Bachelors of Science in Biology
General Biology
A major in Biology with an emphasis in General Biology or Cellular and Molecular Biology requires 120 semester hours, of which 43 credit hours must be biology courses. Additionally, 43 semester credit hours of General Education requirements, 20 credit hours of General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biochemistry, 8 credit hours of Physics, 3 credit hours of Math 1720 or higher (General Biology Concentration) or 3 credit hours of Math 1910 (Cellular and Molecular Biology Concentration), and 15 credit hours of 3000-4000 level general electives (ie PSYC 3410). No grade of less than “C” in any Biology course will be accepted as credit toward meeting Departmental requirements.
An undergraduate minor in the Department consists of a minimum of 24 semester hours, 16 of which should be taken in sequence in Biology 1110-1111; 1120-1121; 2110-2111 (Cell Biology), and 2120-2121 (Genetics). General Chemistry 1110 and 1120, with laboratories, are required as a supporting related course and must precede BIOL 2110. The remaining eight hours of the minor must be at 3000 or 4000 Biology level courses.
SUGGESTED FOUR YEAR PLAN:
Courses labeled with an asterisk represent general education courses from the areas of Fine Art, Humanities, Social Sciences, Literature, and History. Such courses may be substituted with other courses from their respective areas of the approved general education course list found in the undergraduate catalog. ** Math 1720 or higher is required to take Physics.
General Biology Plan of Study
| Freshman Year | |||
| Fall | Spring | ||
| BIOL 1110,1111 General Biol I & Lab | 4 | BIOL 1120,1121 General Biol II & Lab | 4 |
| CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I | 3 | CHEM 1120 General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I Lab | 1 | CHEM 1121 General Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
| ENGL 1010 Freshman English I | 3 | ENGL 1020 Freshman English II | 3 |
| *Humanities Elective | 3 | MATH 1720 Pre-Calculus-Trig or higher | 3 |
| UNIV 1000 Service to Leadership | 1 | *Humanities | 3 |
| 15 | 17 | ||
| Sophomore Year | |||
| Fall | Spring | ||
| BIOL 2110, 2111 Cell Biology and Lab | 4 | BIOL 2120, 2121 Principles of Genetics and Lab | 4 |
| CHEM 2010 Organic Chemistry I | 3 | CHEM 2020 Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 2011 Organic Chemistry I Lab | 1 | CHEM 2021 Organic Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
| *Literature Elective | 3 | *History Elective | 3 |
| *History Elective | 3 | *Social Science Elective | 3 |
| COMM 2200 Public Speaking | 3 | *Social Science Elective | 3 |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| Junior Year | |||
| Fall | Spring | ||
| BIOL Physiology Elective | 4 | BIOL 4120, 4121 Principles of Ecology and Lab | 4 |
| CHEM 3410 General Biochemistry I | 3 | Biology Elective with Lab (3000-4999) | 4 |
| CHEM 3411 General Biochemistry I lab | 1 | PHYS 2020 College Physics II | 3 |
| PHYS 2010 College Physics I | 3 | PHYS 2021 College Physics II Lab | 1 |
| PHYS 2011 College Physics I Lab | 1 | General Elective (3000-4999 level) | 3 |
| BIOL 3110 Biometrics or STATS Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Senior Year | |||
| Fall | Spring | ||
| BIOL 4170 Senior Seminar | 1 | Biology Elective (3000-4999) | 3 |
| Biology Elective with Lab (3000-4999) | 4 | General Elective (3000-4999) | 3 |
| Biology Elective with Lab (3000-4999) | 4 | General Elective (3000-4999) | 3 |
| General Elective (3000-4999) | 3 | General Elective (3000-4999) | 3 |
| 12 | 12 | ||
| Total 120 Credit Hours | |||