Are you planning to transfer from a community college or another University? Check out the | Transfer Center | for more information about applying to the University and the procedure once you are admitted. You can also review the | Course Equivalency Guide | to see how courses articulate at the university.

If you are currently at an Arizona community college please check out our | Transfer Pathways | to see what courses are required in order for you to spend two years at a community college and an additional 2 years at the university. Please note that depending upon your math placement, we may recommend spending more time either at the community college or the university, depending upon your needs and interests. Transfer orientation is required, so contact Admissions to reserve your slot.

Courses You Plan to Take or Have Completed within Arizona

If the course is from a public Arizona community college or university, you do not need to have pre-approval. We have articulation agreements with public, in-state schools.

Check the Course Equivalency Guide to see how courses will transfer to UA. If your class does not automatically come in as a direct UA equivalent, you must contact the department for proper evaluation. 

Once you complete the course, you must send UA an official transcript or the credits will not appear in UAccess. A "C" or better is required for a course to transfer, although it will not affect your GPA at the UA.

Courses You Have Completed Outside Arizona

For out-of-state and private institutions, verify your school and course have not been previously evaluated here. If a direct equivalency is listed for the course at the institution you plan to attend, then it will automatically articulate as that course when you submit the transcript. Please use the Transfer Evaluation Form to request an evaluation of the course for UA course equivalency or substitution. Complete all required fields. If you do not submit the syllabus, we will follow up asking for it, only delaying the process. Submission without syllabi will be denied. You can submit supplemental supporting documentation, such as course calendars, book lists, etc.

If you have not heard from anyone after three weeks, please check on the status of your request by contacting an advisor. An advisor can check the status of the request and confirm if it was received or not. If it has taken that long, it's likely there was a technical glitch, and your request never made it through. 

Change/Add Major

You must schedule an appointment with an academic advisor. New major meetings are not allowed during priority registration. You may receive course suggestions during priority registration and declare after that period has finished. Seats in majors only courses will not be reserved for anyone who intends to declare during this time.

Majors - Checklist & Sample 4-Year Plans

The check-lists below are for planning purposes only, not to replace the official UA Academic Program Requirement Reports for the degrees. Official requirement reports for each catalog year can be found in the | UA general catalog |. Be sure to select your catalog year as requirements may change from year to year.

BIOC Majors

• BIOCBA Requirements
• BIOCBA Requirements Before 2020
• BIOCBS Requirements
• BIOCBS Requirements Before 2020

CHEM Majors

• CHEMBA Requirements
• CHEMBS Requirement

Minors - BIOC or CHEM

• BIOC Minor Requirements 
• BIOC Minor UA Online and Distance
• CHEM Minor Requirements 

Course Descriptions

Course descriptions are available in the General Catalog. Typical offerings may not always be perfectly up-to-date. The Guest Class Schedule shows current offerings. Please contact an advisor for questions on semester specific offerings and other course questions. Students can view the Schedule of Classes in their UAccess Student Center.

• Appointments for minors are not necessary. Most questions can be answered on a drop-in basis (see advisor availability below) or through email.  Your major advisor can add the BIOC/CHEM minor. We do not require that you meet with us to add the minor.
• If, after consulting the requirements for your catalog year and major, you still have questions, please email the respective CBC Academic Advisor (listed in the column on the left).
• Read through the Undergraduate Major/Minor Checklists

Your faculty advisor is different than your academic advisor. Faculty advisors for BIOC majors provide advising and approval on independent study, directed research, and senior capstone options. Biochemistry faculty can also provide professional and graduate school advising.
   

Besides your academic advisor, faculty advisors can also help you identify and explore career options, help you develop a plan for reaching long-term goals; encourage you to take advantage of college success strategies and resources to help you reach academic goals; promote exploration of experiential-learning experiences and on-campus experiences to develop interpersonal and leadership skills, and explore career goals. BIOC majors are assigned a faculty advisor after completing BIOC 296b. If you need further information send an email request to: CBC-Advising@email.arizona.edu

In addition to BIOC and CHEM programs, the following programs are available on the UA campus to students:

• What To Do To Get Admitted to Medical and Graduate School - Video presentation by Marc Tischler
• Pre-pharmacy Advising
• Advising Resource Center
• Honors Program
• Pre-health Advising
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Consortium
• Undergraduate Biology Research Program

The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry encourages all students to become involved in Research. By providing undergraduates with many opportunities to participate, through credit courses, paid positions, and a wide range of research areas, we feel there is something for everyone!

If you are curious about our program and student research opportunities, you may want to visit the | CBC Undergraduate Research Poster Fair |, which is open to the public each spring.

You can visit the Undergraduate Research page for additional resources.