General Education 32
Foundations Requirements 13
GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) or GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).
ENG 1030: Requires a grade of C or higher..
MATH 1054: Requires a grade of C or higher. With qualifying placement test scores, this course may be substituted with an elective.
Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 19
Humanities 6
ENG 2403: Required Distribution Course
Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
| Fine Arts or Art History | 3 |
| Philosophy or Religion | 3 |
| Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit) | 3 |
| Music or Theatre | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Social Sciences 6
| HIST 1062 | WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS | 3 |
HIST 1062: Required Distribution Course
Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
| Economics or ES 1010 World Geography | 3 |
| Political Science | 3 |
| Psychology | 3 |
| Sociology or Anthropology | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Science and Mathematics 7
MATH 1083: Requires a grade of C or higher.
Additional Required Courses 24
Additional Required Courses 24
CHEM 1084, CHEM 2581, CHEM 2581L, CHEM 2582 and PHYS 2091: Requires a grade of C or higher.
CHEM 2581 and CHEM 2582: Lecture course must be taken concurrently or prior to the corresponding lab.
Academic Major 46
All major courses requires a grade of C or higher.
Major Required Courses 31
| BIO 1300 | GENERAL BIOLOGY I: CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS | 4 |
| BIO 1400 | GENERAL BIOLOGY II: EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY | 4 |
| BIO 2910 | ESSENTIALS OF BIOINFORMATICS | 3 |
| BIO 3315 | PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY | 3 |
| BIO 3315L | PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY | 1 |
| BIO 3709 | GENETICS | 4 |
| BIO 4316 | IMMUNOLOGY | 3 |
| BIO 4316L | IMMUNOLOGY LABORATORY | 1 |
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| **Select ONE 4 credit science course from the following: | 4 |
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| BIO 4325 | APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | 4 |
| BIO 4700 | MOLECULAR GENETICS | 4 |
BIO 3315L, BCHM 4115L, BIO 4316L and BIO BIO 4236L: Lecture course must be taken concurrently or prior to corresponding lab. **Remaining two courses from selection may be taken as part of Major Electives.
Major Electives 15
Biology courses intended for Biology majors at 2000-4000 level are eligible as Biology Major Electives.
At least 50% of the credits must be at the 3000-4000 level. Major electives require a grade of C or higher. Lecture course must be taken concurrently or prior to the corresponding lab. Maximum of 2 credits for BIO 1996 or BIO 3900 are allowed. These courses are optional. BIO 2402, BIO 2403 and BIO 2404 are excluded because these are non-major courses.
Major/GE Capstone Course 3
BIO 4970: Requires a grade of C or higher.
Free Electives 15
At least 50% must be at the 3000-4000 level.
BIO 1996, BIO 3291, BIO 3292, and BIO 3293 optional courses.