Biology Major
Biology Comprehensive
Bachelor of Science
General, Wildlife, Health Science Emphases
- 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, General Emphasis and Health Science Emphases require a minimal
mathematical competency at the level of trigonometry. The Biology degree, Wildlife Emphasis requires a minimal
mathematical competency at the level of calculus. 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 = 48-67
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 101-120
- Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 0-19
- Minimum total hours required for BS in Biology Comprehensive = 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 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
- 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
- Biology Emphasis Requirements (24-43 hours required)
- Take ONE Emphasis from the following:
- General Emphasis (24 hours required)
- Take 6-9 hours from 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 435, Herpetology - 3 hours
- BIOL 462, Animal Behavior - 3 hours
- BIOL 470, Insect Biology - 3 hours
- BIOL 472, Ichthyology - 3 hours
- BIOL 473, Ornithology - 3 hours
- BIOL 474, Mammalogy - 3 hours
- Take 6-9 hours from 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 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours (Prereq: BIOL 211GS 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 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)
- 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:
- Take all of the following:
- 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, Introduction to Statistics for Social Sciences - 3 hours
- STAT 241GS, Elementary Statistics - 3 hours
- Take 1 course from Physical Sciences:
- Take 2 courses from Policy Administration & Law:
- Health Sciences Emphasis (40 hours required)
- Take ONE from the following Physiology options:
- Take 2 courses:
- BIOL 215GS, Human Physiology - 4 hours
- PE 360, Introduction to Anatomical Biomechanics - 4 hours
- 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:
- BIOL 309, Cellular Biology - 4 hours
- BIOL 311, Bioethics - 3 hours
- BIOL 325, Medical Terminology - 1 hour
- BIOL 401, Principles of Immunology - 4 hours
- BIOL 404, Developmental Biology - 3 hours
- BIOL 440, Infectious Diseases - 4 hours
- BIOL 450, Molecular Biology I - 3 hours (Prereq: BIOL 309 and BIOL 360 OR permission of instructor)
- BIOL 452, Techniques in Molecular Biology - 3 hours
- BIOL 461, Human Genetics - 3 hours
- 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)
- Take the following additional supporting courses:
- Take 4 hours from the following:
