Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry is an UG course designed to offer graduation level education to students with interest towards biology, biochemistry and chemistry subjects. This course deals with the study of chemical processes in living organisms and some of the subjects covered under this course are enzymology, basic immunology, virology, microbiology, human physiology, biophysical chemistry and bio-organic chemistry.

This course was recently introduced in many colleges in India and the list of government colleges offering this course in India is given below:

• D.G. Government Arts College for Women, Tamil Nadu

• Government College of Science, Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Chhattisgarh

• Government Degree College, Tekkali, Andhra Pradesh

• Government New Science College, Rewa, Madhya Pradesh

• Rajah Serfoji Government Arts College, Tamil Nadu

• Bharathi Women’s College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Eligibility criteria for seeking admission to the Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry course:

For seeking admission to the B. Sc Biochemistry course in the aforesaid government colleges, candidates must have completed their 10+2 in science stream with not less than 50% of marks from a recognized board of education.

What does B. Sc Biochemistry course deal with?

As mentioned earlier, the course deals with the study of chemical combinations and reactions that take place in biological process like heredity, reproduction, metabolism, growth, etc…and also the effect of environment on living organisms. Studying functions and structures of molecular basis, process of metabolism, fats, carbohydrates, proteins and enzymes form part of the B. Sc Biochemistry course.

Higher Studies after UG course in Biochemistry:

Nowadays, there is an immense scope of study and research in the field of biochemistry and candidates can go for research in biochemistry only if they take up Master of Science in biochemistry after completion of their UG course in biochemistry. The M. Sc course offers a wide knowledge to the students in the biochemistry and related fields with various elective subjects like recombinant DNA Technology, clinical immunology, drug design and biomolecular modeling, neurochemistry, immunochemistry and biostatistics. Even candidates who have completed their B. Sc biochemistry course can go for Post Graduate Diploma course in biochemistry/applied biochemistry as well.

Employment areas for B. Sc Biochemistry graduates:

B. Sc Biochemistry graduates can get employment in different fields like:

• Agricultural Research Services

• Pharmaceutical industry

• Cosmetic Industry

• Petrochemical industry

• Health care industry

• Power generation industry

• Hospitals

• Heavy chemical industry

• Chemical industry

• Research & development organizations

• Oil industry

In addition to these, they can also take up education as their career field by taking up teaching as career.

Job types:

Normally, B. Sc biochemistry graduates can get employment opportunities in the following job positions:

• Toxicologist

• Science Teacher

• Regulatory Affairs Specialist

• Quality control inspector

• Product development manager

• Laboratory supervisor

Therefore, to sum up since biochemistry students are offered with a wide spectrum of knowledge they can get a very bright future job prospects. Particularly, when they go for higher studies in the same field after completion of their UG course, they will be able to get a very good pay as well.