2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology, B.S.: Cell and Molecular Biology Option

General Education 32

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/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 19

Humanities 6

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

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 1062WORLDS 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 1016STATISTICS

3

CHEM 1083CHEMISTRY I

4

MATH 1083: Requires a grade of C or higher.

Additional Required Courses 24

Additional Required Courses 24

CHEM 1084CHEMISTRY II

4

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

MATH 2415CALCULUS I

4

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 1300GENERAL BIOLOGY I: CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS

4

BIO 1400GENERAL BIOLOGY II: EVOLUTION, BIODIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY

4

BIO 2910ESSENTIALS OF BIOINFORMATICS

3

BIO 3315PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY

3

BIO 3315LPRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY

1

BIO 3709GENETICS

4

BCHM 4115BIOCHEMISTRY

3

BCHM 4115LBIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY

1

BIO 4316IMMUNOLOGY

3

BIO 4316LIMMUNOLOGY LABORATORY

1

 

**Select ONE 4 credit science course from the following:

4

BIO 4236CELL PHYSIOLOGY

3

AND

BIO 4236LCELL PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY

1

BIO 4325APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

4

BIO 4700MOLECULAR 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 4970SEMINAR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY

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.

Total Credit Hours: 120