2011-2012 Catalog
School of Arts and Sciences
Requirements for Biology (B.S.)
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Satisfy Core Curriculum Requirements for students entering college in Fall 1999 or after. See “General Requirements for a Bachelor’s Degree.”
- Satisfy the requirements for the Bachelor of Science.
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Natural sciences with lab (for a total of 11 semester hours of natural sciences)
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- General requirements:
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Lower Division - BIOL 1406 and BIOL 1407 General Biology for Science Majors; BIOL 2420 Elementary Microbiology; CHEM 1411 and CHEM 1412 General Inorganic Chemistry; CHEM 2323 Organic Chemistry I and CHEM 2325 organic Chemistry II; PHYS 1401 General Physics; and MATH 2312 Precalculus.
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Upper Division - ENGL 3430 Professional Writing; MATH 3391 Probability and Statistics.
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Upper Division - BIOL 4310 Biochemistry II, BIOL 4313 Genetics, BIOL 3330 Histology, BIOL 4333 Comparative Animal Physiology, BIOL 3326 Plant Biology, BIOL 4337 Cell & Molecular Biology or BIOL 4335 Ecology, BIOL 3340 Animal Behavior, or BIOL 3342 Social Biology; BIOL 4103 Biology Seminar or BIOL 4102 Independent Research in Biology. Students must take a minimum of 4 semester hours of upper division laboratory, BIOL 4100. Concurrent enrollment in the lecture class is required.
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Students must take a minimum of 4 semester hours of upper division laboratory.
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Students seeking secondary certification should see the section on “Secondary Teacher Certification Programs”.
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Free electives - Enough electives to fulfill the 120 semester hour requirement and the 54 semester hours of upper division courses.
These requirements are summarized in the following table:
Biology, B.S. Plan
(for students entering Spring 2011 or after)
| I. CORE CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS (42 total core hours required). |
LD | LD/UD | UD | TOTAL |
| English Composition | 6 | 6 | ||
| College Math or higher | 3 | 3 | ||
| Natural Sciences | 6 | 6 | ||
| Humanities | 3 | 3 | ||
| Visual/Performing Arts | 3 | 3 | ||
| U.S. History | 6 | 6 | ||
| Political Science | 6 | 6 | ||
| Social/Behavioral Science | 3 | 3 | ||
| Speech | 3 | 3 | ||
| Computer Literacy | 3 | 3 | ||
II. MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS |
LD |
LD/UD |
UD |
TOTAL |
| A. General | ||||
| ENGL 3430 Professional Writing | 4 | 4 | ||
| BIOL 1406 Biology for Science Majors | 4 | 4 | ||
| BIOL 1407 Biology for Science Majors | 4 | 4 | ||
| BIOL 2420 Elementary Microbiology | 4 | 4 | ||
| CHEM 1411 General Inorganic Chemistry | 4 | 4 | ||
| CHEM 1412 General Inorganic Chemistry | 4 | 4 | ||
| PHYS 1401 General Physics | 4 | 4 | ||
| MATH 2312 Precalculus | 3 | 3 | ||
| MATH 3391 Probability and Statistics | 3 | 3 | ||
| CHEM 2323 Organic Chemistry I | 3 | 3 | ||
| CHEM 2325 Organic Chemistry II | 3 | 3 | ||
B. Concentration |
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| BIOL 4310 Biochemistry II | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 4313 Genetics | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 3330 Histology | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 4333 Comparative Animal Physiology | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 3326 Plant Biology | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 4337 Cell & Molecular Biology Or BIOL 4335 Ecology |
3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 3340 Animal Behavior Or BIOL 3342 Social Biology |
3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 4103 Biology Seminar Or BIOL 4102 Independent Research in Biology |
1 | 1 | ||
| BIOL 4100 Lab (Concurrent enrollment in lecture class is required.) |
4 | 4 | ||
III. FREE ELECTIVES – Additional upper division hours to satisfy the 120 minimum requirement of hours on the degree plan and the 54 hour minimum of upper division hours. |
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| Elective courses for Premedical and Predental/ Biotechnology/Environment Concentrations: |
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| BIOL 3323 Comparative Anatomy | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 3343 Immunology | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 4320 Embryology | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 3320 Human Genetics or BIOL 3322 Human Physiology |
3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 4335 Ecology with BIOL 4100 Ecology Lab Or BIOL 4337 Cell & Molecular Biology with BIOL 4100 Lab |
4 | 4 | ||
| BIOL 4300 Cancer Biology Or BIOL 4390 Phytochemical & Health |
3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 4300 Biotechnology & Bioinformatics | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 4325 Introduction Forensic Science | 3 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 4345 Toxicology Or BIOL 4300 Marine Ecology Or BIOL 4300 Bioterrorism and Biosecurity |
3 | 3 | ||
| * TOTAL | 120 | |||
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* Students must complete a minimum of 4 semester hours of upper division laboratory. |
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