Biomedical Science / Bachelor of Arts

Total Credit Hours: 128

Major Credit Hours: 60

 

 

This degree is intended for students who already hold a bachelor’s degree but lack some of the prerequisite coursework required of Professional Schools and their respective entrance exams. Students should work with their academic advisor to determine which courses are necessary for the specific health profession/career interest. The usual course prerequisites apply as stipulated in the catalog. All laboratories associated with lecture courses will be required. 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, and BIOL 22000 Genetics. Any grade less than “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 two 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.

 

 

Degree Requirements

Program: BA-BIOM-1

I. Core Courses (16)

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-38500	Biology Journal Club	1
BIOL-43500	Ethics: Scientific Principles and Practices	3
BIOL-49600	Biology Senior Thesis	2

II. Electives (35)

Elective credits can come from any major level courses in the sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) in addition to coursework in Calculus (Calculus 1, 2, and/or 3).  As prerequisite coursework can vary for each health profession, no specific set of courses will be required.  Students must complete at Lewis at least 2 courses (6 – 8 credits) in upper-division coursework from among the following. Common courses that will most likely be part of many students’ course loads include: 

BIOL-22400	General Microbiology	4
BIOL-22600	General Microbiology Lab	1
BIOL-32000	Biostatistics	3
BIOL-33500	Advanced Clinical Physiology	3
BIOL-33600	Case Studies in Human Physiology	1
BIOL-35500	Molecular Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates	3
BIOL-35600	Molecular Biochemistry Lab	1
BIOL-35700	Nutritional Biochemistry with Clinical Correlates	3
BIOL-40600	Molecular Cell Biology	4
BIOL-42200	Human Anatomy	3
BIOL-42300	Functional Human Anatomy Lab	1
BIOL-42500	Medical Microbiology	3
BIOL-42600	Immunology	3
BIOL-47900	Pharmacology	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
MATH-20400	Calculus for the Life Sciences	4
	OR
MATH-20900	Calculus 1	4
	OR
	higher-level calculus course
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

III. Advanced Writing Requirement

The advanced writing component of the General Education curriculum will be satisfied by successful completion of the following:

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

IV. Mission Requirements

Choose three courses from the following with at least one Theology:

SOCI-29000	Diversity and Social Justice	3
	Theology Elective 10000 level	3
	Theology Elective 20000 level	3
	Action and Values	3