Dec 22, 2024

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

Biology, B.A.

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General Education Requirements (A&S)

In addition to major requirements, students must meet the General Education Requirements that correlate to their degree.

For B.A. and B.S. degrees, see General Education Requirements for the B.A. and B.S. Degrees (A&S) .
For Transfer students, see General Education Requirements for Transfer Students (A&S) .

Major GPA and Grade Requirements

Biology and chemistry courses must be completed with a grade point average of at least 2.2.

All courses required for the major must be taken for a letter grade and may not be taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.

Requirements for the Major

Required credits: 50-51

Biology Courses (24 credits)

BIO 122 - Introductory Biology I 4 credit(s)
BIO 123 - Introductory Biology II 4 credit(s)
BIO 212 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I 4 credit(s)
BIO 213 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II 4 credit(s)
BIO 260W - Ecology 4 credit(s)
BIO 272W - Genetics 3 credit(s)
BIO 273W - Genetics Laboratory 1 credit(s)

Upper Level Biology Electives (12 credits)

Choose three courses from the following:

BIO 310W - Introduction to Neuroscience 4 credit(s)
BIO 340 - Medical Microbiology 4 credit(s)
BIO 352 - Molecular Cell Biology 4 credit(s)
BIO 410 - Developmental Biology 4 credit(s)
BIO 425W - Seminar in Life Science Writing 4 credit(s)

Chemistry Courses (8 credits)

CH 114 - Principles of Chemistry I 4 credit(s)
CH 136 - Principles of Chemistry II 4 credit(s)

Math Courses (6-7 credits)

M 114 - Everyday Statistics 3 credit(s) OR
M 115P - Biostatistics 3 credit(s)
AND
M 110 - Modeling with Elementary Functions 3 credit(s) OR
M 140 - Precalculus with Trigonometry 4 credit(s)

Additional Information

It is recommended that part of the General Education requirement for Social Science be fulfilled by taking the following:

PSY 105 - Introduction to Psychology 3 credit(s)

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