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Biology (B.S.) effective Fall 2005

Area A- Essential Skills - 9 semester credit hours

Course number	Course title	Credit hours
ENGL 1101	English Composition I	3
ENGL 1102	English Composition II	3
MATH 1113*	Pre-Calculus	3

* MATH 1113 has prerequisites of
- MATH 1111, College Algebra, or MATH 1101, Mathematical Modeling AND
- MATH 1112, Trigonometry, or completion of a high school course in trigonometry.
MATH 1111 or MATH 1101, and MATH 1112 may be taken simultaneously.
MATH 1111 is highly preferred over MATH 1101 for biology majors.
MATH 1501, Calculus I, 4 credit hours, may be taken in place of Pre-Calculus if the student is prepared. The extra hour of credit may be applied to selected emphasis areas.

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Area B - Critical Thinking and Communications - 4 semester credit hours

Semester Taken	Course number	Course title	Credit hours
	CRIT 1101	Critical Thinking across the Curriculum	3
	COMM 1001	Presentational Speaking	1

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Area C - Humanities - 6 semester credit hours

Semester Taken	Course number	Course title	Credit hours
	one of the following ENGL 2111 ENGL 2112 ENGL 2121 ENGL 2122 ENGL 2131 ENGL 2132 PHIL 2201 SPAN 2001 FREN 2001 SPAN 2002 FREN 2002	Select ONE (1) of the following Literature or Philosophy courses: World Literature I - Pre-Modern World Literature II – Modern British Literature I British Literature II American Literature I American Literature II Introduction to World Philosophy Intermediate Spanish Intermediate French Intermediate Spanish Intermediate French	3
	one of the following ART 2301 ART 2302 CMS 2100 MUSC 2301 MUSC 2101 PHIL 2401 THEA 1100 SPAN 2001 FREN 2001 SPAN 2002 FREN 2002	Select ONE (1) of the following Fine Arts courses: Art of the Pre-Modern World Art of the Modern World Intro to Film Intro to World Music Music Appreciation Intro to Aesthetics Theater Appreciation Intermediate Spanish Intermediate French Intermediate Spanish Intermediate French	3

Semester Taken

Course number

Course title

Credit hours

one of the following

ENGL 2111
ENGL 2112
ENGL 2121
ENGL 2122
ENGL 2131
ENGL 2132
PHIL 2201
SPAN 2001
FREN 2001
SPAN 2002
FREN 2002

Select ONE (1) of the following Literature or Philosophy courses:

World Literature I - Pre-Modern
World Literature II – Modern
British Literature I
British Literature II
American Literature I
American Literature II
Introduction to World Philosophy
Intermediate Spanish
Intermediate French
Intermediate Spanish
Intermediate French

one of the following

ART 2301
ART 2302
CMS 2100
MUSC 2301
MUSC 2101
PHIL 2401
THEA 1100
SPAN 2001
FREN 2001
SPAN 2002
FREN 2002

Select ONE (1) of the following Fine Arts courses:

Art of the Pre-Modern World
Art of the Modern World
Intro to Film
Intro to World Music
Music Appreciation
Intro to Aesthetics
Theater Appreciation
Intermediate Spanish
Intermediate French
Intermediate Spanish
Intermediate French

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Area D - Science, Mathematics and Technology - 11 semester credit hours

Course number	Course title	Credit hours
CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L	Principles of Chemistry I (3 hrs) and Principles of Chemistry Laboratory I (1 hr)	4
CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1212L	Principles of Chemistry II (3 hrs) and Principles of Chemistry Laboratory II (1 hr)	4
MATH 1231	Introductory Statistics	3

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Area E - Social Sciences - 12 semester credit hours

Course number	Course title	Credit hours
POLS 1101	American Government	3
HIST 2111 or HIST 2112	US History to 1877 or US History Since Reconstruction	3
PSYC 1101* or SOCI 1101	Introduction to General Psychology or Introduction to Sociology	3
SOSC 2501 or HIST 1111 or HIST 1112	Survey of Social Sci & Contemp. Issues or World History I or World History II (Modern World History)	3

* PSYC 1101 is required for students who would like to take PSYC 3350, Abnormal Psychology, course in their emphasis area.

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Area F - Other Program Requirements - 18 semester credit hours

Course number	Course title	Credit hours
BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1107L	Principles of Biology I (3 hrs) and Principles of Biology Laboratory I (1 hr)	4
BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L	Principles of Biology II (3 hrs) and Principles of Biology Laboratory II (1 hr)	4
CHEM 2411 and CHEM 2411L	Organic Chemistry I (3 hrs) and Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (1 hr)	4
CHEM 2412 and CHEM 2412L	Organic Chemistry II (3 hrs) and Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1 hr)	4
BIOL 2500	Introductory Plant Biology	2

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Biology Core - 46 semester credit hours (8 lower level and 38 upper level)

Course number	Course title	Credit hours
BIOL 3100	Biocomputing	3
BIOL 3200	Cell Biology	3
BIOL 3222* or BIOL 4222*	Internship and/or Cooperative Education (3 hrs) or Biology Research Practicum (3 hrs)	3
BIOL 3250 and BIOL 3250L	Microbiology (3 hrs) and Microbiology Laboratory (1 hr)	4
BIOL 3380	Evolution and Population Biology	3
BIOL 3500 and BIOL 3500L	Ecology (3 hrs) and Ecology Laboratory (1 hr)	4
BIOL 3650 and BIOL 3650L	Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (3 hrs) and Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy Laboratory (1 hr)	4
BIOL 4100	Animal Physiology	3
BIOL 4201	Genetics	3
BIOL 4202 and BIOL 4202L	Biotechnology (2 hrs) and Biotechnology Laboratory (2 hr)	4
BIOL 4500	Biology Seminar	1
CHEM 4202	Biochemistry	3
PHYS 1111 and PHYS 1111L	Introductory Physics I (3 hrs) and Introductory Physics Laboratory I (1 hr)	4
PHYS 1112 and PHYS 1112L	Introductory Physics II (3 hrs) and Introductory Physics Laboratory II (1 hr)	4

* Consult your advisor to determine which of these two courses best fits your academic needs.

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Emphasis Areas - at least 14 semester credit hours

Students must choose only ONE of the following six emphasis areas:

| Biomedical Applications |
or
| Preparation for Graduate School |
or
| Pre-Veterinary Medicine |
or
| Forensic Science |
or
| Environmental Science |
or
| Physical Therapy and Physicians Assistant Program Preparation |

Students whose career goals are better suited by a mixture of the courses contained within the emphasis areas or who have transferred other science electives from another school that are appropriate for a desired career goal may choose to build an alternative emphasis area in consultation with the approval of their faculty advisors and the Natural Science department head.

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Emphasis: Biomedical Applications (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Semester Taken	Course number	Course title	Credit hours
Select at least 14 semester credit hours from the following list.
	BIOL 3222	Internship and/or Cooperative Education¹	3
	BIOL 4100L	Animal Physiology Laboratory²	1
	BIOL 4160	Vertebrate Endocrinology	3
	BIOL 4222	Biology Research Practicum¹	3
	BIOL 4450	Immunology	3
	BIOL 4460	Virology	3
	BIOL 4500	Biology Seminar¹	1
	BIOL 4600	Medical Microbiology	3
	HSCI 3201	Pathophysiology	3
	HSCI 4330	Nutrition	3
	MATH 1501	Calculus I	4 or 1*
	PHYS 3650	Modern Physics	3
	PSYC 3350	Abnormal Psychology	3

*If MATH 1501 is used in Area A, one hour of credit may be applied here.

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Emphasis: Graduate School Preparation (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Semester Taken	Course number	Course title	Credit hours
Select at least 14 semester credit hours from the following list. At least 4 hours must be 3000 or 4000 level.
	BIOL3xxx or BIOL4xxx	Any upper level biology course or lab that is not used in the Biology core.	varies
	BIOL 4222	Biology Research Practicum¹	3
	BIOL 4500	Biology Seminar¹	1
	CHEM 4110	Environmental Chemistry	3
	CSCI 1301	Computer Science I	3
	CSCI 1302	Computer Science II³	4
	MATH 1501	Calculus I	4 or 1*
	PHYS 3650	Modern Physics	3

* If MATH 1501 is used in Area A, one hour of credit may be applied here.

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Emphasis: Pre-Veterinary Medicine (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Semester Taken	Course number	Course title	Credit hours
Select at least 14 semester credit hours from the following list.
	BIOL 3222	Internship and/or Cooperative Education¹	3
	BIOL 3300	Vertebrate Natural History	3
	BIOL 3375	Animal Behavior	3
	BIOL 4100L	Animal Physiology Laboratory²	1
	BIOL 4160	Vertebrate Endocrinology	3
	BIOL 4222	Biology Research Practicum¹	3
	BIOL 4450	Immunology	3
	BIOL 4460	Virology	3
	BIOL 4500	Biology Seminar¹	1
	BIOL 4600	Medical Microbiology	3
	HSCI 3201	Pathophysiology	3
	HSCI 4330	Nutrition	3
	MATH 1501	Calculus I	4 or 1*
	PHYS 3650	Modern Physics	3

*If MATH 1501 is used in Area A, one hour of credit may be applied here.

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Emphasis: Forensic Science (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Semester Taken	Course number	Course title	Credit hours
Select at least 14 semester credit hours from the following list.
	BIOL 3222	Internship and/or Cooperative Education¹	3
	BIOL 3375	Animal Behavior	3
	BIOL 4100L	Animal Physiology Laboratory²	1
	BIOL 4222	Biology Research Practicum¹	3
	BIOL 4500	Biology Seminar¹	1
	CHEM 4110	Environmental Chemistry	3
	CHEM 4204	Criminalistics⁴	3
	CRJU 1150	Introduction to Criminal Justice	3
	CRJU 3100	Criminology⁵	3
	PHYS 3650	Modern Physics	3
	PSYC 3350	Abnormal Psychology⁶	3

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Emphasis: Environmental Science (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Semester Taken	Course number	Course title	Credit hours
Select at least 14 semester credit hours from the following list.
	BIOL 3222	Internship and/or Cooperative Education¹	3
	BIOL 3300	Vertebrate Natural History	3
	BIOL 3375	Animal Behavior	3
	BIOL 3700	Advanced Plant Biology	3
	BIOL 4100L	Animal Physiology Laboratory²	1
	BIOL 4160	Vertebrate Endocrinology	3
	BIOL 4222	Biology Research Practicum¹	3
	BIOL 4500	Biology Seminar¹	1
	CHEM 4110	Environmental Chemistry	3
	PHYS 3650	Modern Physics	3

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Emphasis: Physical Therapy and Physicians Assistant Program Preparation (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Semester Taken	Course number	Course title	Credit hours
Select at least 14 semester credit hours from the following list. At least 4 hours must be 3000 or 4000 level.
	BIOL1151 and BIOL1151L	Anatomy and Physiology I (3)⁷ and Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I (1)	4
	BIOL 1152 and BIOL 1152L	Anatomy and Physiology II (3)^{7, 8} and Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory II (1)	4
	BIOL 3222	Internship and/or Cooperative Education¹	3
	MEDA1100	Medical Terminology^{7, 9}	1
	HFMG 3101	Kinesiology^{8, 9}	3
	HFMG 3102	Exercise Physiology^{9, 10}	3
	PSYC 2103	Human Development^{7, 9}	3
	PSYC 3350	Abnormal Psychology⁶	3

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¹The biology core requirements involving these courses must be satisfied first before these courses can be applied to this area. No single course can count in both areas (Biology Core and the emphasis area), but can each be taken a maximum of 2 times for credit.

² BIOL 4100, Animal Physiology, is a prerequisite or corequisite for BIOL 4100L, Animal Physiology Laboratory.

³CSCI 1301, Computer Science I, is a prerequisite for CSCI 1302, Computer Science II.

⁴PHYS 3650, Modern Physics, is a prerequisite for CHEM 4204, Criminalistics.

⁵ CRJU 1150, Introduction to Criminal Justice is a prerequisite for CRJU 3100, Criminology.

⁶ PSYC 1101, Introduction to Psychology, must be selected in Area E to meet the prerequisite for PSYC 3350, Abnormal Psychology.

⁷These courses are required for entrance into the Emory University, Georgia State University and Medical College of Georgia Physical Therapy programs, and the Emory Universityand Medical College of Georgia Physicians Assistant programs.

⁸These courses require BIOL1151, Human Anatomy and Physiology I, and BIOL1151L, Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I, as a prerequisite.

⁹These courses are required for entrance into the Physical Therapy program at the Medical College of Georgia.

¹⁰HFMG 3102, Exercise Physiology, requires HFMG 3101, Kinesiology, as a prerequisite.

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Biology (B.S.) effective Fall 2005

Area A- Essential Skills - 9 semester credit hours

Area B - Critical Thinking and Communications - 4 semester credit hours

Area C - Humanities - 6 semester credit hours

Area D - Science, Mathematics and Technology - 11 semester credit hours

Area E - Social Sciences - 12 semester credit hours

Area F - Other Program Requirements - 18 semester credit hours

Biology Core - 46 semester credit hours (8 lower level and 38 upper level)

Emphasis Areas - at least 14 semester credit hours

Emphasis: Biomedical Applications (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Emphasis: Graduate School Preparation (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Emphasis: Pre-Veterinary Medicine (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Emphasis: Forensic Science (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Emphasis: Environmental Science (≥ 14 semester credit hours)

Emphasis: Physical Therapy and Physicians Assistant Program Preparation (≥ 14 semester credit hours)