Offered by Department of Biology

Biology Major

Biology Comprehensive Option
Bachelor of Science
General, Wildlife, Health Science Emphases

A minimum 2.5 GPA is required in all courses counting toward this major.

  1. Biology Comprehensive Core Requirements (19 hours required)
    • Take all of the following:
  2. Biology Comprehensive Supporting Course Requirements (8 hours required)
    • Take ONE of the following Statistics courses:
    • Take ONE of the following options:
      • Take 2 courses:
        • CHEM 250, Elementary Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
        • CHEM 250L, Elementary Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
      • OR take 4 courses:
        • CHEM 360, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
        • CHEM 360L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
        • CHEM 361, Organic Chemistry - 4 hours
        • CHEM 361L, Organic Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
  3. Biology Emphasis Requirements (17-34 hours required)
    • Take ONE Emphasis from the following:
      1. General Emphasis (17 hours required)
        • Take ONE of the following Physiology options:
          • Take 1 course from:
          • OR take 2 courses:
            • BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
            • BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
        • Take 1 course from Microbiology electives:
        • Take 1 course from Field electives:
        • Take 1 course of Laboratory electives:
          • BIOL 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours
          • BIOL 403, Plant Physiology - 3 hours
          • BIOL 404, Developmental Biology - 3 hours
          • BIOL 416, Plant Diversity and Evolution - 4 hours
          • BIOL 433, Invertebrate Zoology - 3 hours
          • BIOL 440, Infectious Diseases - 4 hours
          • BIOL 452, Techniques in Molecular Biology - 3 hours
          • BIOL 465, Physiology - 3 hours
        • Take ONE of the following options:
          • Take 2 courses:
            • CHEM 301, Analytical Chemistry - 3 hours
            • CHEM 301L, Analytical Chemistry Laboratory - 1 hour
          • OR take 2 courses:
      2. Wildlife Emphasis (34 hours required)
        • Take all of the following:
          • BIOL 330, Wildlife Conservation - 3 hours
          • BIOL 405, Range and Wildlife Management - 3 hours
          • BIOL 418, Plant Taxonomy - 3 hours
          • BIOL 462, Animal Behavior - 3 hours
        • Take 2 courses from Biology of Higher Vertebrates:
        • Take 1 course from Plant Science:
          • BIOL 403, Plant Physiology - 3 hours
          • BIOL 406, Plant Ecology - 3 hours
          • BIOL 416, Plant Diversity and Evolution - 4 hours
        • Take the following additional supporting courses:
          • Take 1 course from:
            • MATH 115, Calculus I with Analytic Geometry - 5 hours
            • MATH 123GS, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours
          • Take one of the following:
            • BIOL 301, Introduction to Soils - 4 hours
            • PHYS 205GS, General Physics - 4 hours
            • AND PHYS 205LGS, Physics I Laboratory - 1 hour
            • PHYS 206GS, General Physics - 4 hours (Prereq: PHYS 205GS, PHYS 205LGS)
            • AND PHYS 206LGS, Physics Laboratory II - 1 hour
            • Either of the above course combinations may count toward General Studies hours, reducing the hours required for the emphasis. Work closely with advisor.
        • Take a minimum of 3 hours of Computer Science from:
        • Take 1 course of Policy Administration & Law:
      3. Health Sciences Emphasis (28 hours required)
        • Take ONE from the following Physiology options:
          • Take 1 course:
          • OR take 2 courses:
            • BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
            • BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
        • Take 1 course from Microbiology:
        • Take 9 hours from Biology electives:
        • Take the following additional supporting courses:
        • Take 4 hours from the following:

5 May 2010

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