Biological Sciences, BS, Plant Science Concentration

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First Year

Fall Semester

BIOL 1510 - GENERAL BIOLOGY I ^†† ^G
BIOL 1520 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB I ^††
LS 1020 - INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION RESEARCH
MATH 1610 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA * ^G,1
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1010) Credits / Units: 3
FIRST YEAR SEMINAR ^G Credits / Units: 2

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

BIOL 1530 - GENERAL BIOLOGY II ^†† ^G
BIOL 1540 - GENERAL BIOLOGY LAB II ^††
CHEM 1210 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS * ^G
CLAB 1230 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
MATH 1620 - TRIGONOMETRY ^G,1
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1020) Credits / Units: 3
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 17

Second Year

Fall Semester

CHEM 1220 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
CLAB 1240 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY LABORATORY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS
BIOL 2050 - GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY ^††
BIOL 2070 - GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY LAB ^††
MATH 1630 - APPLIED CALCULUS ¹
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 17

Spring Semester

COMM 2110 - INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC SPEAKING ^G
CHEM 2610 - SURVEY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY ²
CLAB 2630 - SURVEY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY ²
BIOL 2000 - CELL BIOLOGY ^††
BIOL 2410 - THE PROFESSION OF BIOLOGY, OR GETTING WHAT YOU CAME FOR ^††
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 14

Third Year

Fall Semester

BIOL 3120 - GENETICS ^††
BIOL 3410 - PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY ^††
PHYS 1910 - GENERAL PHYSICS
or PHYS 2210 - GENERAL PHYSICS
PLAB 1930 - GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY
or PLAB 2230 - GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY
CHEM 2810 - SURVEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY ²
CLAB 2830 - SURVEY OF BIOCHEMISTRY LABORATORY ²
CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 4

Total Credit Hours: 16

Spring Semester

CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 4
CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 4
ENGL 3220 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL WRITING
PHYS 1920 - GENERAL PHYSICS
or PHYS 2220 - GENERAL PHYSICS
PLAB 1940 - GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY
or PLAB 2240 - GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY

Total Credit Hours: 15

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 4
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 1
BIOL 4410 - BIOLOGY SEMINAR ^††

Total Credit Hours: 12

Spring Semester

CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 4
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3
SOCIAL SCIENCE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^GCredits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 13

Total Semester Hours Required 120

Total Minimum Semester Hours Required by Major 41

^G General Education Requirement (GER). See the GER section of this catalog for the list of courses that fulfill this requirement if no specific course is listed. Honors equivalents are acceptable for all GER courses.

*Grade of “C” or higher is required.

^†† A grade of “C” or higher is required in these major courses.

¹ MATH 1750 and MATH 2000 (10 credit hours) may be taken in place of MATH 1610 , MATH 1620 , and MATH 1630 (9 credit hours). Students who take MATH 1750 and MATH 2000 should take one less hour of electives.

² Students planning on attending medical, dental, or other professional or graduate schools, and students pursuing a minor in Chemistry should take CHEM 2650 /CLAB 2670 and CHEM 2660 /CLAB 2680 . Also, CHEM 2650 /CLAB 2670 can NOT be used as a prerequisite for CHEM 2810 /CLAB 2830 . Students who have completed CHEM 2610 /CLAB 2630 or CHEM 2650 /CLAB 2670 may take BIOL 4610 or BIOL 4340 in place of CHEM 2810 /CLAB 2830 or CHEM 2660 /CLAB 2680 .

Concentration Electives

³ Concentration Electives for the Plant Science Concentration (minimum 20 credit hours) selected from the following in consultation with advisor:

Courses Require PRIOR Approval

The following courses require PRIOR approval of the advisor and department head: