000, William Hefley @weh150130, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Sonia Leach @sel120030, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Divakar Rajamani @dxr020100, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, David Ritchey @davidr, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, Jeff Weekley @jaw160330, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, David Parks @dxp153830, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn, Avanti P. Sethi @asethi, Ramesh Subramoniam @rxs179630, Aysegul Toptal @axt083100, McClain Watson @jmw077000, David Widdifield @dsw180001

Clinical Assistant Professors: Athena Alimirzaei @axa134231, Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Sourav Chatterjee @sxc180075, 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

Assistant Professor of Instruction: Rasoul Ramezani @rxr145930

Senior Lecturers: Khatereh Ahadi @kxa180010, Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Frank Anderson @fwa012000, Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Monica E. Brussolo @meb049000, Juliann Chapman @jgc160130, George DeCourcy @gad075000, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Negin Enayaty Ahangar @nxe180001, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Abu Naser Islam @nxi110630, Scott Janke @smj160830, 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, Debra Richardson @dlr150330, Gaurav Shekhar @gxs150130, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000, Guido Tirone @gxt170001, Robert Wright @rgw091000, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

NSM Faculty

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

Associate Professors: John G. Burr @burr, Jeff L. DeJong @dejong, Heng Du @hxd131030, Tae Hoon Kim @txk142630, Kelli Palmer @klp120030, Duane D. Winkler @ddw130330, Zhenyu Xuan @zxx091000

Assistant Professors: Zachary Campbell @zxc153030, Nicole De Nisco @njd160330, Nikki Delk @nad140230, Jyoti Misra @jrm190003, Faruck Morcos @afg150230

Professors Emeritus: Hans Bremer @hxb068000, Lee A. Bulla @bulla, Donald M. Gray @dongray

Associate Professors Emeritius: Gail A. M. Breen @breen, Dennis L. Miller @dmiller

Clinical Professor: David Murchison @dfm100020

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

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Caitlin Braitsch @cmb170830, Ida Klang @ixk190014, Eva Sadat @exs190014, Zhuoru Wu @zxw190014

Senior Lecturers: Mehmet Candas @candas, Wen-Ju Lin @wenju, Meenakshi Maitra @mxm172731, Robert C. Marsh @rmarsh, Iti Mehta @ixm121430, Jing Pan @jxp134330, Elizabeth Pickett @eaw016100, Ruben D. Ramirez @rdr092000, Scott A. Rippel @rippel, Ilya Sapozhnikov @isapoz, Subha Sarcar @sns064000, Uma Srikanth @ukrish, Michelle Wilson @mxw084000, Wen-Ho Yu @why061000

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours³

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses (see advisor)

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 2417 Calculus I^{4, 5, 6}

or MATH 2413 Differential Calculus^{4, 5, 6}

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I⁴

or CHEM 1315 Honors Freshman Chemistry I⁴

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁴

or CHEM 1316 Honors Freshman Chemistry II⁴

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 of the following:⁷

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{8, 4}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{8, 4}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{8, 4}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{8, 4}

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

Choose two of the following:⁷

MATH 2419 Calculus II^{4, 5, 9}

or MATH 2414 Integral Calculus^{4, 5, 9}

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{8, 4}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{8, 4}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{8, 4}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{8, 4}

II. Major Requirements: 89-90 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 I⁴

or CHEM 1315 Honors Freshman Chemistry I⁴

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁴

or CHEM 1316 Honors Freshman Chemistry II⁴

CHEM 2123 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory I⁸

CHEM 2125 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory II⁸

CHEM 2323 Introductory Organic Chemistry I⁸

CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II⁸

MATH 2417 Calculus I^{4, 5, 6}

or MATH 2413 Differential Calculus^{4, 5, 6}

MATH 2419 Calculus II^{4, 5, 9}

or MATH 2414 Integral Calculus^{4, 5, 9}

PHYS 2325 Mechanics⁴ and PHYS 2125 Physics Laboratory I

or PHYS 2421 Honors Physics I - Mechanics and Heat^{4, 10}

PHYS 2326 Electromagnetism and Waves⁴

or PHYS 2422 Honors Physics II - Electromagnetism and Waves⁴

PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II

Biology Core Courses: 33 semester credit hours

BIOL 2111 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I⁸

BIOL 2112 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop II⁸

BIOL 2281 Introductory Biology Laboratory⁸

BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I⁸

BIOL 2312 Introduction to Modern Biology II⁸

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 Curriculum⁷

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting⁸

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting⁸

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law⁸

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

Choose two of the following:

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{8, 4}

or ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{8, 4}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{8, 4}

or ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{8, 4}

Business Core Courses: 24 semester credit hours

BCOM 1300 Introduction to Professionalism and Communication in Business¹¹

or BCOM 3300 Professionalism and Communication in Business¹¹

BCOM 4300 Managing Communications in Business

IMS 3310 International Business

FIN 3320 Business Finance

OPRE 3310 Operations Management

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management

or OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

III. Elective Requirements: 21 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: 18 semester credit hours

HMGT 3301 Introduction to Healthcare Management

HMGT 3310 Healthcare Regulatory Environment

HMGT 3311 Healthcare Accounting

HMGT 3320 Complex and Dynamic Healthcare Environment

HMGT 4321 Introduction to Healthcare Information Systems

HMGT 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Healthcare Management

or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business

or ENTP 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Entrepreneurship

Biology (3 semester credit hours):

BIOL 4380 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory¹²

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 153-154 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. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.

5. 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.

6. Students may elect to substitute MATH 2417 for MATH 2413.

7. Certain courses listed are prerequisites for major core (e.g., BA 1310 or BA 1320 or ECON 2301 for IMS 3310), major concentration, or major related courses. Choose accordingly.

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

9. Students may elect to substitute MATH 2419 for MATH 2414.

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

11. JSOM freshmen are required to take BCOM 1300. Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BCOM 3300.

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