Biological Sciences, BS

17 credits of required courses

• BIOSC 0150 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 1

• One of the following lab courses.

• BIOSC 0050 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY LABORATORY 1
• BIOSC 0057 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABORATORY 1
• BIOSC 0058 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY SEA-PHAGES LABORATORY 1

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• BIOSC 0160 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY 2

• One of the following lab courses.

• BIOSC 0060 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY LABORATORY 2
• BIOSC 0067 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY RESEARCH LABORATORY 2
• BIOSC 0068 - FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY SEA-PHAGES LABORATORY 2
• BIOSC 0350 - GENETICS

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• BIOSC 0370 - ECOLOGY or
• BIOSC 1130 - EVOLUTION

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• BIOSC 1000 - BIOCHEMISTRY or both
• BIOSC 1810 - MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION and
• BIOSC 1820 - METABOLIC PATHWAYS AND REGULATION

Writing Intensive course

Students must pass one writing-intensive (W) course in BIOSC. This couse will count as a BIOSC elective as long as the student earned a letter grade of C or better. Students typically complete BIOSC 1010 - COMMUNICATING IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES .

Elective courses

Majors must complete a minimum of 15 credits of upper-division courses, which must include two lab courses or one lab and one field course. The BIOSC Writing course (above) can count as an elective.  Students may begin to take elective courses when they have completed the appropriate prerequisite courses; for example, some upper-division courses have only BIOSC 0160 as a prerequisite whereas others have additional requirements.

If a student elects the combination of BIOSC 1810 - MACROMOLECULAR STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION  and BIOSC 1820 - METABOLIC PATHWAYS AND REGULATION  as listed above, then BIOSC 1820  counts as an upper-level elective. Students may count only one physiology course toward the major.

Co-requisite courses

• CHEM 0110 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 1
• CHEM 0120 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY 2
• CHEM 0310 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 1
• CHEM 0320 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2
• CHEM 0345 - ORGANIC LABORATORY
• MATH 0220 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 1

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  Choose one of the following courses.

• MATH 0230 - ANALYTIC GEOMETRY AND CALCULUS 2
• STAT 1000 - APPLIED STATISTICAL METHODS

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• Choose one of the following pairs of courses.

• PHYS 0110 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 1 and
• PHYS 0111 - INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS 2

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• PHYS 0174 - BASIC PHYSICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 1 (INTEGRATED) and
• PHYS 0175 - BASIC PHYSICS, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2 (INTEGRATED)

Grade Requirements

• Each required BIOSC course for the major must be completed with a grade of C or better.
• The elective courses for the major must also be completed with a grade of C or better.
• A minimum GPA of 2.0 in all departmental courses taken is required for graduation. If a C- or lower is earned in an elective course for the major but is not repeated, the course will be used to calculate the departmental GPA but will not be counted toward the 32 credits required for the major.
• Students must also earn a minimum GPA of 2.0 in the co-requisite courses. A passing grade of C- or lower in a co-requisite course can be accepted if balanced by a higher grade in another co-requisite course so that the co-requisite GPA is 2.0 or higher. Exceptions: CHEM 0110  and CHEM 0120  have to be C or better to declare the major; PHYS 0110  / PHYS 0174  has to be C or better to enroll in PHYS 0111  / PHYS 0175 ; MATH 0220  has to be C or better to enroll in MATH 0230 .
• Only one BIOSC course may be taken on a Satisfactory/No Credit (S/NC) basis.

David C. Frederick Honors College equivalent courses may be substituted for required or elective courses.