Biology / Bachelor of Science

Total Credit Hours: 128

Major Credit Hours: 72-74

 

Students must achieve a grade of C- or better in each of the following courses before they can advance to the next course in the sequence: BIOL 11000 General Biology 1, BIOL 11500 General Biology 2, BIOL 22000 Genetics, and BIOL 22400 General Microbiology. Any grade less than a C- requires the student to repeat the class or petition for an exemption. Students may receive the exemption only once.

Biology majors may take a Biology class only 2 times. If a student has not achieved a minimum of a “C-” after the second attempt, the student may not repeat the class. Students are allowed to repeat no more than two courses in the program to satisfy minimum grade requirement.

The Biology Department will award 3 hours of credit for the General Education class BIOL 10000 Introduction to Biology when students have received a score of 4 or 5 on AP tests. No credit is awarded for major classes based on AP scores.

 

Degree Requirements

Program: BS-BIOL-1

I. Core Courses (61)

BIOL-11000	General Biology 1	4
BIOL-11100	General Biology 1 Lab	1
BIOL-11500	General Biology 2	4
BIOL-11600	General Biology 2 Lab	1
BIOL-22000	Genetics	4
BIOL-22100	Genetics Lab	1
BIOL-22400	General Microbiology	4
BIOL-22600	General Microbiology Lab	1
BIOL-32000	Biostatistics	3
BIOL-35500	Molecular Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates	3
	OR
BIOL-35700	Nutritional Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates	3
BIOL-35600	Molecular Biochemistry Lab	1
BIOL-39400	Major Field Test	0
BIOL-40600	Molecular Cell Biology	4
BIOL-49600	Biology Senior Thesis	2
CHEM-11000	General Chemistry 1	4
CHEM-11100	General Chemistry 1 Lab	1
CHEM-11500	General Chemistry 2	4
CHEM-11600	General Chemistry 2 Lab	1
CHEM-23000	Organic Chemistry 1	3
CHEM-22100	Organic Chemistry 1 Lab	1
CHEM-23500	Organic Chemistry 2	3
CHEM-22600	Organic Chemistry 2 Lab	1
PHYS-20000	College Physics 1	4
PHYS-20100	College Physics 1 Lab	1
PHYS-20500	College Physics 2	4
PHYS-20600	College Physics 2 Lab	1

II. Select one of the following: (4)

MATH-20900	Calculus 1	4
	OR
MATH-20400	Calculus for the Life Sciences	4

III. Select two of the following options: (6-8)

BIOL-31500	General Ecology and Evolution	3
BIOL-31600	General Ecology Lab	1
BIOL-32200	Environmental Microbiology	2
BIOL-32300	Environmental Microbiology Lab	1
BIOL-33500	Advanced Clinical Physiology	3
BIOL-33600	Case Studies in Human Physiology	1
BIOL-35500	Molecular Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates	3
BIOL-35700	Nutritional Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates	3
BIOL-35800	Nutritional Biochemistry Lab	1
BIOL-36300	Biomimicry and Whole Systems Thinking	3
BIOL-37300	Renewable Energy Technologies	4
BIOL-37500	Issues in Environmental Science	3
BIOL-39300	Green Building & LEED Rating Systems	3
BIOL-40500	Invertebrate Zoology	4
BIOL-41600	Conservation Biology	3
BIOL-41700	Conservation Biology Lab	1
BIOL-41800	Limnology	3
BIOL-42000	Botany	3
BIOL-42100	Botany Lab	1
BIOL-42200	Human Anatomy	3
BIOL-42300	Functional Human Anatomy Lab	1
BIOL-42500	Medical Microbiology	3
BIOL-42600	Immunology	3
BIOL-43500	Ethics: Scientific Principles and Practices	3
BIOL-47900	Pharmacology	2
BIOL-49700	Special Topics	1-4

IV. Select one of the following options: (1)

BIOL-38000	Biochemistry Journal Club	1
BIOL-38100	Physiology Journal Club	1
BIOL-38200	Microbiology Journal Club	1
BIOL-38300	Ecology Journal Club	1
BIOL-38400	Genetics Journal Club	1
BIOL-38500	Biology Journal Club	1

V. Advanced Writing Requirement

The advanced writing requirement of the General Education curriculum is satisfied by successful completion of:

BIOL-38500	Biology Journal Club	1
BIOL-49600	Biology Senior Thesis	2