Biological Sciences, BS, Business 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
ENGL COMPOSITION GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (1020) 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 ^††
BIOL 2410 - THE PROFESSION OF BIOLOGY, OR GETTING WHAT YOU CAME FOR ^††
MATH 1630 - APPLIED CALCULUS ¹
HUMANITIES LIT/LIT INTENSIVE GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

Total Credit Hours: 16

Third Year

Fall Semester

Total Credit Hours: 15

Spring Semester

BIOL 3770 - APPLIED BIOSTATISTICS ^†† ³
BIOL 3950 - GENERAL ECOLOGY ^††
BIOL 4050 - EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY or
CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 4
PHYS 1920 - GENERAL PHYSICS
PLAB 1940 - GENERAL PHYSICS LABORATORY

Total Credit Hours: 16

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

BIOL 4410 - BIOLOGY SEMINAR ^††
ECON 2010 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MACROECONOMICS) ^†† ^G,4
CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 4
FINE ARTS GEN ED ^G Credits / Units: 3
ELECTIVE Credits / Units: 3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Spring Semester

MRKT 3030 - PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING ^††
or MGMT 3510 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
ECON 2020 - PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS (MICROECONOMICS) ^†† ^4,G
CONCENTRATION ELECTIVE ^{†† 3} Credits / Units: 4
HUMANITIES HIST/PHIL GEN ED ^G Credits / 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.

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

*A grade of “C” or higher is required in these courses.

¹ MATH 1750 and MATH 2000 (10 credit hours) may be taken in place of MATH 1610 , MATH 1620 , and MATH 1630 (9 hours). Students who take MATH 1750 and MATH 2000 have satisfied their required one hour elective.

²Students 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 .

⁴ECON 2010 and ECON 2020 fulfill the Social Sciences requirement.

Concentration Electives

³Courses for the Concentration Electives (minimum 20 credit hours required) selected from the following in consultation with advisor.

BIOL 3770 is required for the Business Concentration.

Group A - (minimum one course required).

Students in the Business Concentration must take either

Note:

Biology majors taking BIOL 3950 must be concurrently registered in BIOL 3970 .

Group B - Concentration Electives

Courses Require PRIOR Approval

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

A Maximum of 4 credit hrs may be earned from the following courses:

Notes:

If CHEM 2810 /CLAB 2830 is taken to fulfill Chemistry requirements, then it may not be used for elective requirements.