How is Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology (BCMB) Different from Biology or Chemistry?
Since our name includes the words ‘chemistry’ and ‘biology’, some find it confusing to distinguish between BCMB and these other disciplines. The best way to understand what a field is like is to examine national expectations of graduates in those fields. Many disciplines have professional organizations that guide these expected educational outcomes. For Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, our professional organization is the ASBMB (American Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists). Further, many graduate schools use GRE scores to judge student undergraduate preparation for their respective subject areas. We can thus use GRE exams for.more guidance about defining the national expectations for persons graduating from corresponding undergraduate programs.
