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Degree Requirements

Physiology (BS)

105 Credits Minimum, Including 35 Upper Division (UD)

Required Math

MAT 1221 Survey of Calculus (5)
BIO 4360 Biostatistics (5)
MAT 1234 Calculus I (5)

WKQR
UD
WKQR

5

Section Credits Required

5

General Core*

BIO 1859 Biology Cornerstone Seminar

-

1

BIO 2101 General Biology (5)
BIO 2102 General Biology (5)
BIO 2103 General Biology (5)

WKFS
-
WKAS

15

BIO 3325 Genetics

UD

5

BIO 3899 Scientific Literature

UD

1

BIO 4352 Cell Biology

UD

5

BIO 4899 Natural Sciences Seminar

UD

2

Section Credits Required

29

Physiology Core

BIO 4256 Environmental Physiology (5)
BIO 4410 Human Physiology (5)
BIO 4413 Animal Physiology (5)
BIO 4415 Plant Physiology (5)
BIO 4418 Neurobiology (5)
BIO 4419 Medical Virology (5)

UD, W
UD
UD
UD, W
UD
UD

15

Section Credits Required

15

Mol/Cel/Micro Core (one 3-cr course max)**

BIO 3350 Immunology (3)
BIO 3351 General Microbiology (5)
BIO 4320 Principles of Development (5)
BIO 4325 Molecular Biology (5)
BIO 4420 Histology & Microscopic Tech (5)
BIO 4435 Biodiversity:Parasites & Pests (5)
CHM 4361 Biochemistry (5)
CHM 4362 Biochemistry (5)
CHM 4363 Biochemistry (3)
CHM 4371 Biochemistry Lecture (3)
CHM 4372 Biochemistry Lecture (3)

UD
UD
UD, W
UD, W
UD
UD
UD, W
UD
UD
UD
UD

13

Section Credits Required

13

Ecology and Evolution Core***

BIO 3000 Intro Biological Anthropology (5)
BIO 3302 Coral Reef Ecology (5)
BIO 3303 Evolutionary Ecology Galapagos (5)
BIO 3304 Oceanography of the Galapagos (5)
BIO 3305 Marine Restoration Ecology (5)
BIO 3310 Ecology (5)
BIO 3432 Biodiversity:Vertebrate Biolgy (5)
BIO 3434 Animal Behavior (5)
BIO 3453 Biodiversity:Plant Ident & Tax (5)
BIO 4330 Evolutionary Mechanisms (5)
BIO 4744 Marine Botany (5)
BIO 4810 Marine Ecology (5)
BIO 4815 Aquatic Ecology (5)
BIO 4825 Forest Ecology (5)
BIO 4835 Conservation Biology (5)
BIO 4840 Chemical Ecology (5)
BIO 4880 Blakely Field Studies (1)

CUE, WE, UD, W
CUE, UD
UD
CUE, WE, UD
CUE, UD
UD, W
UD
UD, W
UD
UD, W
UD
UD, W
UD
UD
UD
UD, W
UD

5

Section Credits Required

5

Ethics, Health Sciences or Research

BIO 3615 Issues and Values in Biology

WE, UD, W

3

- OR -

BIO 4978 Biological Research Proposal (1)
BIO 4979 Biological Research (2)

UD, W
UD

3

- OR -

HON 2100 Honors Ethics& Critical Reason

WKH

5

- OR -

HSC 4700 Issues in Global Health

UD

3

- OR -

PHI 1002 Ethics and the Good Life

WKH

5

- OR -

PHI 2222 Social Ethics

WE

5

Section Credits Required

3

Required Supporting Courses

CHM 1211 General Chemistry I (5)
CHM 1212 General Chemistry II (5)

WKFS
-

10

CHM 1213 General Chemistry III (3)
CHM 2213 Inorganic Qualitative Analysis (2)

-
-

5

CHM 3371 Organic Chemistry I (5)
CHM 3372 Organic Chemistry II (5)
CHM 3373 Organic Chemistry III (5)

UD
UD
UD

15

MAT 2360 Intro to Stats for Sciences

WKQR

5

Section Credits Required

35

Recommended Courses

PHY 1101 General Physics (5)
PHY 1102 General Physics (5)
PHY 1103 General Physics (5)

WKFS
-
-

15

- OR -

PHY 1121 Physics for Sci & Engineering (5)
PHY 1122 Physics for Sci & Engineering (5)
PHY 1123 Physics for Sci & Engineering (5)

WKFS
-
-

15

MAT 1235 Calculus II

-

5

Section Credits Required

0

Minimum Total Credits Required

105

Additional Requirements and Information

Max 6 credits from BIO 4900-4999 may be applied to major.
*BIO 4899 must be repeated twice to meet credit req.
***BIO 3436 may substitute for BIO 3434 here
**BIO 4418& 4419 OK in Mol/Cell/Micro, if not used elsewhere

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