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Biology
This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer.
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2018-2019 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Major/Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning – BIOL 111 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LECTURE (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 111L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LAB (HRS 1)
- Major: CHEM 116 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LECTURE (HRS 4)
- Major: CHEM 116L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB (HRS 1)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- Major: BIOL 113 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II LEC (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 113L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY II LAB (HRS 1)
- Major: CHEM 117 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LECTURE * (HRS 4)
- Major: CHEM 117L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB * (HRS 1)
- Gen Ed: QUANTITATIVE REASONING (HRS 4) MATH 121 - CALCULUS I *A or CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I (strongly suggested) (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 17)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: BIOL 221 - GENERAL ECOLOGY * (HRS 4)
- Major: CHEM 206 - ESSNTLS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LEC * (HRS 4)
- Major: CHEM 206L - ESSNTLS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB * (HRS 1)
- Major – Math Requirement: MATH 121 - CALCULUS I *A OR MATH 122 - CALCULUS II * OR ENSC 345 - RESEARCH DESIGN & STATISTICS * OR PSYC 242 - STATISTICS OR CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 17)
Spring Semester
- Major: BIOL 332 - GENETICS LECTURE * WI (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 332L - GENETICS LAB * WI (HRS 1.5)
- Major: Bio Elective I (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES formerly known as STUDIES IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES AIID 201 - STUDIES IN ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): CULTURE AND CREATIVITY SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY, or VALUES AND ETHICS (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 17.5)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: BIOL 356 - EVOLUTION WI (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 111 - FUNDAMENTALS PHYSICS I LECTURE (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 118L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I LAB (HRS 1)
- Major: Bio Elective II (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 13)
Spring Semester
- Major: PHYS 113 - FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS II LECTURE * (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 119L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS II LAB * (HRS 1)
- Major: Bio Elective III (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: GLOBAL AWARENESS (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed: Distribution Category (choose 1): CULTURE AND CREATIVITY SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY, or VALUES AND ETHICS (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 17)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Bio Elective 4 (Lab/field experience required) # (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 407 - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LEC * WI (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 407L - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB * WI (HRS 1.5)
- General Elective: Elective 1 (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 13.5)
Spring Semester
- General Elective: Elective 2 ( HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective 3 ( HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective 4 ( HRS 4)
- General Elective: Elective 5 + ( HRS 3)
- Total: (HRS 15)
The General Education courses can be taken in any sequence, not necessarily what is suggested here.
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA Required: 2.0
* This course has a pre-requisite. Please refer to the course catalog for information about pre-requisites.
# Biology electives with Lab or Field experiences are up to to 5.5 credits.
A This course requires a CLM test for placement purposes.
+ Depending on the Biology electives selected, students may need to take a 5th General Elective to reach 128 credits.
WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major
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