BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
ORGANISMAL 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-organismal 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.)
III. General Biology Requirements (18 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.)
___ BIOL 412 Evolutionary Biology (3 hrs.) OR
___ BIOL 414 Principles of Ecology (3 hrs.)
___ BIOL 600 Introductory Biochemistry (4 hrs.)
IV. Organismal Biology Requirements (15 hrs.):
___ ONE OF THE FOLLOWING TWO COURSES (3 hrs.)
___ BIOL 413 Diversity of Organisms
___ BIOL 550 Intro. to Systematics
___ TWO OF THE FOLLOWING THREE COURSES (6 hrs.)
___ BIOL 408 Physiology of Organisms
___ BIOL 416 Cell Structure and Function
___ BIOL 417 Biology of Development (may not count here if used as a "development group" course)
Two of the following courses, at least one course from each of two of the following three groups (6 hrs.):
_____ Development Group: 417 Biology of Development; 590 Principles of Embryology; 604 Physiology of Plant Growth and Development; 608 Developmental Plant Anatomy; 668 Insect Ecology & Behavior; 692 Developmental Genetics; 710 Insect Development.
_____ Function Group: 435 Introduction to Neurobiology; 503 Immunology; 506 PathogenicMicrobiology; 516 Microbial Physiology; 524 Molecular Immunology; 555 General Plant Physiology; 606 Ecological Plant Physiology; 716 Insect Physiology; 644 Comparative Animal Physiology; 646 Mammalian Physiology; 673 Cellular & Molecular Neurobiology; 774 Physiology of Reproduction; 776 Mammalian Neuroanatomy
_____ Diversity Group: 400 Fundamentals of Microbiology; 448 Kansas Plants; 493 Introduction to Ornithology; 494 Introduction to Mammalogy; 500 Biology of Insects; 505 Social Insects; 510 Comparative Anatomy; 512 General Virology; 525 Aquatic Entomology; 533 Biology of Fungi; 540 General Invertebrate Zoology; 583 Herpetology; 592 Ichthyology; 603 Systematic Botany; 610 Plant Kingdom; 613 Biology of Honeybees; 622 Invertebrate Paleontology; 640 Biology & Evolution of Fossil Plants; 664 Vertebrate Biology; 709 Immature Insects; 711 Classification of Insects; 793 Ornithology; 795 Biology of Amphibians.
V. General Biology Electives and Laboratory Requirements (13 hrs.):
BIOL courses numbered 400 or higher, including at least 4 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. 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. (13 required)
Subtotals (hrs) ___ (2 reqd) . . . . . . . . . . ___ (4 reqd)
