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The recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2024-2025 academic year.
CRWT Placement
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
Math Placement
MATH 021/022 to MATH 024 to MATH 110-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Major: BIOL 111 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LECTURE (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 111L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LAB (HRS 1)
- Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning – CHEM 116 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LECTURE (HRS 4) & Gen Ed: Scientific Reasoning – 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 – MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS^, MATH 121 - CALCULUS I^, or CMPS 147 - COMPUTER SCIENCE I (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH TS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 18)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: BIOL 221 - GENERAL ECOLOGY * (HRS 4)
- Major: CHEM 211 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I LECTURE * (HRS 4) & Major: CHEM 211L - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I LAB * (HRS 1)
- Major: MATH 122 - CALCULUS II* OR ENSC 345 - RESEARCH DESIGN & STATISTICS* OR PSYC 242 - STATISTICS* (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH TS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 17)
Spring Semester
- Major: BIOL 332 - GENETICS LECTURE * (WI) (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 332L - GENETICS LAB * (WI) (HRS 1.5)
- Major: CHEM 213 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LECTURE * (HRS 4) & Major: CHEM 213L - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LAB * (HRS 1)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Major: PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 18.5)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: BIOL 407 - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LEC* (WI) (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 407L - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB* (WI) (HRS 1.5)
- Major: PHYS 111 - FUNDAMENTALS PHYSICS I LECTURE (HRS 4) & Major: PHYS 118L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I LAB (HRS 1)
- Major: CHEM 425 - BIOCHEMISTRY I (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Total: (HRS 18.5)
Spring Semester
- Major: CHEM 446 - BIOCHEMISTRY II LECTURE (HRS 4)
- Major: PHYS 113 - FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS II LECTURE * (HRS 4) & Major: PHYS 119L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS II LAB * (HRS 1)
- Major: Bio Elective 2 # (HRS 4-5.5)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Total: (HRS 17-18.5)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Bio Elective 3 # (HRS 4-5.5)
- Major: BIOL 356 - EVOLUTION * WI (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16-17.5)
Spring Semester
- Major: Bio Elective 4 # (HRS 4-5.5)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16-17.5)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA Required: 2.0
*General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
Social Science Inquiry (+W)
Scientific Reasoning
Historical Perspectives (+W)
Studies in the Arts and Humanities (+W)
Global Awareness (+W)
Distribution Category (Outside of TAS)
Distribution Category
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
* This course has a pre-requisite. Please refer to the course catalog for information about pre-requisites.
**Gen Ed Distribution Categories: two of the three categories are required. One course must be outside of the School of Theoretical and Applied Science.
# Biology electives with Lab or Field experiences are up to to 5.5 credits. One of the four required Biology electives must include Lab or Field experience. Only one can be 200 level. BIOL 214/214L and BIOL 216/216L-Anatomy and Physiology I and II count as one elective. Students may also opt to choose BIOL 311/311L-Microbiology as an elective as that is a requirement for many professional programs. Some graduate professional programs require 2 psychology courses including PSYC 101 Intro to Psychology. Students are advised to speak to their advisor while planning their course of study so that those particular requirements can be met.
^ This course requires a CLM test for placement purposes.
+ Depending on the Biology electives selected, students may need to take a 5th Elective to reach 128 credits.
WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major
This plan is designed to allow students to take all the required courses required for most medical and professional health schools. Students are encouraged to visit the websites of specific graduate and/or professional programs that they are considering to ensure that they fulfil the specific requirements for admission to those programs
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