BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
BIODIVERSITY, ECOLOGY, & EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
Note: Requirements apply to students entering Fall 1997 and later. At least 124 hrs. (40 Junior/Senior hrs.) must be completed for graduation. At least 74 hrs. must be non-biodiversity courses. Double majors must complete at least 15 hrs. unique to each major.
I. General College Requirements (33 hrs):
English (9 h): ENGL 101 __; ENGL 102 (or 105) __; ENGL 203 (or 205, 209, 210, 211)
Western Civilization (6 h): WC 204 (or 114) ___ and WC 205 (or 115) ___
Oral Communication/Logic (3 h): COMS 130/230, PHIL 148/310, OR Exemption/Examination ___
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 h) ___;
Humanities (3 h) ___; and three additional courses in foreign language (numbered 104-120), social sciences, or humanities: ________, ________, ________.
II. General Science Requirements (26-31 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.)
___ MATH 115 Calculus I (3 hrs.) OR ___ MATH 121 Calculus I (5 hrs.))
___ MATH 116 Calculus II (3 hrs.) OR ___ MATH 122 Calculus II (5 hrs.)
TWO OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
___ PHSX 114 College Physics I (4 hrs.); ___ PHSX 115 College Physics II (4 hrs.);
___ ATMO 105 Introductory Meteorology
(3 hrs.; see under Physics & Astronomy in Timetable);
___ EECS 138 Introduction to Computing (3 hrs; formerly CS 200, see under Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in the School of Engineering section of the Timetable.)
III. General Biology Requirements (14 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 404 Introduction to Genetics (3 hrs.)
___ ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE COURSES (3 hrs.):
BIOL 408 Physiology of Organisms
BIOL 416 Cell Structure & Function
BIOL 417 Biology of Development
IV. Biodiversity, Ecology, & Evolutionary Biology Requirements (17 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 412 Evolutionary Biology (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 413 Diversity of Organisms (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 414 Principles of Ecology (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 415 Laboratory Methods in Ecology (2 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 550 Introduction to Systematics (3 hrs.)
_____ BIOL 570 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 hrs.)
V. General Biology Elective and Laboratory Requirements (13 hrs.):
BIOL courses numbered 400 or higher which include at least 3 hrs. of laboratory credit and 2 hrs. of a seminar or 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. A list of courses that include laboratory components but do not have the word "laboratory" in their title is available in 2045 Haworth.
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TOTAL: ___ hrs. (10 required) Subtotals (hrs): ____ (2 reqd) . . . . . . . __ญญ___ (3 reqd)
