Biology - Pre-Professional 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 - Preprofessional Requirements:

74-78 Hours

30-34 hours in Biology

BIOL 101 General Biology I (4)
and
BIOL 102 General Biology II (4)
or
BIOL 103 General Biology for Biology Majors (4)
and
BIOL 201 Ecology and Field Methods (4)
BIOL 202 Animals as Organisms (4)
BIOL 301 Plants as Organisms (4)
BIOL 302 Cell and Molecular Biology (4)
BIOL 401 Genetics (4)
BIOL 455 Biology Capstone (2)

One course from the following:

19 hours in Chemistry

8 hours in Physics

7-13 hours in Mathematics

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

10 hours of Science Electives

At least 6 hours in biology; N SC 300D or 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)