Biology, BS

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In addition to the program requirements listed below, there are additional college-wide graduation requirements for all students.

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General Education Curriculum (31 hours)

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Specific General Education Requirement for this Major

The following course must be completed with a grade of “C-” or better to be applied towards graduation requirements.

CHEM 1211 - General Chemistry I 4 hours
MATH 1113 - Precalculus 3 hours (or higher)

Courses related to Program of Study (67 semester hours)

All courses must be completed with a grade of “C-” or better to be applied towards graduation requirements.

Lower Division Required Courses (34 hours)

BIOL 1107 - Introductory Biology I 4 hours
BIOL 1108 - Introductory Biology II 4 hours
CHEM 1212 - General Chemistry II 4 hours
CHEM 2211 - Organic Chemistry I 4 hours
CHEM 2212 - Organic Chemistry II 4 hours
CSCI 1100 - Introduction to Personal Computing 3 hours (or higher CSCI course)
MATH 2000 - Elementary Statistics 3 hours
PHYS 1111 - College Physics I 4 hours or
PHYS 2111 - University Physics I 4 hours
PHYS 1112 - College Physics II 4 hours or
PHYS 2112 - University Physics II 4 hours

Upper Division Required Courses (16 hours)

BIOL 3101 - Genetics 4 hours
BIOL 3102 - Cell Biology 4 hours
BIOL 3985 - Biological Research 3 hours
BIOL 3201 - Conservation Biology I 4 hours or
BIOL 4101 - Ecology 4 hours
BIOL 4990 - Senior Research Capstone 1 hour or
BIOL 4991 - Senior Capstone 1 hour

Electives in the Major (17 hours)

Choose any BIOL courses 3000 level or higher (CHEM 4115 can also be used). At least one course must be designated “Z” (zoological) and one course must be designated “B” (botanical).

General Electives (22 hours)

A maximum of two PALS (Physically Active Life Skills) courses may be used as general electives.