Offered by Department of Biology

Biology Major

Biology Comprehensive
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:
    • 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
  2. Biology Comprehensive Supporting Course Requirements (5 hours required)
    • 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 (24-43 hours required)
    • Take ONE Emphasis from the following:
      1. General Emphasis (24 hours required)
      2. Wildlife Emphasis (43 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 Wildlife Biology:
        • Take 1 course from Zoology:
        • Take 2 courses from Botany:
          • BIOL 403, Plant Physiology - 3 hours
          • BIOL 406, Plant Ecology - 3 hours
          • BIOL 416, Plant Diversity and Evolution - 4 hours
        • Take 1 course from Quantitative Sciences:
          • MATH 115, Calculus I with Analytic Geometry - 5 hours (Prereq: MATH 103GS OR Math ACT score of 23 or greater and 4 years of high school mathematics including 2 years of algebra and 1 year of geometry and a senior level pre-calculus course)
          • MATH 123GS, Applied Calculus I - 3 hours
        • Take 1 course from Basic Statistics:
          • STAT 235GS, Statistical Techniques for Research I - 3 hours
          • STAT 241GS, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
        • Take 1 course from Physical Sciences:
        • Take 2 courses from Policy Administration & Law:
      3. Health Sciences Emphasis (40 hours required)

13 Nov 2012

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