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Bachelor of Science in Biology:
General Biology Track

This track is designed to provide students with broad-based knowledge in all major areas of biology:

Examples of careers available to students choosing this track are:

• health care professions
• college and university teaching
• scientific writing
• science law
• science advising and consulting
• biological sales

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Biology (in any career track), students must complete both the…

• Basic Degree Requirements for Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi—48 SCH
• Core Degree Requirements for the Biology Program—28 SCH

In addition, students will complete at least 45 semester credit hours of course work in the General Biology Track. Thirty-one semester credit hours are required general biology core courses; the other fourteen hours are general biology electives. A student (in consultation with his or her Faculty Mentor and Academic Advisor) selects appropriate electives to personalize the Blank General Biology Track Degree Plan. The current Undergraduate Catalog contains a description of the Biology Program and a list of Biology Course Descriptions.

Important Note: Laboratory Safety Seminar (SMTE 0091) is a co-requisite course for all courses in the Department of Life Sciences that have a laboratory component.

General Biology Core Courses (31 SCH):

*Anatomy and Physiology I-II (BIOL 2401-2402) may substitute for this requirement. The student MUST take both semesters (8 SCH), however. (The other 4 SCH will apply to the student's general biology electives.)

General Biology Electives (choose 14 SCH):

Students may choose any upper-division biology (BIOL) courses for which they have taken the appropriate prerequisites, and that are not being counted as general biology core. (Selected Topics, BIOL 4590, requires the faculty mentor's approval.) In addition, students may count the following: