Download Course plan for a B.S. in Biology with a concentration in Organismal

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2016-2017 Catalog
COURSE REQUIREMENTS: BS IN BIOLOGY – ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY CONCENTRATION (6212)
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Minimum total credit hours
120
Minimum upper-division (UD) hours
42
(Note that all UD courses are bold-faced)
Maximum hours in any one subject
50
Completion of sheet = 105-111 credit hours
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Communication (9 hours)
ENGL 111 English Composition1
___/3
ENGL 112 English Composition1,2 ___/3
COMM 230 Public Speaking2
___/3
1
Must earn a C or better
2
Prereq ENGL 111
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Foreign Language (8 hours)
Language: __________________________
Select one depending on placement
111
Elementary I
___/4
115
Transitional
___/4
Then take
122
Elementary II
___/4
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Humanities (9 hours) Select any sequence
plus one from another discipline
ENGL 250 British Lit Tradition3
___/3
ENGL 251 British Lit Tradition3
___/3
ENGL 260 American Lit Tradition3 ___/3
ENGL 261 American Lit Tradition3 ___/3
ENGL 270 World Literature3
___/3
ENGL 271 World Literature3
___/3
HIST 121 Dev World Civilization I ___/3
HIST 122 Dev World Civilization II ___/3
HIST 201 History of the US I
___/3
HIST 202 History of the US II
___/3
PHIL 110 The Adventure of Ideas ___/3
PHIL 120 The Adventure of Ideas ___/3
3
Prereq ENGL 111&112
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Fine Arts (3 hours) Select one
ART 110
Understanding Visual Art ___/3
ARTH 210 The History of Art
___/3
ARTH 211 The History of Art
___/3
DANC 110 Understanding Dance
___/3
MUS 111 Masterpieces of Music ___/3
MUS 112 Music in Our Time
___/3
THEA 110 Understanding Theatre ___/3
THEA 111 Understanding Theatre ___/3
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Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 hours)
Select two from different disciplines
ECON 201 Princ Macroeconomics ___/3
ECON 202 Princ Microeconomics ___/3
GEOG 151 IRG: N. Am, Eur, Russ ___/3
GEOG 152 IRG: Asia, Africa, Lat Am ___/3
GEOG 202 Intro to Cultural Geog
___/3
POSC 210 Am Gov’t / Politics
___/3
PSYC 101 General Psychology
___/3
SOC 201 General Sociology
___/3
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Mathematics (6-7 hours)4
Select one – must earn a C or better
MATH 160 Calc Business & Life Sci ___/3
MATH 251 Calculus I
___/4
Also take – must earn a C or better
MATH 210 Elem Stats & Probability ___/3
4
May also need MATH 100-110 or 140
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Laboratory Science (8 hours): one sequence –
must earn a C or better
ASTR 201 Astronomy
___/4
ASTR 202 Astronomy
___/4
GEOL 110 Intro to Physical Geology ___/4
GEOL 120 Environmental Geology ___/4
PHYS 211 College Physics5, 6
___/4
PHYS 212 College Physics
___/4
5
Prereq MATH 140
6
Can substitute PHYS 220-221 for 211-212
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Students must earn a C or better in each of
the following classes.
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Chemistry (12 hours)
CHEM 121 General Chemistry7
___/4
CHEM 122 General Chemistry
___/4
Select
CHEM 310 Organic / Biochemistry ___/3
CHEM 319 Organic & Biochem Lab___/1
or
CHEM 341 Organic Chemistry
___/4
7
Prereq MATH 140 or higher, or placement in
MATH 251
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Biology (21 hours)
BIOL 1308,9 Found Bio: Eco, Evo, Div ___/4
BIOL 1409 Found Bio: Cell & Molec ___/4
BIOL 33110 General Ecology
___/3
BIOL 33610 Introductory Genetics ___/3
BIOL 33710 Cell Biology
___/3
BIOL 39110 Evolutionary Biology ___/3
Select one seminar course:
BIOL 410 or 411 Seminar Biol Sci ___/1
8
Not a prereq for BIOL 140
9
Placement ≥ MATH 140 recommended
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Botany (3 hours)10
Select one
BOT 301
Foundations of Botany ___/3
BOT 302
Plant Morphology
___/3
BOT 303
Plant Taxonomy
___/3
BOT 305
Freshwater Algae11
___/3
BOT 306
Aq. &Wetland Plants11 ___/3
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Vertebrate Zoology (3 or 4 hours)10
ZOOL 319 Mammalogy
___/3
ZOOL 320 Ichthyology
___/3
ZOOL 321 Ornithology
___/3
ZOOL 322 Herpetology
___/3
ZOOL 323 Field Ornithology11
___/3
ZOOL 327 Field Herpetology11
___/3
ZOOL 328 Natural History of Verts ___/3
ZOOL 352 Human A&P II
___/3
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Electives (15 hours of BIOL/BOT/MBIO/ ZOOL to
complete at least 45 hours in major
and 42 upper division hours) 10,12,13
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10
BIOL 130&140 prereq for all UD BIOL/BOT/
MBIO/ZOOL
11
Taught at the Reelfoot Lake Environmental
Field Station
12
200-level courses may not be used for elective
hours
13
≤ 4 hours BCHE may be used
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Additional Courses Taken
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Invertebrate Zoology (3 or 4 hours)10
ZOOL 315 Invertebrate Zoology ___/4
ZOOL 325 General Entomology ___/4
ZOOL 326 Aquatic Macroinverts11 ___/3
ZOOL 440 General Parasitology ___/4
Updated July 2016