Biology, BS

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This major requires a minor.

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

Total number of hours required (not including prerequisites) in major:
40 semester hours

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

Major Courses Required:

BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hrs
BIOL 2430 - Molecular Cellular Biology 4 hrs
BIOL 3441 - General Ecology 4 hrs
BIOL 4481 - Research and Writing 4 hrs
16 additional advanced hours in BIOL.

Other Course Requirements:

CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hrs
CHEM 2411 - Organic Chemistry I 4 hrs
CHEM 2412 - Organic Chemistry II 4 hrs
PHYS 1401 - General Physics I 4 hrs
PHYS 1402 - General Physics II 4 hrs
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hrs
MATH 1411 - Precalculus 4 hrs
MATH 2412 - Calculus I 4 hrs
MATH 2303 - Probability and Statistics 3 hrs

Suggested Sequencing of Courses:

Required in Major for Bachelor of Science in Biology

Fall - Year One

ENGL 1313 - Composition I 3 hrs
CHEM 1401 - General Chemistry I 4 hrs (Minor)
BIOL 1402 - General Biology II 4 hrs
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hrs
INDS 1311 - Application of Learning 3 hrs (For first term traditional freshmen)

Total: 17 hrs

Spring - Year One

ENGL 1314 - Composition II 3 hrs
CHEM 1402 - General Chemistry II 4 hrs (Minor)
BIOL 1401 - General Biology I 4 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

ECON 2301 - Principles of Economics I 3 hrs
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 hrs
PSYC 1305 - Introduction to Psychology 3 hrs
SOCI 1301 - Introduction to Sociology 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Total: 17 hrs

Fall - Year Two

SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hrs
CHEM 2411 - Organic Chemistry I 4 hrs (Minor)
MATH 1411 - Precalculus 4 hrs
BIOL 2430 - Molecular Cellular Biology 4 hrs

Total: 16 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Three

BIOL 3441 - General Ecology 4 hrs
CHEM 3421 - Analytical Chemistry 4 hrs if CHEM minor
PHYS 1401 - General Physics I 4 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Note(s):

The following components are required in all degrees:
General education, major, minor, and validation of completion of:

overall semester hours - 122
institutional semester hours. - 45
overall advanced hours - 36
institutional advanced hours - 24

Foreign language requirement, if any:
and

Acceptable minor fields:
Any OLLU approved minor

Biology, BS

Major Courses Required:

Other Course Requirements:

Suggested Sequencing of Courses:

Fall - Year One

Total: 17 hrs

Spring - Year One

One of the Following: 3 hrs

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Total: 17 hrs

Fall - Year Two

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year Two

One of the Following: 3 hrs

One of the Following: 4 hrs

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Three

One of the Following: 3 hrs

Note(s):