Biology / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours: 128

Major Credit Hours: 49

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 the 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: BA-BIOL-1

I. Core Courses (48)

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-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

II. Select one of the following: (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

III. Although not specifically required for the major, the following courses are strongly recommended for the B.A. degree if the student intends to pursue a graduate degree.

PHYS-20000	College Physics 1	4
PHYS-20100	College Physics 1 Lab	1

IV. 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