College of Arts and Sciences - Dean's Office: Biology
Biology Concentrations
Biology
All biology majors complete 20 semester credit hours of required biology courses including General Biology I, General Biology II, Genetics, Vertebrate Physiology and Methods of Biological Research, plus 16 semester hours of biology electives.
Majors must also complete eight semester hours of physics, 17 semester hours of chemistry (including organic), and six semester hours of mathematics. In these other science areas, students find the background and techniques for carrying on analytical studies in biology.
Freshman Year
| First Semester | Semester Hours | Second Semester | Semester Hours |
| BIOLOGY 160 General Biology I |
3 | BIOLOGY 162 General Biology II |
3 |
| BIOLOGY 161 General Biology I Lab |
2 | BIOLOGY 163 General Biology II Lab |
2 |
| CHEMISTRY 160 General Chemistry I |
3 | CHEMISTRY 162 General Chemistry II |
3 |
| CHEMISTRY 161 General Chemistry I Lab |
1 | CHEMISTRY 163 General Chemistry II Lab |
2 |
| FOREIGN LANGUAGE Elective | 3 | FOREIGN LANGUAGE Elective | 3 |
| ENGLISH 101 or 115 English Composition or Rhetoric |
3 | PHILOSOPHY 100 Ethics as Intro to Philosophy |
3 |
| Total | 15 | Total | 16 |
Sophomore Year
| First Semester | Semester Hours | Second Semester | Semester Hours |
| BIOLOGY Electives ** |
4 | BIOLOGY Electives ** |
4 |
| CHEMISTRY 240 Organic Chemistry I |
3 | CHEMISTRY 242 Organic Chemistry II |
3 |
| CHEMISTRY 241 Organic Chemistry I Lab |
1 | CHEMISTRY 243 Organic Chemistry II Lab |
1 |
| MATH 150 Elements of Calculus I |
3 | MATH 156 General Statistics |
3 |
| THEOLOGY 111 Theological Foundations |
3 | ENGLISH/CLASSICS 205 Literature & the Moral Imagination |
3 |
| LITERATURE Elective |
3 | CULTURAL DIVERSITY Elective |
1 |
| Total | 17 | Total | 15 |
Junior Year
| First Semester | Semester Hours | Second Semester | Semester Hours |
| BIOLOGY 410 Vertebrate Physiology |
2 | BIOLOGY 230 Genetics |
3 |
| BIOLOGY 411 Vertebrate Physiology Lab |
2 | BIOLOGY 231 Genetics Lab |
1 |
| PHYSICS 160 College Physics I |
3 | PHYSICS 162 College Physics II |
3 |
| PHYSICS 161 Introductory Physics I Lab |
1 | PHYSICS 163 Introductory Physics II Lab |
1 |
| HISTORY I | 3 | PHIL 290 Theory of Knowledge |
3 |
| Theology Scrip/Hist or Christ Sys Elective | 3 | HISTORY II | 3 |
| Total | 14 | Total | 14 |
Senior Year
| First Semester | Semester Hours | Second Semester | Semester Hours |
| BIOLOGY 498 Methods of Biological Research I |
1 | BIOLOGY 499 Methods of Biological Research II |
1 |
| BIOLOGY Elective ** |
2 | BIOLOGY Electives ** |
6 |
| THEOLOGY Ethics or Rel/Cult Elective |
3 | E/R&S FOCUS Elective |
3 |
| PHILOSOPHY Elective |
3 | GENERAL Elective |
3 |
| SOCIAL SCIENCE Elective |
3 | SOCIAL SCIENCE Elective |
3 |
| FINE ARTS Elective |
3 | ||
| Total | 15 | Total | 16 |