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The B.A. degree provides maximum flexibility for biology majors to pursue an undergraduate liberal arts course of study that can lead to professional careers in medicine, allied health, public and environmental health, law, and graduate studies in the life sciences. Candidates must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or better in biology courses.
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1)Core Courses. The following biology courses or their equivalents are required:
1821, Introductory Biology: Organisms and the Environment
1831, Introductory Biology: From Molecules to Organisms
2012, Genetics
3302, Introduction to Evolution
3622, Cell Biology
4889, Senior Seminar, or 4985 and 4986 for those seeking teacher certification.
One of the following diversity courses:
BIOL 2102, General Ecology or
BIOL 2402, Vertebrate Biology or
BIOL 2442, Invertebrate Biology or
BIOL 2482, Microbiology or
BIOL 2501, Biology of Plants or
BIOL 4402, Ornithology or
BIOL 4422, Entomology or
BIOL 4501, Flowering Plant Families: Phylogeny and Diversification
2)Elective Courses. Three additional biology lecture courses, at the 2000 level or higher are required. They may be selected from any of the lecture or lecture-laboratory courses offered. Selection of these courses should reflect the career interest of the student. Biology courses taken to fulfill basic skill requirements (e.g., statistics requirement or biochemistry option) can be used to satisfy this requirement.
At least two biology lecture courses taken as part of the core or as electives must be at the 4000 level or higher
No more than one of these higher level courses can be used to fulfill other requirements (e.g., diversity or statistics requirements, or biochemistry option).
Laboratory Course Requirements
Three biology laboratory courses at the 2000 level or higher are required. They may be taken from any of the lecture-laboratory or laboratory courses offered. Two credit hours of Biol 4905 can be used to fulfill one laboratory requirement. Students may take Chem 4733 to satisfy one of these laboratory course requirements, but students may not use both Biol 4713 and Chem 4733 to fulfill this requirement.
Basic Skills Requirement
A well-rounded biologist needs certain skills outside the biology subject matter. The basic skills requirement is designed to provide the student with a background in communication skills and knowledge in associated science areas.
1)Communication Skills. Courses in foreign languages and in writing are required for development of the basic communication skills needed to transmit scientific information. The following satisfy this requirement:
Foreign Language
The foreign language requirement of the College of Arts & Sciences fulfills the departmental requirement.
Writing
Eng 3100, Advanced Expository Writing or
Eng 3160, Writing in the Sciences (strongly preferred)
2) Associated Science Area. The following courses or their equivalents must be successfully completed in science areas related to biology:
Phys 1011, Basic Physics
Phys 1012, Basic Physics
Chem 1111, Introductory Chemistry I or [Chem 1082 and Chem 1091]
Chem 1121, Introductory Chemistry II
Chem 2612, Organic Chemistry I
One of the following:
Chem 2223, Quantitative Analysis or
Chem 2622, Organic Chemistry II or
Chem 2633, Organic Chemistry Laboratory or
Biol/Chem 4712, Biochemistry
Math 1310, College Algebra
Math 1035, Trigonometry
Math 1100, Basic Calculus or
Math 1800, Analytical Geometry and Calculus
One of the following:
Biol 4122, Biometry or
Math 1310, Elementary Statistical Methods or
Math 1320, Applied Statistics I or
Ed Rem 5730, Educational Statistics or
Psych 2201, Psychological Statistics
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