Biology Degree Requirements

Total Credit Hours Required in Degree - 122  

General Education Curriculum Hours Required - 55

General Education Courses Required in the Major:

• BIO 107 General Biology I AND
• BIO 108 General Biology II

Major Curriculum Hours Required - 21

Major Curriculum Required Courses:

• BIO 280 General Zoology
• BIO 301 Introduction to Plant Biology
• BIO 320 Genetics
• BIO 360 Principles of Ecology
• BIO 405 Evolutionary Biology
• BIO 300 Biology Seminar

Major Elective Hours Required - 12

Major Elective Courses (select three):

• BIO 304 Taxonomy of Vascular Plants
• BIO 310 Vertebrate Zoology
• BIO 340 Cell Biology and Physiology
• BIO 350 Introductory Microbiology
• BIO 410 Immunobiology
• BIO 425 Aquatic Zoology
• BIO 431 Limnology
• BIO 450 Thesis Project
• GEO 125 Physical Geology
• GEO 126 Historical Geology
• GEO 200 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• PCS 128 College Physics II

Associated Fields Hours Required - 27

Associated Fields Required Courses:

• CHE 121 General Chemistry I
• CHE 122 General Chemistry II
• CHE 340 Organic Chemistry I
• CHE 341 Organic Chemistry II
• MAT 221 Calculus I
• MAT 200 Introduction to Statistics
• PCS 127 College Physics I

General Elective Hours Required - 8