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Degree Requirements

Cellular and Molecular Biology (BS)

107 Credits Minimum, Including 26 Upper Division (UD)

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 3351 General Microbiology

UD

5

BIO 4325 Molecular Biology

UD, W

5

BIO 4352 Cell Biology

UD

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)
BIO 4256 Environmental Physiology (5)

UD
UD
UD, W
UD
UD
UD, W

5

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

UD, W
UD

3

BIO 4899 Natural Sciences Seminar

UD

2

CHM 4361 Biochemistry (5)
CHM 4362 Biochemistry (5)

UD, W
UD

10

Section Credits Required

57

Required Supporting Courses

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

WKFS
-

10

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

UD
UD
UD

15

CHM 3225 Quantitativ Analysis&Equilibrm

UD

5

MAT 1221 Survey of Calculus (5)
MAT 1234 Calculus I (5)

WKQR
WKQR

5

MAT 2360 Intro to Stats for Sciences

WKQR

5

Section Credits Required

40

Electives**

BIO 3350 Immunology (3)
BIO 3615 Issues and Values in Biology (3)
BIO 4320 Principles of Development (5)
BIO 4330 Evolutionary Mechanisms (5)
BIO 4360 Biostatistics (5)
BIO 4420 Histology & Microscopic Tech (5)
BIO 4435 Biodiversity:Parasites & Pests (5)
BIO 4744 Marine Botany (5)

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

10

Section Credits Required

10

Recommended Courses

CHM 1213 General Chemistry III

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3

CHM 2213 Inorganic Qualitative Analysis

-

2

MAT 1235 Calculus II

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5

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

Section Credits Required

0

Minimum Total Credits Required

107

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 4415, 4418 & 4419 OK as elective, if not used in Core

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Cellular and Molecular Biology (BS)