Biology, Biomedical Sciences Concentration, BS

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses in Major (47-49 credits)

Required Minor: Chemistry (16 credits total)

• CHE 130 General Chemistry I
• CHE 131 General Chemistry II
• CHE 212 Organic Chemistry I
• CHE 213 Organic Chemistry II

Free Electives (8 credit minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Additional Information and Notes

                 ¶       Two electives must be chosen from the following courses: BIO 311, 312, 313, 316, 340, 400, 406, 407, 408, 409, 411, 412, and 416. At least one of these must be a 400 level course, one elective is to be a general   elective (any 300-400 course not otherwise restricted)  

                †       This elective within the major is to be chosen from 300 to 400 level courses, exclusive of BIO 304, 324, and 328.

∞       A maximum of 4 credits from BIO 407 , 408, 416, 418, or 422 may be used to fulfill one Biology elective. Addition  credits will count as Free Electives.      

◊        The sequence can be either PHS211A  and 212A , or PHS221  and 222 .

Exceptions in the timing of courses will be made for transfer students.

Total credits for graduation: 120