2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Science and Technology, B.S.: Biomedicine Option

General Education 34

Foundations Requirements 14

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

STME 2000MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL METHODS OF SCIENCE I

3

AND

STME 2099MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL METHODS OF SCIENCE I LAB

1

 

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 and COMM 1402: Requires a grade of B- or better.

STME 2000 & STME 2099: Prerequisite of qualifying test score or the equivalent of MATH 1054.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 20

Humanities 6

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

Foreign Language II

3

*ENG 2403: GE Distribution course required of all students.

Social Sciences 6

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

SOC 1000INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3

*HIST 1062 & SOC 1000: GE Distribution Courses required of all students.

Science and Mathematics 8

STME 2100MATH/COMP METHODS II

3

AND

STME 2199MATH/COMP METHODS II LAB

1

 

STME 1000CHEMICAL SYSTEMS I

3

AND

STME 1099CHEMICAL SYSTEMS I LAB

1

 

Additional Required Courses 19

Foreign Language I

3

PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

 

STME 1700LIVING SYSTEMS I

3

AND

STME 1799LIVING SYSTEM I LAB

1

 

STME 2700PHYSICAL SYSTEMS I

3

AND

STME 2799PHYSICAL SYSTEMS I LAB

1

 

STME 2300PROBABILISTIC METHODS

3

AND

STME 2399PROBABILISTIC METHODS LAB

1

 

STME 1903RESEARCH METHODS RFI

1

Academic Major Requirements 67

A minimum major GPA of 2.75 and minimum grade of C is required in all major courses. Major Capstone requires a grade of B- or better.

Program Core Requirements 22

 

STME 1100CHEMICAL SYSTEMS II

3

AND

STME 1199CHEMICAL SYSTEMS II LAB

1

 

STME 1800LIVING SYSTEMS II LIVING SYSTEMS II

3

AND

STME 1899LIVING SYSTEMS II LAB

1

 

STME 2681ORGANIC CHEMISTRY HONORS I

3

STME 2683ORGANIC CHEMISTRY HONORS I LABORATORY

2

STME 2682ORGANIC CHEMISTRY HONORS II

3

STME 2684ORGANIC CHEMISTRY HONORS II LAB

2

 

STME 2800PHYSICAL SYSTEMS II

3

AND

STME 2899PHYSICAL SYSTEMS II LAB

1

Program Option Requirements 38-42

STME 2903RESEARCH EXPERIENCE-RFI

2

STME 3903ADVANCED RESEARCH EXPERIENCE-RFI

3

OR

STME 3171STEM INTERNSHIP

1

STME 3172STEM INTERNSHIP

2

STME 3173STME INTERNSHIP

3

OR

STME 3610CURRENT ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1

 

STME 3100BIOCHEMISTRY HONORS I

3

AND

STME 3199BIOCHEMISTRY HONORS I LAB

1

 

BIO 3315PRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY

3

AND

BIO 3315LPRINCIPLES OF MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY

1

 

BIO 3403ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I

4

BIO 3404ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II

4

BIO 3405BASIC GROSS ANATOMY

4

BIO 3406NEUROSCIENCE

4

BIO 3709GENETICS

4

BIO 4310VIROLOGY

4

 

BIO 4316IMMUNOLOGY

3

AND

BIO 4316LIMMUNOLOGY LABORATORY

1

 

STME 4611NJCSTM SERVICE LEARNING

1

STME 4611: taken with STME 4610

STME 2903 and STME 3903: Required for RFT students - must complete with RFI sponsor faculty.

STME 3171, STME 3172, STME 3173: Non-Research Initiative (RFI) students only. At a minimum, 3 total credits is required for students choosing to do a STEM Internship. Students may take any combination of STME 3171 (1 credit), STME 3172 (2 credits) , STME 3173 (3 credits) per semester that they choose to do an internship

STME 3610: Non-Research First Initiative (RFI) students only.

Major Capstone Course 3

STME 4610SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY SEMINAR

3

STME 4610: Writing Emphasis Course required by Major. Requires a grade of B- or better.

Major Electives 0-4

Select major elective courses with advisement in STME, BIO or CHEM at the 3000 level or higher

Free Electives 4

(Select with advisement courses in Ecology, Ethics & Issues courses, History of Science/Medicine, Medical Anthropology, Human Rights/Genocide, Sustainability at least 50% must be 3000/4000 level.)

Total Credit Hours: 120