Name: _______________________ Student ID #: ___________________ Date: ______________
University Studies Requirements
Core Courses *completed within first 60 credits
Course Credits Grade Planned to Take
WRIT 102 College Writing II
3
WRIT 209 Business and Professional Writing
3
HHP 102 Wellness and a Positive Lifestyle
3
COMM 110 Intro to Speech Communications
3
MATH/CSCI
3-4
Humanities
Course
Course Title
Credits
Planned to Take
History
3
Literature
3
World Language,
Culture, & Philosophy
3
Social Science (6 cr) must include 2 different prefixes
Course
Course Title
Credits
Planned to Take
Course 1
3
Course 2
3
Natural & Physical Sciences
Course
Course Title
Credits
Planned to Take
Environmental
2
Lab
4
Fine & Applied Arts
Course
Course Title
Credits
Planned to Take
Art History, Criticism &
Appreciation
3
Aesthetic Experience
3
Global Awareness & Diversity *may be fulfilled through other University Studies categories
Course
Course Title
Credits
Planned to Take
Global Awareness
3
Diversity
3
Biology Major
Academic Plan of Study
2019-2021 Catalog
Biology Major Requirements
35 total biology credits plus 9 chemistry required to include:
Biology required courses (21 credits required):
Course Course Title
Credits Grade
Planned to Take
BIOL 130
Principles of Biology I
4
BIOL 132
Principles of Biology II
4
BIOL 330
Genetics
4
BIOL 340
Ecology
4
BIOL 440
Cell Biology
4
BIOL 497
Senior Experience
1
Senior Experience required courses (1 credit required):
Course
Course Title
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
BIOL 491
Research in Biology
1-4
BIOL 492
Biology Seminar
1
Biology Upper-level Elective courses (13 credits required):
Additional 200-level or high biology courses such as:
Course
Course Title
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
BIOL 270
Human Anatomy and
Physiology
4
BIOL 280
Human Anatomy and
Physiology II
4
BIOL 281
Special Topics
1-4
BIOL 300
Marine Biology
3
BIOL 303
Forest Ecology and
Management
4
BIOL 305
Evolution
3
BIOL 312
Biogeography and
Conservation
3
BIOL 316
Medical Terminology
2
BIOL 318
Immunology
3
BIOL 325
Plant Taxonomy
4
BIOL 335
Aquatic Entomology
3
BIOL 350
Limnology
4
BIOL 355
Microbes and Defense
4
BIOL 360
Parasitology
4
BIOL 365
Entomology
4
BIOL 367
Ornithology
4
BIOL 380
Vertebrate Biology
4
BIOL 382
Ichthyology
4
BIOL 399
Cancer Biology
3
BIOL 405
Neurobiology
3
BIOL 420
Field Biology
1
BIOL 431
Animal Behavior (Ethology)
3
BIOL 432
Animal Behavior Laboratory
1
BIOL 465
Laboratory Techniques in
Biochemistry and
Cell/Molecular Biology
2
BIOL 481
Special Topics
1-4
ENSC 350
Environmental Science
Research Methods
2
Note: BIOL 289, 389, 489 must be approved on a case by case basis.
Chemistry required courses (9 credits required):
Course
Course Title
Credits
Grade
Planned to Take
CHEM 105
General Chemistry I
5
CHEM 106
General Chemistry II
4
One semester of calculus and a year of physics are recommended for students interested in graduate or professional
school.
Notes: