Biology Major
Biology
Bachelor of Science
- General Studies Program Hours = 45
including General Studies coursework required by major
- Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
- MATH 102GS*, College Algebra - 3 hours
- *The Biology degree requires a minimal mathematical competency at the level of trigonometry.
Students with sufficient preparation may enter the mathematics program at a higher level,
reducing the total hours needed. See advisor for math placement.
- Portal = 3
- Distribution = 27
- Aesthetics minimum = 3
- Humanities minimum = 6
- Social Sciences minimum = 6
- Natural Sciences minimum = 11 including:
- Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
- Wellness minimum = 0
- Capstone = 3
- BS Science-related course requirements = 8 including:
- Major Option = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major = 24
- For specific requirements see
#3 of Bachelor of Science Degree requirements. Selecting a minor or second major less than or
greater than 24 hours will alter the number of unrestricted electives.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 113
- Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 7
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Biology = 120
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees
must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.
A minimum 2.5 GPA is required in all courses counting toward this major.
- Biology Option Core Requirements (19 hours required)
- Take all of the following:
- Take 2 hours from ONE of the following courses:
- BIOL 420, Biology Research - 1-5 hours
- BIOL 421, Senior Seminar in Biology - 1 hour
- BIOL 482, Seminar in Molecular Biology - 1 hour
- Biology Option Required Electives (9 hours required)
- Take 3 hours of Field electives:
- BIOL 330, Wildlife Conservation - 3 hours
- BIOL 405, Range and Wildlife Management - 3 hours
- BIOL 406, Plant Ecology - 3 hours
- BIOL 418, Plant Taxonomy - 3 hours
- BIOL 433, Invertebrate Zoology - 3 hours
- BIOL 435, Herpetology - 3 hours
- BIOL 462, Animal Behavior - 3 hours
- BIOL 470, Insect Biology - 3 hours
- BIOL 472, Fresh Water Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 473, Ornithology - 3 hours
- BIOL 474, Mammalogy - 3 hours
- Take 6 hours of Laboratory electives:
- BIOL 211GS, Human Microbiology - 4 hours
- BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours
- BIOL 225, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
- BIOL 226, Anatomy and Physiology - 4 hours
(Prereq: BIOL 225 or permission of instructor)
- BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 400, Microbiology - 4 hours
- BIOL 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours (Prereq: either BIOL 211GS or BIOL 400 AND either BIOL 309 OR CHEM 351 and CHEM 351L OR permission of instructor)
- BIOL 403, Plant Physiology - 3 hours
- BIOL 404, Developmental Biology - 3 hours
- BIOL 416, Plant Diversity and Evolution - 4 hours
- BIOL 440, Infectious Diseases - 4 hours
(Prereq: BIOL 211GS or
BIOL 400 or permission)
- BIOL 452, Techniques in Molecular Biology - 3 hours (Prereq: either BIOL 309 OR CHEM 351 and CHEM 351L)
- BIOL 465, Physiology - 3 hours (Prereq: either BIOL 105GS or BIOL 106GS AND BIOL 309 AND CHEM 161GS and CHEM 161LGS AND organic chemistry OR permission of instructor)
- BIOL 468, Parasitology - 2 hours
- AND BIOL 468L, Parasitology Laboratory - 1 hour
- Biology Option Supporting Course Requirements (8 hours required)
- Take:
- 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
