Biology (BAS)
Biology (BAS)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
COURSES |
CREDIT HOURS (BAS) |
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Professional Studies |
3 |
English |
9 |
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II |
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ENGL 2301 - World Literature I or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II |
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Fine Arts FINE 1306 - Introduction to Fine Arts |
3 |
History |
6 |
Choose two: HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 HIST 2301 - World Civilization I HIST 2302 - World Civilization II |
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Kinesiology |
2 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived. |
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Mathematics |
3 |
Choose one: MATH 1301 - Math for Liberal Arts MATH 1303 - College Algebra MATH 1304 - Trigonometry MATH 1307 - Finite Math for Business Analysis MATH 1308 - Calculus for Business Analysis MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I |
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Religion |
12 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey |
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plus 6 additional RELI hours
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Social Science (1000 or 2000 level courses only) |
6 |
POLS 2301 - American National Government and select three additional credit hours from Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, or Sociology. |
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TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS |
44 |
Biology Major |
44 |
BIOL 1405 - Modern Concepts in Biology I BIOL 1406 - Modern Concepts in Biology II BIOL 2405 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I BIOL 2406 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II BIOL 3404 - Genetics (S-L) In addition, the following courses are required: CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II The student must take an additional 16 hours of biology of which 12 hours must be upper-level biology electives Minimum of 12 credit hours in major in residence at Dallas Baptist University, 9 credit hours of which must be upper-level. |
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Electives* |
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Upper-Level |
23 |
Total Credit Hours Required |
120 |
*Inverted Option: Depending on the number of applicable transferred credit hours, a student may be able to use at least 24 technical/occupational credit hours or 24 credit hours in a specific field of study (e.g., credits earned from military transcripts and/or corporate training, etc.) as elective credits for an Inverted Degree. For Inverted Degree students, all elective hours can be either lower- or upper-level, and the minimum University requirement of 42 hours of upper-level credit can be waived. Students should coordinate with their academic advisor to determine if an inverted degree would be beneficial/applicable after all transcripts have been officially evaluated.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 42 upper-level credit hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L) = Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
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