2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology, B.A.: General Option

General Education 42

Foundations Requirements 13

 

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2024RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

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 and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas 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 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Psychology

3

Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Science and Mathematics 11

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4

CHEM 1083 and CHEM 1084: Requires a grade of C or higher.

Additional Required Courses 19-20

Additional Required Courses 19-20

CHEM 2581ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I

3

CHEM 2581LORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I

1

CHEM 2582ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II

3

CHEM 2582LORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II

1

PHYS 2091GENERAL PHYSICS I

4

 

PHYS 2092GENERAL PHYSICS II

4

OR

SUST 1000INTRO TO SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE

3

 

MATH 2415CALCULUS I

4

CHEM 2581, CHEM 2581L: Requires a grade of C or higher. Lecture course must be taken concurrently or prior to the corresponding lab.

PHYS 2091: Requires a grade of C or higher.

Academic Major 38-39

Major Required Courses 24

BIO 1300GENERAL BIOLOGY I: CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

4

BIO 1400GENERAL BIOLOGY II: EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY

4

BIO 2500PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY

4

BIO 3400ZOOLOGY: FORM AND FUNCTION

4

BIO 3614PRINCIPLES OF ECOLOGY

4

BIO 3709GENETICS

4

BIO 3614: Writing Emphasis (WE) course.

Major Electives 11-12

Biology courses intended for Biology majors at 2000-4000 level are eligible as Biology Major Electives.

At least 6 credits must be at the 3000-4000 level. Requires 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. BIO 2402, BIO 2403, BIO 2404 are excluded because these are non-major courses. BIO 1996 is an optional course.

Major/GE Capstone Course 3

BIO 4970SEMINAR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY

3

BIO 4970: All major courses require a grade of C or higher.

Free Electives 19-21

At least 50% of Free Electives must be taken at the 3000-4000 Level. (At least 10 credits)

BIO 1996 (Optional) Introduction to Biological Research (1 credit).

BIO 3291, BIO 3292 or BIO 3293 (Optional) Biology Internship Courses (1-3 credits).

Total Credit Hours: 120