Academic Catalog

Biology, Bachelor of Science with a Concentration in Biodiversity and Conservation (B.S.)

EKU Campus

Program Requirements

CIP Code: 26.0101

Major

University Graduation Requirements
General Education36
Foundations of Learning
GSD 101Foundations of Learning3
Upper division courses (42 hrs. distributed throughout Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives categories)
Major Requirements
Core Courses
BIO 111Cell and Molecular Biology4
BIO 112Ecology and Evolution4
BIO 315Genetics4
BIO 316Ecology4
BIO 318General Botany4
BIO 319General Zoology4
BIO 320Principles of Microbiology4
BIO 495Evolutionary Application and Theory1
Concentrations
Students must select at least one of the following Concentrations:
Courses used for one concentration may not count toward another concentration.
Aquatic Biology
Biodiversity and Conservation36-37
General Biology
Biology Teaching
Free Electives
Choose from 17-18 hours of free electives17-18
Total Hours120

Concentration

Concentration Courses
BIO 514Evolution3
BIO 532Conservation Biology3
Choose from six hours of the following:6
Plant Systematics
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Aquatic and Wetland Plants
Virology
Dendrology
Freshwater Invertebrates
Insect Diversity
Mammalogy
Ornithology
Herpetology
Ichthyology
Topics in Field Biology:___
Choose from three hours of the following:3
Applied Learning in Biology
Invasive Species Management
Plant Ecology
Animal Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Freshwater Ecology
Fish Biology and Management
Special Problems
Supporting Course Requirements
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
Calculus I (Element 2) G
Applied Calculus
College Physics I (Element 4) G
University Physics I
STA 215Introduction to Statistical Reasoning3-4
or STA 270 Applied Statistics
CSC 174Introduction to Programming for Science & Engineering3
or GEO 353 Geographic Information Systems
AGR 215
AGR 216
Principles of Soils
and Principles of Soils Laboratory
4
Choose from one of the following:3
Global Environmental Problems
Environment Land Use Planning
GEO 435
Environmental Geoscience
Hydrology
GEO 302Global Environmental Problems (Change from GEO 302 W to GEO 302)3
Total Hours39-40
G

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