GENETICS
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
Requirements apply to students entering Spring 2003 and later. At least 124 hrs. (45 Junior/Senior hrs.) must be completed for graduation. Double majors must complete at least 15 hrs. unique to each major.
I. General College Requirements (33 hrs):
English (9 hrs.): ENGL 101 ___; ENGL 102 (or 105) ___; ENGL 203 (or 205, 209, 210, 211) ___
Argument & Reason (3 hrs.): COMS 130/230, PHIL 148/310, OR Exemption/Examination ___
Western Civilization (6 hrs.): HWC 204 (or 114) ___ and
HWC 205 (or 115) ___
Principal Course and/or Foreign Language Requirements (No more than one course from each topical subgroup from the principal course list can be applied toward fulfillment of this requirement. See Undergraduate Catalog and Timetable for list of principal courses and topical subgroups.):
Social Science (3 hrs.) ___; Humanities (3 hrs.) ___; and three additional courses in foreign language,
social sciences, or humanities: ________, ________, ________.
II. General Science Requirements (28-29 hrs):
_____ CHEM 184 Foundations of Chemistry I (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 188 Foundations of Chemistry II (5 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 622 Fund. Organic Chem. (3 hrs.) OR
CHEM 624 Organic Chem. I (3 hrs.)
_____ CHEM 625 Organic Chemistry I lab (2 hrs.)
_____ MATH 121 Calculus I (5 hrs.) OR
_____ MATH 115 & MATH 116 Calculus I & II (6 hrs.)
_____ PHSX 114 & PHSX 115 Coll. Physics I & II (8 hrs.) OR
PHSX 211 & PHSX 212 Gen. Physics I & II (8 hrs.)
*Students planning to enter graduate school (particularly those interested in applying molecular techniques) or medical school are advised to also enroll in CHEM 626/627.
III. General Biology Requirements (24 hrs.):
_____ BIOL 150 (or 151, Honors) Principles of Molecular & Cellular Biology ( 4 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 152 (or 153, Honors) Principles of Organismal Biology (4 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 412 Evolutionary Biology (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 416 Cell Structure and Function (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 570 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 600 Introductory Biochemistry (4 hrs.)
_____ ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE
COURSES (3 hrs.)
BIOL 400 Fundamentals of Microbiology (3 hrs.)
BIOL 408 Physiology of Organisms (3 hrs.)
BIOL 417 Biology of Development (3 hrs.)
IV. Genetics Requirements (15 hrs.):
_____ BIOL 350 Principles of Genetics (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 405 Laboratory in Genetics (2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 672 Gene Expression (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 599 Senior Seminar in Genetics (1 hr.) (must be taken
in senior year)
_____ TWO COURSES FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST (6 HRS.)
BIOL 512 General Virology (3 hrs.)
BIOL 518 Microbial Genetics (3 hrs.)
BIOL 595 Human Genetics (3 hrs.)
BIOL 611 Molecular Evolution/Systematics (4 hrs.)
BIOL 688 Molecular Biology of Cancer (3 hrs.)
BIOL 690 Control Mechanisms/Development (3 hrs.)
BIOL 692 Developmental Genetics (3 hrs.)
BIOL 743 Population Genetics (3 hrs.)
BIOL 747 Quantitative Genetics (3 hrs.)
ANTH 340 Human Variation and Evolution (3 hrs.)
ANTH 442 Anthropological Genetics (3 hrs.)
ANTH 652 Population Dynamics (3 hrs.)
V. Elective and Laboratory Requirements (8 hrs.):
BIOL courses numbered 400 or higher, including at least 3 hrs. of lab credit and 2 hrs. of a seminar/topics course (BIOL 419, 420, 701). Courses listed above which have not been used to fulfill the above requirements may be used as electives. No more than 3 hrs. of BIOL 423 Non-Lab Independent Study and/or BIOL 424 Independent Study (combined) can be applied towards the elective requirement with no more than 2 hours of BIOL 424 being applied towards the laboratory requirement.
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