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2010-2011 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biology, BS

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Area I

Essential Skills (12 semester hours)

ENGL 1101 - Composition I 3 hours
ENGL 1102 - Composition and Literature 3 hours
MATH 1113 - Precalculus 3 hours ¹
COMM 1000 - Introduction to Human Communication 3 hours or
COMM 1100 - Introduction to Public Speaking 3 hours

Area II

Humanities/Fine Arts (9 semester hours)

Select One:

ENGL 2110 - Survey of British Literature to 1700 3 hours
ENGL 2120 - Survey of British Lit since 1700 3 hours
ENGL 2210 - American Literature to 1865 3 hours
ENGL 2220 - American Literature since 1865 3 hours
ENGL 2310 - World Literature through Renaissance 3 hours
ENGL 2320 - World Literature Since the Enlightenment 3 hours

Select One:

ARTS 1100 - Art Appreciation 3 hours
MUSI 1100 - Music Appreciation 3 hours
THEA 1100 - Theatre Appreciation 3 hours

Select One:

PHIL 1100 - Introduction to Philosophy 3 hours
PHIL 2200 - Introduction to Ethics 3 hours
RELI 1101 - Old Testament 3 hours
RELI 1102 - The New Testament 3 hours
RELI 1200 - World Religions 3 hours

Area III

Science and Technology (11 semester hours)

CSCI 1100 - Introduction to Personal Computing 3 hours ²

Select One Lab Science Sequence:

BIOL 1107 - Introductory Biology I 4 hours
BIOL 1108 - Introductory Biology II 4 hours
CHEM 1211 - General Chemistry I 4 hours
CHEM 1212 - General Chemistry II 4 hours
PHYS 1111 - College Physics I 4 hours
PHYS 1112 - College Physics II 4 hours

Area IV

Social Sciences (9 semester hours)

POLI 1100 - American Government 3 hours
History (any) 3 hours
Social Science Elective
3 hours

Area V

Courses related to the Program of Study (59 semester hours)

CHEM 2211 - Organic Chemistry I 4 hours
CHEM 2212 - Organic Chemistry II 4 hours
MATH 2000 - Elementary Statistics 3 hours

Select Two Additional Lab Science Sequences:

BIOL 1107 - Introductory Biology I 4 hours
BIOL 1108 - Introductory Biology II 4 hours
CHEM 1211 - General Chemistry I 4 hours
CHEM 1212 - General Chemistry II 4 hours
PHYS 1111 - College Physics I 4 hours
PHYS 1112 - College Physics II 4 hours

Upper Division Required Courses in the Major (16 semester hours)

Select One:

BIOL 3201 - Conservation Biology 4 hours
BIOL 4101 - Ecology 4 hours

Upper Division Electives in the Major (16 semester hours)

At least one course must be Zoological (Z) in Nature and at least one course must be Botanical (B) in nature.

Choose from the following:

BIOL 3201 - Conservation Biology 4 hours
BIOL 3301 - General Botany 4 hours (B)
BIOL 3401 - Dendrology 4 hours (B)
BIOL 3501 - Microbiology 4 hours
BIOL 3601 - Bioinformatics 3 hours
BIOL 3701 - Animal Behavior 3 hours (Z)
BIOL 3801 - Vertebrate Zoology 4 hours (Z)
BIOL 3805 - Invertebrate Zoology 4 hours (Z)
BIOL 3807 - Comparative Anatomy 4 hours (Z)
BIOL 3808 - Developmental Biology 4 hours
BIOL 4101 - Ecology 4 hours
BIOL 4115 - Biochemistry 3 hours
BIOL 4201 - Plant Anatomy and Morphology 4 hours (B)
BIOL 4301 - Plant Physiology 4 hours (B)
BIOL 4401 - Evolutionary Biology 3 hours
BIOL 4501 - Immunology 3 hours
BIOL 4601 - Plant Taxonomy and Systematics 4 hours (B)
BIOL 4701 - Animal Physiology 4 hours (Z)
BIOL 4801 - Advanced Cellular and Molecular Biology 4 hours
BIOL 4996 - Special Topics in Biology 1 hour
BIOL 4997 - Special Topics in Biology 1 hour
BIOL 4998 - Special Topics in Biology 1 hour

Additional Requirements (20 semester hours)

General Electives 18 hours ³
Physical Education 2 hours ⁴

Total Hours for Graduation: 120

Note:

¹MATH 2201 is recommended for students preparing for graduate study.

²Computer proficiency may be demonstrated through examination.

³ Two semesters of foreign language study are recommended.

⁴ Physical Education courses may not be used as general electives.

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