Dec 09, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Biology, BA


General Education Requirements


Competencies

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

Basic College Mathematics

Reading Comprehension

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. 

♦FYS

First Year Seminar (Required of all freshmen and transfers with fewer than 15 transfer credits) 3 credits

♦W-I

Written Communication Level I 3 credits

♦OC

Oral Communication 3 credits
PGR Personal Growth and Responsibility 3 credits
CEA Creative Expression and Appreciation 3 credits
HP The Human Past 3 credits
CS Contemporary Society 3 credits
WC World Cultures 3 credits
#SR Scientific Reasoning Laboratory Course 4 credits
Any Scientific Reasoning Course 3-4 credits
QR Quantitative Reasoning 3 credits

  Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & 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.

W-II Written Communication - Level II
W-III Written Communication - Level III
DPDS Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

       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 & 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.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

 

Courses in Major (42-45 credits total)


Required (36-37 credits)


Biology Capstone Courses


† Biology Electives (6-8 Credits)


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♥ Required Math Support Courses (3-4 credits)


∞Recommended Additional Chemistry (4 credits)


World Language (12 credits total)


  • ____ 101   World Language -  Level I
  • ____ 102   World Language -  Level II
  • ____ 201   World Language  - Level III
  • ____ 202   World Language  - Level IV

 

¶► Free Electives (12 credits 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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∞ Minor (Optional):


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Additional Information and Notes


+ One Biology elective must be chosen from each group (Population/Ecosystems, Organismal/Physiology, Cellilar/Molecular) and then any two more 300-400 level electives.  At least two of these must have a lab.

† Free Electives can be any course, including Biology ones, offered by Salem State university.

φ The Capstone Elective can include certain 300-400 level courses, as well as independent studies, internships, study abroad, service learning and other college credit situations (Consult with your Advisor for your options) – approval required by the chairperson of Biology for non-traditional course credit.

∞  It is recommended that students complete CHE213 and earn a Chemisty minor.

►B.A. Biology majors are strongly urged to elect a Computer Science course and one year of Physics.

 

Total credits for graduation: 120