Area I - Written Composition (2 Courses, 6 Hours)

1. 3 hours:  EH 101

2. 3 hours:  EH 102

Area II - Humanities & Fine Arts (5 Courses, 15 Hours)

No more than six hours from any one discipline.

1. 3 hours:  CA 110

2. 3 hours from:  EH 215, EH 216, EH 225, EH 226, EH 235, EH 236

3. 3 hours from:  ARH 100, ARH 103, ARH 123, ARS 101, DRA 110, MUL 101

4. 6 hours from:  AFR 101, ARH 100, ARH 103, ARH 123, ARH 203, ARS 101, CLA 110, DRA 110, EH 215, EH 216, EH 225, EH 226, EH 235, EH 236, JHS 101, JOU 252, LG 101, LG 102, LG 111, LG 112, LG 121, LG 122, LG 131, LG 132, LG 141, LG 142, LG 151, LG 152, LG 153, LG 171, LG 172, LG 173, LG 201, LG 202, LG 211, LG 212, LG 213, LG 221, LG 222, LG 231, LG 232, LG 234, LG 241, LG 242,  LG 251, LG 252, LG 271, LG 272, LG 273, LGS 101, LGS 102, LGS 106, LGS 107, LGS 110, LGS 111, LGS 171, LGS 172, LGS 201, LGS 202, LGS 206, LGS 207, LGS 210, LGS 211, LGS 271, LGS 272, MUL 101, PHL 110, PHL 120, PHL 121, PHL 131, PHL 220, PHL 231, PHL 240, REL 100, REL 200, REL 201

Area III – Natural Sciences & Mathematics (3 Courses & Labs, 11-14 Hours)

1. 3-4 hours from:  MA 110, MA 112, MA 113, MA 115, MA 120, MA 125, MA 126, MA 227, MA 237, MA 238

2. 8-10 hours from:  AN 121 & AN 121L, BLY 101 & BLY 101L or BLY 121 & BLY 121L, BLY 102 & BLY 102L or BLY 122 & BLY 122L,  BMD 110, BMD 111, CH 101 & CH 101L, CH 103 & CH 103L, CH 131 & CH 131L, CH 132 & CH 132L, GEO 101 & GEO 101L, GEO 102 & GEO 102L, GY 111 & GY 111L, GY 112 & GY 112L, MAS 134 & MAS 134L, PH 101 & PH 101L, PH 104 & PH 104L, PH 114 & PH 114L, PH 115 & PH 115L, PH 201 & PH 201L, PH 202 & PH 202L

Area IV – History, Social & Behavioral Sciences (4 Courses, 12 Hours)

No more than six hours from any one discipline.

1. 3 hours from:  HY 101, HY 102,  HY 121, HY 122, HY 135, HY 136

2. 9 hours from:  AN 100, AN 101, CA 100, CA 211, CJ 105, ECO 215, ECO 216, GEO 114, GEO 115, GS 101, HY 101, HY 102, HY 121, HY 122, HY 135, HY 136, IS 100, IST 201, NAS 101, PSC 130, PSY 120, PSY 250, SY 109, SY 112

Area V – (3 Courses, 9-10 Hours)

1. Foreign Language. 6 hours from any one group:
   
   LG 101 and LG 102; LGS 106 and LGS 107; LGS 110 and LGS 111; LG 111 and LG 112 or proficiency test or LG 113; LG 121, LG 122; LG 131 and LG 132 or proficiency test or LG 134; LG 141 and LG 142; LG 151 and LG 152 or proficiency test or LG 153; LG 171 and LG 172 or LG 173; LGS 171 and LGS 172

   Students may fulfill the foreign language requirement by passing a proficiency test offered by the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at the level equivalent to the second semester of the foreign language sequence, or by passing another test (e.g., AP (Advanced Placement) or CLEP (College Level Examination Program) at the equivalent level). Students who pass a proficiency test at the level equivalent to first semester of the foreign language sequence are required to complete only the second semester and will fulfill the foreign language requirement with 3 credit hours of course work. 

2. Natural Sciences/Math. 3-4 hour lab science or math/stat course from:

   
   AN 121 & AN 121L, BLY 101 & BLY 101L or BLY 121 & BLY 121L, BLY 102 & BLY 102L or BLY 122 & BLY 122L,  BMD 110, BMD 111, CH 101 & CH 101L, CH 103 & CH 103L, CH 131 & CH 131L, CH 132 & CH 132L, GEO 101 & GEO 101L, GEO 102 & GEO 102L, GY 111 & GY 111L, GY 112 & GY 112L, MAS 134 & MAS 134L, PH 101 & PH 101L, PH 104 & PH 104L, PH 114 & PH 114L, PH 115 & PH 115L, PH 201 & PH 201L, PH 202 & PH 202L,  ST 210, MA 113- 299 (except 201 and 202).

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Students must complete a 6 credit hour sequence either in literature (Area II – EH 215 & EH 216, EH 225 & EH 226, or EH 235 & EH 236) or history (Area IV – HY 101 & HY 102 or HY 135 & HY 136 or HY 121 & HY 122).

All undergraduates must complete two designated writing credit (W) courses, at least one of which must be in the student's major or minor. 

Biology Core (6 Courses, 20 Hours)

1. 8 hours: BLY 121/BLY 121L, BLY 122/BLY 122L

2. 12 hours from: BLY 300, BLY 301, BLY 302, BLY 305

   (Note:  a C or better is required for these six courses)

3. 20 hours:  Students then must complete 20 hours of upper level Biology courses (12 of which are taken from a selection of upper level Biology courses listed below)

    

   BLY 314, BLY 360, BLY 332, BLY 354, BLY 425, BLY 426, BLY 433, BLY 435, BLY 455, BLY 459, BLY 470, BLY 481, or BLY 484. Other preapproved elective courses, such as BLY 490 - Special Topics, may also be accepted on a course-by-course basis

   Other STEM requirements (26-29 Hours)

   CH 131/CH 131L, CH 132/CH 132L, CH 201/CH 201L

   PH 114/PH 114L and PH 115/PH 115L or GY 111/GY 111L and GY 112/GY 112L

   MA 113 or MA 115 and ST 210 or MA 125 or BLY 304

A minor is required for this degree program

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Notes:

Effective for Fall, 2016, Major Milestones are used in all concentrations of the Biology Bachelor of Science major to help students stay on track for timely graduation. Each regular semester in the Biology major is a tracking term. In order to remain on track, students must complete the milestone requirements for each tracking term. These requirements are viewable on the Major Milestone tab above. 

Major milestone requirements apply only to full-time, degree-seeking students who first entered Fall 2016 or later. Milestone requirements do not apply to transfer students in the Biology program. 

 

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