Program Requirements

CIP Code: 26.0101

Major

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
University Graduation Requirements
General Education		36
Foundations of Learning
GSD 101	Foundations of Learning	3
Upper division courses (42 hrs. distributed throughout Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives categories)
Major Requirements
Core Courses
BIO 111	Cell and Molecular Biology	4
BIO 112	Ecology and Evolution	4
BIO 315	Genetics	4
BIO 316	Ecology	4
BIO 318	General Botany	4
BIO 319	General Zoology	4
BIO 320	Principles of Microbiology	4
BIO 495	Evolutionary Application and Theory	1
Concentrations
Students must select at least one of the following Concentrations:
Courses used for one concentration may not count toward another concentration.
Aquatic Biology		26-27
Biodiversity and Conservation
General Biology
Biology Teaching
Free Electives
Choose from 27-28 hours of free electives		27-28
Total Hours		120

Concentration

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Concentration Courses
BIO 525	Aquatic and Wetland Plants	3
BIO 542	Freshwater Invertebrates	3
BIO 557	Ichthyology	3
BIO 558	Freshwater Ecology	3
Choose from one of the following:		3
BIO 556	Herpetology
BIO 561	Fish Biology and Management
GLY 315	Hydrology
Supporting Course Requirements
CHE 111 & 111L	General Chemistry and General Chemistry Lab I (Element 4) G
CHE 112 & 112L	General Chemistry II and General Chemistry Lab	4
CHE 361 & 361L	Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry Lab I	4
MAT 234	Calculus I (Element 2) G
or MAT 211	Applied Calculus
PHY 131	College Physics I (Element 4) G
or PHY 201	University Physics I
STA 215	Introduction to Statistical Reasoning	3-4
or STA 270	Applied Statistics
Total Hours		26-27

G

Course also satisfies a General Education element. Hours are included within the 36 hr. General Education requirement above.