Integrated Science Major

Students must also complete the Undergraduate Registration Requirement and the degree requirements of their home school.

NOTE: This Catalog describes Weinberg College BA requirements that pertain to students who matriculated at Northwestern after spring quarter 2023. Refer to the Archives if you are following BA requirements described in the 2018-2019 through 2022-2023 editions.

Course Title
Major Requirements (25.7 units)
First Year
COMP_SCI 111-0Fundamentals of Computer Programming
CHEM 171-0
CHEM 181-0
CHEM 172-0
CHEM 182-0
Advanced General Inorganic Chemistry
and Advanced General Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
and Advanced General Physical Chemistry
and Advanced General Physical Chemistry Laboratory
MATH 281-1
MATH 281-2
MATH 281-3
Accelerated Mathematics for ISP: First Year
and Accelerated Mathematics for ISP: First Year
and Accelerated Mathematics for ISP: First Year
PHYSICS 125-1
PHYSICS 125-2
PHYSICS 125-3
PHYSICS 126-1
PHYSICS 126-2
PHYSICS 126-3
General Physics ISP
and General Physics for ISP
and General Physics for ISP
and Physics Laboratory for ISP
and Physics Laboratory for ISP
and Physics Laboratory for ISP
Second Year
BIOL_SCI 240-0
BIOL_SCI 241-0
Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology for ISP - 1
and Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology for ISP - 2
BIOL_SCI 232-0Molecular and Cellular Processes Laboratory
BIOL_SCI 233-0Genetics and Molecular Processes Laboratory
CHEM 217-1
CHEM 237-1
Accelerated Organic Chemistry I
and Accelerated Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
CHEM 348-0Physical Chemistry for ISP
EARTH 350-0Physics of the Earth for ISP
MATH 381-0Fourier Analysis and Boundary Value Problems for ISP
MATH 382-0Complex Analysis for ISP
PHYSICS 339-1
PHYSICS 339-2
Quantum Mechanics
and Quantum Mechanics
Third Year
ASTRON 331-0Astrophysics for ISP
BIOL_SCI 323-0Bioinformatics: Sequence and Structure Analysis
or BIOL_SCI 341-0 Population Genetics
or BIOL_SCI 361-0 Protein Structure and Function
or BIOL_SCI 390-0 Molecular Biology of Genome Editing and Engineering
NEUROSCI 311-0Biophysical Analysis of Neurons for ISP
PHYSICS 337-0Physics of Condensed Matter
or PHYSICS 339-3 Particle and Nuclear Physics
STAT 383-0Probability and Statistics for ISP
Course Title
With permission, Undergraduate Research (INTG_SCI 398-0) may be substituted for up to 3 of the following courses:
Astrophysics for ISP
Bioinformatics: Sequence and Structure Analysis
Population Genetics
Protein Structure and Function
Molecular Biology of Genome Editing and Engineering
Complex Analysis for ISP
Biophysical Analysis of Neurons for ISP
Physics of Condensed Matter
Particle and Nuclear Physics

Honors in Integrated Science

Students eligible to pursue honors based on their overall performance in ISP courses will be so informed no later than fall quarter of senior year. Those who choose to pursue honors must then enroll with a faculty research adviser in at least 2 quarters of Undergraduate Research either in ISP (INTG_SCI 398-0) or an ISP-affiliated department (some of these credits may count toward the major; see the program director for details). At the beginning of May eligible students submit a senior thesis describing their research activities for consideration by the ISP committee.

Students whose theses and grades meet program criteria are recommended to the college for graduation with honors. For more information consult the program director and see Honors in the Major.