Biological Sciences, BA

64 credit hours

Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences requires the following courses:

BSC 24000Introduction to Biological Diversity

4

BSC 24400Introduction to Cellular and Molecular Biology

4

BSC 24800Introduction to Ecology and Evolution

4

BSC 28500Methods and Writing for Biology

1

BSC 32000Plant Biology

4

BSC 32400Animal Biology

4

BSC 40400Cell Biology

4

BSC 40800Genetics

4

BSC 46400Evolution

3

BSC 46500General Ecology

4

BSC 48500Biology Seminar

1

BSC 48600Senior Synthesis

1

CHM 23000General Chemistry 1

3

CHM 23100General Chemistry 2

3

CHM 23200General Chemistry 3

3

CHM 24100General Chemistry 2 Laboratory

1

CHM 24200General Chemistry 3 Laboratory

1

MTH 15100College Algebra

3

MTH 15200Pre-calculus: Elementary Functions

3

MTH 24100Statistics for Natural Science

3

Plus 6 credit hours of biological sciences electives, selected from the following courses:

BSC 22700Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4

BSC 22800Human Anatomy and Physiology II

4

BSC 23000Microbiology for Health Sciences

4

BSC 26300Environmental Policy

3

BSC 28000Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science

3

BSC 32900Human Physiology

4

BSC 33000Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy and Physiology

4

BSC 34300Invertebrate Zoology

4

BSC 34500Identification and Taxonomy of the Local Flora

3

BSC 35100Field Studies in Taxonomy

3-5

BSC 35300Microbiology

4

BSC 35800Parasitology

3

BSC 36200Advanced Environmental Biology

4

BSC 36600Field Biology

3

BSC 37000Wetlands Ecology

4

BSC 38500/CHM 38500Medicinal Chemistry

3

BSC 40000Field Research

1-6

BSC 41300Immunology

3

BSC 41700Molecular Biology

4

BSC 42200/CHM 42200Biochemistry: Metabolism

4

BSC 42600Developmental Biology

4

BSC 48000Independent Research

1-6