Biology, BS

The Biology curriculum appears below. In addition to the 9-credit freshman course in General Biology, biology majors will select 33 credits of Biology electives with at least one course in each of the following five course groups (special exemption may be made by permission of the chairperson).

Cellular (C):

Molecular (M):

Genetics (G):

Population (P):

Additional Information

Biology majors may use up to 6 credits in Chemistry (CHEM 350 , CHEM 351 ,CHEM 360 , CHEM 450 , CHEM 451 ) or Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology (BCMB 440 , BCMB 464 as Biology electives.

See the Pre-Medical Program section for the pre-medical advisor’s elective recommendations for pre-professional students.

Biology Curriculum

	Department and Number - Descriptive Title of Course	Fall Cr.	Spr. Cr.
First Year
MAJOR (GE NSCI)	BIOL 141 - (E) General Biology –BIOL 142 - (E) General Biology	4.5	4.5
COGNATE	CHEM 112 - (E) General and Analytical Chemistry –CHEM 113 - (E) General and Analytical Chemistry	4.5	4.5
GE WRTG - SPCH	WRTG 107 - Composition –COMM 100 Public Speaking	3	3
GE C/IL	C/IL 102 - Computing and Information Literacy		3
GE PHIL	PHIL 120 Introduction to Philosophy	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective		3
GE FSEM	INTD 100 - Freshman Seminar	1
		16	18
Second Year
MAJOR	BIOL ELECT - Biology Electives	4.5	4
COGNATE	CHEM 232 - (E) Organic Chemistry –CHEM 233 - (E) Organic Chemistry	4.5	4.5
GE QUAN–COGNATE	MATH 103 (Q) Pre-Calculus Mathematics –MATH 114 - (Q) Calculus I ¹	4	4
GE S/BH	S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavioral Elective		3
GE PHIL–T/RS	PHIL 210 Ethics –T/RS 121 (P) Theology I: Introduction to the Bible	3	3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education	1
		17	18.5
Third Year
MAJOR	BIOL ELECT - Biology Electives	4.5	5
COGNATE	PHYS 120 - (E) General Physics –PHYS 121 - (E) General Physics	4	4
GE S/BH	S/BH ELECT - Social/Behavioral Elective	3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Electives	3	3
GE T/RS	T/RS 122 - (P) Theology II: Introduction to Christian Theology	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives		3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education		1
		17.5	16
Fourth Year
MAJOR	BIOL ELECT - Biology Electives	7.5	7.5
GE PHIL or T/RS	PHIL - Philosophy or T/RS ELECT - T/RS Elective		3
GE HUMN	HUMN ELECT - Humanities Elective	3
GE ELECT	FREE ELECT - Free Electives	6	3
GE PHED	PHED ELECT - Physical Education		1
		16.5	14.5
	Total: 134 Credits

¹MATH 103 (taken before MATH 114 ) if indicated by Math Placement Test. Otherwise, credits may be taken in math, biology, chemistry or physics.

Biology, BS

Cellular (C):

Molecular (M):

Organismal (O):

Genetics (G):

Population (P):

Additional Information

Biology Curriculum

First Year

Second Year

Third Year

Fourth Year

Total: 134 Credits