Biology - Liberal Arts Emphasis (BS)

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Core Requirements:

The degree of Bachelor of Science in Biology requires successful completion of 120 semester hours including (1) the Program of General Studies (six hours of modern language is recommended); (2) one of the biology areas of emphasis; and (3) a program of electives or a minor as worked out with the student's adviser; recommended minors include chemistry, geology, physics, psychology, mathematics, computer science, or statistics.

Biology - Liberal Arts Requirements:

69 Hours

30 hours in Biology

12 hours in Chemistry

CHEM 101 General Chemistry I (3)
CHEM 111 General Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
CHEM 102 General Chemistry II (3)
CHEM 112 General Chemistry Laboratory II (1)
CHEM 331 Organic Chemistry I (4)
CHEM 332 Organic Chemistry II (4) (Recommended)

8 hours in Physics

3-9 hours in Mathematics

* MATH 105 Elementary Statistics (3)
* MATH 250 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I (4) (Recommended)
*(MATH 103 /MATH 104 or equivalent proficiency required).

16 hours of Science Electives

(at least 8 hours in Biology; N SC 300C /N SC 300D /N SC 300E may be substituted for three of these hours).

*Note:

Science electives for each program may come from courses listed under Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Mathematics (course numbers 200 and higher), N SC 300C /N SC 300D /N SC 300E , or PSY 370 and/or PSY 402 . N SC 325 may be used only once to fulfill science elective credit.

MATH 103 and/or 104 will be waived for those students establishing "equivalent proficiency" as defined by the Department of Mathematics (Mathematics ACT 25 or 28)