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Biology: Joint SUNY Optometry 3+4 Track
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The recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. 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
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR OR HNRS 101 - HONORS FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed Scientific Reasoning – CHEM 116 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LECTURE (HRS 4) & Gen Ed Scientific Reasoning – CHEM 116L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB (HRS 1)
- Major: BIOL 111 - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LECTURE (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 111L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY 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: MATH 110 - PRECALCULUS OR MATH 121 - CALCULUS I*A (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH TS1 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 1 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 18)
SUMMER SEMESTER
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Total: (HRS 4)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CHEM 211 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I LECTURE* (HRS 4) & Major: CHEM 211L - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I LAB* (HRS 1)
- Major: PHYS 111 - FUNDAMENTALS PHYSICS I LECTURE (HRS 4) & Major: PHYS 118L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I LAB (HRS 1)
- Major: PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH TS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 18)
Spring Semester
- Major: PHYS 113 - FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS II LECTURE* (HRS 4) & Major: PHYS 119L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS II LAB* (HRS 1)
- Major: CHEM 213 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LECTURE* (HRS 4) & Major: CHEM 213L - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LAB* (HRS 1)
- Major: ENSC 345 - RESEARCH DESIGN & STATISTICS OR PSYC 242 - STATISTICS (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH TS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 18)
SUMMER SEMESTER
- Major: BIOL 332 - GENETICS LECTURE* WI (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 332L - GENETICS LAB* (HRS 1.5)
- Total: (HRS 5.5)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: BIOL 410 - EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY LECTURE (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 410L - EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY LAB (HRS 1.5)
- Major: BIOL 311 - MICROBIOLOGY LECTURE (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 311L - MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY (HRS 1.5)
- Major: BIOL 221 - GENERAL ECOLOGY (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Total: (HRS 19)
Spring Semester
- Major: BIOL 407 - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LEC* WI (HRS 4) & Major: BIOL 407L - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB (HRS 1.5)
- Major: CHEM 425 - BIOCHEMISTRY I (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 356 - EVOLUTION* WI (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Total: (HRS 17.5)
Fourth Year
- SUNY Optometry
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: 3.3 Science; 3.3 cumulative
*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.
$ This course is lecture only.
A This course requires a CLM test for placement purposes.
WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major
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