Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024

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Biology, BA

This major requires a minor.

Total number of hours required for this degree:
120 semester hours

Total number of hours in major:
52 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:
20 semester hours

Major Courses Required:

BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hour(s)
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hour(s)
BIOL 2430 - Molecular Cellular Biology 4 hour(s)
BIOL 2455 - General Ecology 4 hour(s)
BIOL 4481 - Research and Writing 4 hour(s) or
BIOL 5401 - Research in Biology 4 hour(s)
16 additional hours in BIOL (12 must be advanced)

Additional Required Courses: 16 hrs

CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hour(s)
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hour(s)
CHEM 2411 - Organic Chemistry I 4 hour(s)
CHEM 2412 - Organic Chemistry II 4 hour(s)

Required General Education Courses:

BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hour(s)
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hour(s)
or
MATH 1404 - College Algebra with Lab 4 hour(s)
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hour(s)
and
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hour(s)
or
CSCD 2341 - American Sign Language I 3 hour(s)
and
or
CSCD 2342 - American Sign Language II 3 hour(s)
Any two semesters of the same foreign language.

Suggested Sequencing of Courses:

Required in Major for Bachelor of Arts in Biology

Total: 17 hrs

Spring - Year One

BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hour(s)
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hour(s)

ENGLISH 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

HISTORY 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 14 hrs

Fall - Year Two

BIOL 2430 - Molecular Cellular Biology 4 hour(s)
CHEM 2411 - Organic Chemistry I 4 hour(s)
(Minor) 3 hours

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 3-4 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 14-15 hrs

Spring - Year Two

BIOL 2455 - General Ecology 4 hour(s)
CHEM 2412 - Organic Chemistry II 4 hour(s)
Minor: Additional 3 credit hrs*

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 3-4 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 14-15 hrs

Fall - Year Three

Advanced BIOL course 4 hrs

Minor: must be Advanced course 3000+ 3hrs
Minor: Advanced course 3000+ 3hrs

PHILOSOPHY 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

THEOLOGY 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year Three

Advanced BIOL course 4 hrs

Minor: must be Advanced course 3000+ 3 hrs
Minor: must be Advanced course 3000+ 3 hrs

LITERATURE 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

FINE ARTS 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 16 hrs

Fall - Year Four

Advanced BIOL course 4 hrs

Advanced course 3000+ 3hrs

SOCIAL SCIENCE 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Four

BIOL 4481 - Research and Writing 4 hour(s) or
BIOL 5401 - Research in Biology 4 hour(s)
Advanced course 4000+ 4 hrs
Advanced course 3000+ 3 hrs

ORAL COMMUNICATION 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 14 hrs

Note(s):

*Elective hours needed to meet the 120 hours required for this degree

The following components are required in all degrees:

General education, major, minor, and validation of completion of:

overall semester hours - 120
institutional semester hours - 42
overall advanced hours - 36
institutional advanced hours - 24

Required General Education courses:

BIOL 1401 , BIOL 1402 , MATH 1304 or MATH 1404

SPAN 1411 , SPAN 1412, CSCD 2341, CSCD 2342 or any two semesters of the same foreign language

Other course requirements:

CHEM 2411 and CHEM 2412

Acceptable minor fields:

Any OLLU approved minor

Strongly recommended:

8 semester hours in physics

Biology, BA

Major Courses Required:

Additional Required Courses: 16 hrs

Required General Education Courses:

Suggested Sequencing of Courses:

Fall - Year One

ENGLISH 3 hrs

MATHEMATICS 3 hrs

Total: 17 hrs

Spring - Year One

ENGLISH 3 hrs

HISTORY 3 hrs

Total: 14 hrs

Fall - Year Two

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 3-4 hrs

Total: 14-15 hrs

Spring - Year Two

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 3-4 hrs

Total: 14-15 hrs

Fall - Year Three

PHILOSOPHY 3 hrs

THEOLOGY 3 hrs

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year Three

LITERATURE 3 hrs

FINE ARTS 3 hrs

Total: 16 hrs

Fall - Year Four

SOCIAL SCIENCE 3 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Four

ORAL COMMUNICATION 3 hrs

Total: 14 hrs

Note(s):