First Year

Fall Semester

• Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
• Major: BIOL 111 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LECTURE (WI) (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)
• 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 121 - CALCULUS I or MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS (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 214 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I LECTURE*** (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 214L - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I LAB*** (HRS 1.5)
• Major: CHEM 206 - ESSNTLS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LEC* (HRS 4) & Major: CHEM 206L - ESSNTLS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LAB (HRS 1)
• Major: PSYC 242 - STATISTICS or ENSC 345 - RESEARCH DESIGN & STATISTICS (HRS 4)
• General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
• Career Pathways: PATH TS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
• Total: (HRS 18.5)

Spring Semester

• Major: BIOL 216 - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II LECTUR*** (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 216L - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II LAB*** (HRS 1.5)
• Major: BIOL 332 - GENETICS LECTURE* (WI) (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 332L - GENETICS LAB (HRS 1.5)
• General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
• Career Pathways: PATH TS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
• Total: (HRS 15)

Third Year

Fall Semester

• Major: CHEM 425 - BIOCHEMISTRY I* (HRS 4)
• Major: PHYS 101 - PHYSICS FOR NON-SCIENTSTS OR PHYS 111 - FUNDAMENTALS PHYSICS I LECTURE and PHYS 118L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I LAB (HRS 4-5)
• General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
• General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
• Total: (HRS 16-17)

Spring Semester

• Major: BIOL 407 - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LEC* (WI) (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 407L - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB (HRS 1.5)
• General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
• Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
• Major: Biology WI Elective* (HRS 4)
• Total: (HRS 17.5)

* Students can choose Biochemistry or Cell & Molecular Biology or both. If only one is taken, the student needs to select another Biology course for their elective.

** The sequence for the Gen. Ed. Courses is flexible and open to the student’s discretion

*** a minimum grade of B- is required for entry to the program

WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major

*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)

SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY

Scientific Reasoning

SCIENTIFIC REASONING

Distribution Category (Outside of TAS)

VALUES AND ETHICS; SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; OR CULTURE AND CREATIVITY

Distribution Category

VALUES AND ETHICS; SYSTEMS, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY; OR CULTURE AND CREATIVITY

+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.

NOTE: Student’s application to RUTGERS SHP is due in mid January of year 3, to start the program after the Fall of the senior year. (Rutgers Program is > 15 months, beginning in the Fall of year 4.)

Note: Three Writing Intensive courses are required in the major and/or school core. Consult with your advisor.