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Bachelor of Science in Biology:
General University Requirements

All undergraduate students in the Biology Program follow the basic University Degree Requirements for foreign language, for computer literacy, for residency, and for completion of First-Year Seminar and the University Core Curriculum. The current Undergraduate Catalog contains information about the university, its programs and its requirements, as well as listing descriptions of all courses.

First-Year Seminar—0-2 Semester Credit Hours (SCH)

Depending on the number of college credit hours an incoming student has taken, he or she may need to take no, one, or both First-Year Seminar courses. To find out more about this, read the section of the current Undergraduate Catalog entitled “First-Year Seminar.”

Course #	Course Title	SCH
UCCP 1101	First-Year Seminar I	1
UCCP 1102	First-Year Seminar II	1

University Core Curriculum—48 Semester Credit Hours (SCH)

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.

Specified Courses

Course #	Course Title	SCH
BIOL 1406	Biology I	4
BIOL 1407	Biology II	4
COMM 1315	Public Speaking	3
ECON 2301	Macroeconomic Principles	3
ENGL 1301	Composition I	3
ENGL 1302	Composition II	3
HIST 1301	U.S. History to 1865	3
HIST 1302	U.S. History Since 1865	3
PHIL 3340	Foundations of Professional Ethics	3
POLS 2305	U.S. Government and Politics	3
POLS 2306	State and Local Government	3

Course Choices (Students should consult with their academic advisors.)

Course #	Course Title	SCH
Fine Arts Choices (choose one)		3
ARTS 1301	Art and Society
COMM 1305	Film and Culture
MUSI 1306	Understanding and Enjoying Music
MUSI 1307	Elements of Musical Style
THEA 1310	The Art of the Theatre
Literature Choices (choose one)		3
ENGL 2332	Literature of the Western World: from the Classics to the Renaissance
ENGL 2333	Literature of the Western World: from the Enlightenment to the Present
ENGL 2334	Themes and Genres in English Literature
ENGL 2335	Themes and Genres in the Literatures of the Americas
SPAN 3306	Literature of the Spanish-Speaking World (in Spanish)
Mathematics Choices (choose one)		4
MATH 1442	Statistics for Life
MATH 2413	Calculus I*
Social Science Choices (choose one)**		3**
PSYC 2301	General Psychology
SOCI 1301	Human Societies

*Students who fulfill their Biology Core Statistics requirement by taking Applied Probability and Statistics (MATH 3342), will use its prerequisite, Calculus I (MATH 2413), as the University Core Mathematics requirement.

**Students in the 8-12 Life Science Education Concentration must use General Psychology (PSYC 2301) to fulfill this requirement.

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In addition to the General University Requirements above, students in the Biology Program take either…

• 73 semester credit hours of Biology Core Requirements plus required and elective courses in one of eight Biology Career Tracks:

• Ecology	• Marine Biology	• Cell / Molecular Biology
• Microbiology	• Animal Biology	• Plant Biology
• Integrative Biology	• General Biology

• 76 semester credit hours of Biology / Education Core Requirements and elective courses in the Life Science Education Concentration (Grades 8-12).