Biology Courses

Program Requirements

Course		Credits
BIO 101	General Biology I	4
BIO 102	General Biology II	4
BIO 211	General Physiology	4
BIO 223	Ecology	4
BIO 307	Genetics	3
BIO 321	Cell Physiology	3
BIO 443	Molecular Biology	4
BIO	Electives1	2
CHEM 205	Organic Chemistry I	4
CHEM 206	Organic Chemistry II	4
PHYS 202	General Physics II	4
MATH 112	Calculus and Analytic Geometry I OR	4
MATH 203	Statistics	3
	Total	67-68

General Education Requirements²

Course		Credits
ENGL C101	Composition & Rhetoric	3
MATH 110	Calculus & Anal. Geo. I	4
HUM C201	Humanities	3
HUM	Elective	3
FA C 101	Fine Arts	3
SOSC C201	Social Science	3
SOSC	Elective	3
CHEM 103	General Chemistry I	4
CHEM 104	General Chemistry II	4
PHYS 201	General Physics I	4
BIO 100	Biology First Year Seminar	3
CAPS C390	Capstone Seminar	3
	Total Electives Total Semester Hours	40 16 120

1 - Biology and cognate courses at the 200 level or higher. The BA Biology degree only requires 16 credit hours of Biology electives.
2 - The BA Biology degree also requires 6 credit hours of a foreign language.

Sample Schedule

First Year

Course		Credits
BIO 101	General Biology I	4
BIO 102	General Biology II	4
CHEM 103	General Chemistry I	4
CHEM 104	General Chemistry II	4
ENG 101	Composition & Rhetoric	3
MATH 109	Precalculus	4
SOSC	Social Science	3
BIO 100	Biology First Year Seminar	3
	Total	29

Second Year

Course		Credits
BIO 211	General Physiology	4
BIO 223	Ecology	4
CHEM 205	Organic Chemistry I	4
CHEM 206	Organic Chemistry II	4
HUM	Elective	3
	Foreign Language (BA only)	6
SOSC	Elective	3
	Fine Art	3
	Total	31

Third and Fourth Year

Course		Credits
BIO 307	Genetics	3
BIO 321	Cell Physiology	3
BIO 343	Molecular Biology	4
BIO	Electives	22
HUM	Elective	3
CAPS 390	Capstone Seminar	3
PHYS 201	General Physics I	4
PHYS 202	General Physics II	4
	Electives	18
	Total Total Semester Hours	60 120

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