Program: Biology, Biomedical Sciences Concentration, BS - Salem State University

Apr 13, 2025

2012-13 Undergraduate Catalog

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General Education Core Requirements


	Level I Competencies

	Basic College Math Reading Comprehension Computer Literacy
	Level II ENL 101 - Composition I ______ ENL 102 - Composition II ______ SPC 101A - Public Speaking ______ SMS ____ (Activity) .5 Credit(s) ______ SMS ____ (Activity) .5 Credit(s) ______
	Distribution Sequences (20 credits)

	* CHE 130 - General Chemistry I ______ * CHE 212 - Organic Chemistry I ______ HST 101 - World History I ______ HST 102 - World History II ______
	Level III ____ ____ (Literature I) 3 Credit(s) ______ ____ ____ (Literature II) 3 Credit(s) ______
	Distribution Electives (15 credits)

	Among the distribution electives, the student must earn at least 3 but no more than 9 additional semester hours in each of the three divisions.

	Humanities (Division I)

	____ ____ _________________________________ __ ______ ____ ____ _________________________________ __ ______ ____ ____ _________________________________ __ ______
	Science/Mathematics (Division II)

	* MAT 110 - Precalculus or * MAT 220 - Calculus I ______ * MAT 247 - Statistics I ______ ____ ____ _________________________________ __ ______
	Social Sciences (Division III)

	____ ____ _________________________________ __ ______ ____ ____ _________________________________ __ ______ ____ ____ _________________________________ __ ______
	(Note: Courses allowable as distribution electives are marked DI, DII, or DIII in the University Catalog.)

	QUANTITATIVE (Q)_____ DIVERSITY (V)_____ WRITING (W)_____

	Level I to be completed in the first 30 credits
	Level II to be completed in the first 53 credits
	Level III to be completed before graduation

Courses in Major (49-52 credits)

Freshman Year

BIO 131 - Introduction to Organisms ______ Credits / Units: 4
BIO 132 - Introduction to Cells ______ Credits / Units: 4
BIO 210 - Basic Nutrition ______ Credits / Units: 3

Sophomore Year

BIO 200 - Anatomy and Physiology I ______ Credits / Units: 4
BIO 201 - Anatomy and Physiology II ______ Credits / Units: 4
BIO 208 - Environmental Problems: An Ecological Approach ______ Credits / Units: 3
BIO 212 - Cell Biology ______ Credits / Units: 4

Junior/Senior Year

BIO 402 - Genetics ______ Credits / Units: 4
BIO 406 - Microbiology
or
BIO 409 - Biological Chemistry ______ Credits / Units: 4
BIO 415N - Biology Seminar ______ Credits / Units: 2

^Major Electives

†BIO ___ Elective 3-4 Credit(s) ______
†BIO ___ Elective 3-4 Credit(s) ______
†BIO ___ Elective 3-4 Credit(s) ______
+BIO ___ Biology Elective 3-4 Credits ______

Support Courses (16 credits)

‡2 semester sequence in Physics (8 credits)

‡PHS____ _________________________________ 4 ______
‡PHS____ _________________________________ 4 ______
CHE 213 - Organic Chemistry II ______
CHE 231 - Quantitative General Chemistry ______

Free Electives (7 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation

____ ____ _________________________________ ______
____ ____ _________________________________ ______

Additional Information and Notes

* These are required support courses which may also be used to satisfy the indicated Distribution requirements. A student may choose to fulfill Distribution requirements with courses other than the ones listed, but these listed courses must still be taken.

Note: If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements, (for example, a support course and a distribution elective), the credits are counted in only one place. Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the total credits required for graduation.

+ This elective within the major is to be chosen from 300 to 400 level courses, exclusive of BIO 302T ,

BIO 304

, BIO 324 and BIO 328.

^ A maximum 4 credits from

may be used to fulfill one BIO Elective; additional credits will count as Free Electives.

‡ The Physics sequence can be chosen from