BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
GENETICS
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-genetics courses. 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)
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 (26-28 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 115 Calculus I (3 hrs.) OR __ MATH 121 Calculus I (5 hrs.)
___ PHSX 114 College Physics I (4 hrs.) OR __ PHSX 211 General Physics I (4 hrs.)
___ PHSX 115 College Physics II (4 hrs.) OR __ PHSX 212 General Physics II (4 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.)
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE COURSES (3 hrs.)
___ BIOL 400 Fundamentals of Microbiology
___ BIOL 408 Physiology of Organisms
___ BIOL 417 Biology of Development
___ 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.)
IV. Genetics Requirements (14 hrs.):
___ BIOL 404 Introduction to Genetics (3 hrs.)
___ BIOL 405 Laboratory in Genetics (2 hrs.)
ONE OF THE FOLLOWING THREE COURSES (3 hrs.)
___BIOL 518 Microbial Genetics
___BIOL 688 The Molecular Biology of Cancer
___BIOL 672 Gene Expression I
V. General Biology Electives and Laboratory___BIOL 432 Human Behavioral Genetics
___BIOL 512 General Virology
___BIOL 595 Human Genetics
___BIOL 611 Molecular Evolution and Systematics
___BIOL 636 Cytology and Cytogenetics
___BIOL 690 Control Mechanisms in Development
___BIOL 692 Developmental Genetics
___BIOL 742 Plant Population Biology
___BIOL 743 Population Genetics
___BIOL 747 Quantitative Genetics
___BIOL 768 Plant Molecular Biology
___ANTH 340 Human Variation and Evolution
___ANTH 442 Anthropological Genetics
___ANTH 652 Population Dynamics
