Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

Biology (BS)

 

Bachelor of Science Degree

 

General Education

Category I: The Individual (11 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

           

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

MATH 2450

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculus I

4

 

MATH 2450L 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculus I Lab

0

IC: Critical Thinking 

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

ID: Scientific Method

BIOL 1101L

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology I Lab

1

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

           

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

           

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

           

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (7 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

BIOL 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology I

3

 

BIOL 1102 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology II

3

 

BIOL 1102L 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Biology II Lab

1

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (3 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

           

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

           

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:49
Students who enter with fewer than 24 semester credit hours must satisfy the institutional requirement.

Biology Major

BIOL 2240Genetics

4

BIOL 4500Organic Evolution

4

BIOL 4700Ecology

4

CHEM 1101General Chemistry I

3

CHEM 1101LGeneral Chemistry I Lab

1

CHEM 1102General Chemistry II

3

CHEM 1102LGeneral Chemistry II Lab

1

CHEM 2351Organic Chemistry I

4

CHEM 2352Organic Chemistry II

4

NASC 3990Philosophy and Methodology of Science

3

 

PHYS 1110College Physics I

3

AND

PHYS 1110LCollege Physics I Lab

1

OR

PHYS 2110University Physics I

4

AND

PHYS 2110LUniversity Physics I Lab

0

Total Credit Hours:35

Students must choose at least ONE Functional Biology course from:

BIOL 3300Cell Biology

3

BIOL 3650Comparative Physiology

3

Total Credit Hours:3

Students must choose at least ONE Organismal Biology course from:

BIOL 3200General Microbiology

4

BIOL 3500Vertebrate Natural History

4

BIOL 4200Invertebrate Zoology

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Biology Electives

Students must choose three courses from the following list:

BIOL 3200General Microbiology

4

BIOL 3300Cell Biology

3

BIOL 3500Vertebrate Natural History

4

BIOL 3650Comparative Physiology

3

BIOL 3700Animal Behavior

3

BIOL 4200Invertebrate Zoology

4

BIOL 4240Medical Genetics

3

 

ENVS 2200Introduction to Geographical Information Systems

2

AND

ENVS 3300Geographical Information Systems Applications

2

 

NASC 4210Biochemistry

3

 

PHYS 1120College Physics II

3

AND

PHYS 1120LCollege Physics II Lab

1

OR

PHYS 2120University Physics II

4

AND

PHYS 2120LUniversity Physics II Lab

0

Total Credit Hours:9-12

Senior Research and Seminar

Total Credit Hours:4-5

Biology majors must complete the following seminar/research courses:

 

NASC 4950Science Seminar

1

NASC 4980Senior Research

3

OR

NASC 4981Senior Library Research

2

Students in the Biology Honors program must complete the following senior research/thesis courses:

 

NASC 4989Honors Senior Research

3

NASC 4999Honors Thesis

2

General Electives

General Electives

12-18

Total Credit Hours:12-18

Total Credit Hours: 121