COURSE REQUIREMENTS: BS IN BIOLOGY – ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY CONCENTRATION (6212)

************************************************** ************************************************** Students must earn a C or better in each of ************************************************* Minimum total credit hours 120 Fine Arts (3 hours) Select one the following classes. Vertebrate Zoology (3 or 4 hours)10 Minimum upper-division (UD) hours 42 ART 110 Understanding Visual Art ___/3 ************************************************* ZOOL 319 Mammalogy ___/3 (Note that all UD courses are bold-faced) ARTH 210 The History of Art ___/3 Chemistry (12 hours) ZOOL 320 Ichthyology ___/3 Maximum hours in any one subject 50 ARTH 211 The History of Art ___/3 CHEM 121 General Chemistry7 ___/4 ZOOL 321 Ornithology ___/3 Completion of sheet = 101-104 credit hours DANC 110 Understanding Dance ___/3 CHEM 122 General Chemistry ___/4 ZOOL 322 Herpetology ___/3 ************************************************** MUS 111 Masterpieces of Music ___/3 Select ZOOL 323 Field Ornithology11 ___/3 Communication (9 hours) MUS 112 Music in Our Time ___/3 CHEM 310 Organic / Biochemistry ___/3 ZOOL 327 Field Herpetology11 ___/3 ENGL 111 English Composition1 ___/3 MUS 114 Hist. Survey of Jazz ___/3 CHEM 319 Organic & Biochem Lab___/1 ZOOL 328 Natural History of Verts ___/3 ENGL 112 English Composition1,2 ___/3 MUS 115 or ZOOL 352 Human A&P II ___/4 COMM 230 Public Speaking2 ___/3 THEA 110 Understanding Theatre ___/3 CHEM 341 Organic Chemistry ___/4 ************************************************* 1Must earn a C or better THEA 111 Understanding Theatre ___/3 7Prereq MATH 140 or higher, or placement in Electives (15 hours of BIOL/BOT/MBIO/ ZOOL to 2Prereq ENGL 111 ************************************************** MATH 251 complete at least 45 hours in major ************************************************** Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 hours) ************************************************* and 42 upper division hours) 10,12,13 Foreign Language (3 hours) Select two from different disciplines Biology (21 hours) ______/__ Language: ______ECON 201 Princ Macroeconomics ___/3 BIOL 1308,9 Found Bio: Eco, Evo, Div ___/4 ______/__ Select one depending on placement ECON 202 Princ Microeconomics ___/3 BIOL 1409 Found Bio: Cell & Molec ___/4 ______/__ 111 Elementary I ___/3 GEOG 151 IRG: N. Am, Eur, Russ ___/3 BIOL 33110 General Ecology ___/3 ______/__ 115 Transitional ___/3 GEOG 152 IRG: Asia, Africa, Lat Am ___/3 BIOL 33610 Introductory Genetics ___/3 ______/__ Then take GEOG 202 Intro to Cultural Geog ___/3 BIOL 33710 Cell Biology ___/3 10BIOL 130 & 140 prereq for all UD BIOL/BOT/ 122 Elementary II ___/3 POSC 210 Am Gov’t / Politics ___/3 BIOL 39110 Evolutionary Biology ___/3 MBIO/ZOOL ************************************************** POSC 220 Am. Polit. Inst. & Pol. ___/3 Select one seminar course: 11Taught at the Reelfoot Lake Environmental Humanities (9 hours) Select any sequence POSC 230 Intro. World Politics ___/3 BIOL 410 or 411 Seminar Biol Sci ___/1 Field Station plus one from another discipline PSYC 101 General Psychology ___/3 8Not a prereq for BIOL 140 12200-level courses may not be used for elective ENGL 250 British Lit Tradition3 ___/3 SOC 201 General Sociology ___/3 9Placement ≥ MATH 140 recommended hours ENGL 251 British Lit Tradition3 ___/3 ************************************************** ************************************************* 13≤ 4 hours BCHE may be used ENGL 260 American Lit Tradition3 ___/3 Mathematics (6-7 hours)4 Botany (3 hours)10 ************************************************* ENGL 261 American Lit Tradition3 ___/3 Select one – must earn a C or better Select one Additional Courses Taken ENGL 270 World Literature3 ___/3 MATH 160 Calc Business & Life Sci ___/3 BOT 301 Foundations of Botany ___/3 ______/______/__ ENGL 271 World Literature3 ___/3 MATH 251 Calculus I ___/4 BOT 302 Plant Morphology ___/3 ______/______/__ HIST 121 Dev World Civilization I ___/3 Also take – must earn a C or better BOT 303 Plant Taxonomy ___/3 ______/______/__ HIST 122 Dev World Civilization II ___/3 MATH 210 Elem Stats & Probability ___/3 BOT 305 Freshwater Algae11 ___/3 ______/______/__ HIST 201 History of the US I ___/3 4May also need MATH 100-110 or 140 BOT 306 Aq. & Wetland Plants11 ___/3 ______/______/__ HIST 202 History of the US II ___/3 ************************************************** PHIL 110 The Adventure of Ideas ___/3 Laboratory Science (8 hours): one sequence – ************************************************* PHIL 120 The Adventure of Ideas ___/3 must earn a C or better Invertebrate Zoology (3 or 4 hours)10 3Prereq ENGL 111 & (112 or 113) ASTR 201 Astronomy ___/4 ZOOL 315 Invertebrate Zoology ___/4 ************************************************** ASTR 202 Astronomy ___/4 ZOOL 325 General Entomology ___/4 GEOS 110 Geosci. in Everyday Life ___/4 ZOOL 326 Aquatic Macroinverts11 ___/3 and GEOS 120 Earth Materials & Pro. ___/4 ZOOL 440 General Parasitology ___/4 or GEOS 130 Global Chg/Earth Hist ___/4 ************************************************** or GEOS 140 Weather & Climate ___/4 PHYS 211 College Physics5, 6 ___/4 PHYS 212 College Physics ___/4 5Prereq MATH 140 6Can substitute PHYS 220-221 for 211-212 ************************************************* Updated September 2019