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Biological Sciences B.S.

76-78* credit hours

Requirements

The Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences requires the following courses:

BSC 24000Introduction to Biological Diversity

4
BSC 24400Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology

4
BSC 24800Introduction to Ecology and Evolution

4
BSC 28500Methods and Writing for Biology

1
BSC 32000Plant Biology

4
BSC 32400Animal Biology

4
BSC 40400Cell Biology

4
BSC 40800Genetics

4
BSC 46400Evolution

3
BSC 46500General Ecology

4
BSC 48500Biology Seminar

1
BSC 48600Senior Synthesis

1
CHM 23000General Chemistry 1

3
CHM 23100General Chemistry 2

3
CHM 23200General Chemistry 3

3
CHM 24100General Chemistry 2 Laboratory

1
CHM 24200General Chemistry 3 Laboratory

1
CHM 36100Organic Chemistry I

4
CHM 36200Organic Chemistry II

4
MTH 24100Statistics for Natural Science

3

Students must also select one of the following combinations of courses:

Combination 1:

MTH 27100Calculus I

5
MTH 27200Calculus II

5

Combination 2:

MTH 17300Survey of Calculus

4
PHY 25100Introductory Physics I

4
PHY 25200Introductory Physics II

4

Plus 6 credit hours of biological sciences electives, selected from the following options:

BSC 22700Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4
BSC 22800Human Anatomy and Physiology II

4
BSC 23000Microbiology for Health Sciences

4
BSC 26300Environmental Policy

3
BSC 28000Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science

3
BSC 32900Human Physiology

4
BSC 33000Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy and Physiology

4
BSC 34300Invertebrate Zoology

4
BSC 34500Identification and Taxonomy of the Local Flora

3
BSC 35100Field Studies in Taxonomy

3-5
BSC 35300Microbiology

4
BSC 35800Parasitology

3
BSC 36200Advanced Environmental Biology

4
BSC 36600Field Biology

3
BSC 37000Wetlands Ecology

4
BSC 38500/CHM 38500Medicinal Chemistry

3
BSC 40000Field Research

1-6
BSC 41300Immunology

3
BSC 41700Molecular Biology

4
BSC 42200/CHM 42200Biochemistry: Metabolism

4
BSC 42600Developmental Biology

4
BSC 48000Independent Research

1-6

*Credit hour requirements have been revised as of the publication of the July 2014 catalog addendum.