Bachelor of Science in Biology Requirements

Total Semester Credit Hours = 120

University Core Curriculum—(44 hrs.)
2.0 grade point average in all required upper-division courses attempted
Lower division preparation (may be part of University Core)
CHEM 1311/1111 and 1312/1112; MATH 2413; PHYS 2325/2125 and 2326/2126
Required Biology courses (41 hours including 33 hours of upper-division biology, 12 hours at this university)
1. Biology Core (22 hrs.)
  BIOL 1306/1106: General Biology I/Lab
  BIOL 1307/1107: General Biology II/Lab (may be part of University core)
  BIOL 3332/3133: Genetics/Lab
  BIOL 3336/3137: Ecology/Lab
  BIOL 3334/3144: Cell Biology/Lab
  BIOL 4114 and 4115: Seminar
2. Distribution Requirements (19 hrs. - one course from each group)
  Group I:
  BIOL 3345/3146: Plant Morphology/Lab
  BIOL 3147/3348: Plant Taxonomy/Lab
  
  Group II:
  BIOL 4330/4131: Herpetology/Lab
  BIOL 4331/4132: Entomology/Lab
  BIOL 4335/4136: Vertebrate Natural History/Lab
  BIOL 4340/4141: Ornithology/Lab
  BIOL 4305/4105: Aquatic Biology/Lab
  
  Group III:
  BIOL 4300/4101: Microbiology/Lab
  BIOL 4302/4102: Cell and Molecular Biology/Lab
  
  Group IV:
  BIOL 3343/3144: Physiology/Lab
  BIOL 3335 /3135: Comparative Vertebrate Biology/Lab
  
  Group V:
  BIOL 3338: Biological Evolution
  BIOL 4304: Biogeography
Additional courses required for a B.S. in biology (15-16 hours)
CHEM 3342/3143: Organic Chemistry I/Lab
CHEM 3344/3145: Organic Chemistry II/Lab
CHEM 4334/4135: Biochemistry I/Lab
CHEM 3310/3111: Analytical Chemistry/Lab
or MATH 1342: Statistics
Electives

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