生物化学是文理学院的本科专业。生物化学学士学位达到或超过了美国化学学会和美国生物化学与分子生物学学会提出的所有课程建议。此外，该计划与当前针对21世纪教育实践的国家建议相一致。课程概述尽管生物化学专业由文理学院提供，但生物化学和分子生物学系在主校区以北是医学院的组织和物理组成部分。主校区提供一些课程，而医学院校区的两栋现代化，设备精良的建筑则进行了高级课程和高级研究。
Biochemistry is an undergraduate major degree option in the UNM College of Arts & Sciences, making it one of the only undergraduate biochemistry programs in the nation housed in a School of Medicine. It trains pre-med, pre-pharmacy and pre-dental students, as well as students enrolled in the Combined BA/MD Program and students interested in MS and PhD degrees in the discipline. A program that focuses on the scientific study of the chemistry of living systems, their fundamental chemical substances and reactions, and their chemical pathways and information transfer systems, with particular reference to carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. Includes instruction in bio-organic chemistry, protein chemistry, bioanalytical chemistry, bioseparations, regulatory biochemistry, enzymology, hormonal chemistry, calorimetry, and research methods and equipment operation.