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Biology (B.S.)

Effective Fall 2008


| Area A | Area B | Area C | Area D | Area E | Area F |

| Biology Core | Emphasis Areas |


Area A- Essential Skills - 9 semester credit hours

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours
  ENGL 1101 English Composition I 3
  ENGL 1102 English Composition II 3
  MATH 1113
or
MATH 1112A*
Pre-Calculus
or
Trigonometry and Analytic. Geom. 
3
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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
    PHIL 2601
  • 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
    Ethics/Hist./Cntmpry.Pers
  • 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


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

Semester Taken 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

Semester Taken 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

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Area F - Other Program Requirements - 18 semester credit hours

Semester Taken 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 - 45 semester credit hours (8 lower level and 37 upper level)

Semester Taken Course number Course title Credit hours

 

BIOL 3100

Biocomputing

3

 

BIOL 3200

Cell Biology

3

 

BIOL 3222
or
BIOL 3223
or
BIOL 3224
or
BIOL 4222*

 

Off-Campus Internship
or
On-Campus Internship
or
Introductory Research
or
Biology Research Practicum

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 4202L

Biotechnology Laboratory

3

 

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

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Emphasis Areas - at least 15 semester credit hours

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

Biomedical Applications
or
Environmental Science
or
Forensic Science
or
Preparation for Graduate School
or
Pre-Pharmacy
or
Pre-Veterinary Medicine
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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