BS/MS List of Requirements and Advising Worksheet – New Core

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Requirements for Undergraduate BS Degree in Biology
Need at least 136 total credits. Up to 9 GRADUATE credits can be used for both the BS and MS (list under ”double count” courses) and under BS degree program

BIOLOGY Courses
Need at least 5 labs [either UG or Grad level; best with one at Grad level], and one in each of three distribution areas.
Can count up to 9 cr. for both BS and MS degrees. Note: do not include any Grad research courses (9301-6).

Course Name

/ / # credits / /

â double count? Comments

General Biology I / 2105 / 4 / Usually AP credit
General Biology II / 2106 / 4 / Usually AP credit
Genetics / 3351 / 4
Research Prospectus / 8920 / 0 / Needed even though 0 cr
Research Prospectus & Thesis / 8910 / 2 / ü / Double count, and serves as UG capstone
LAB COURSES (BIO 3000+)
Lab 1: / Evol. Ecol. Pop. Biology area à
Lab 2: / Organismal Biology area à
Lab 3: / Cellular Mol. Biology area à
Lab 4:
Lab 5:
Addl. courses / []
(if taken): / []
[]
[]
[]
[]
Total (must be at least 36 cr) à
BIO Lab Rotations – 1st Year / 6401* / 1 / Faculty lab:
6402* / 1 / Faculty lab:
BIO Lab Rotations – 2nd Year / 6403* / 1 / Faculty lab:
6404* / 1 / Faculty lab:
Total Undergraduate Rotations à / * Optional but at least 2 recommended
Cognate Science Courses / # credits
Chemistry / CHM 1151/1103 / 5
CHM 1152/1104 / 5
CHM 2211/2201 / 4
CHM 2212/2202 / 4
Mathematics / MAT 1312/1500 / 3-4 / AP 1500
MAT 1313/1314/1505/4310 / 3-4 / AP 1505
Physics / PHY 1100/1101 / 4
PHY 1102/1103 / 4
Total Cognate Sciences à
Free Electives / # credits
Total Free Elective credits à

Core Curriculum 1

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WRITING

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Humanities /

Course #

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# credits

ACS - Ancients / ACS 1000 / 3 / 2 BIOs in addition to Core
ACS - Moderns / ACS 1001 / 3 / ACS 1000
College Ethics / ETH 2050 / 3 / ACS 1001
Fine Arts 2 / 3 / PHI 1000
For. Lang. (Intermed. or special) 3 / __ / THL 1000
For. Lang. (Intermed. or special) 3 / __ / ETH 2050
History (see list) 2 / HIS- / 3 / Soph. Writing Seminar
Literature/Soph. Writing Sem. / 3 / BIO Research
Philosophy 1000 / PHI 1000 / 3 / BIO Capstone
Theology/Relig. St 1000 / THL 1000 / 3
Theology/Relig. St (adv.; 2000) / THL- / 3 / DIVERSITY
Social Sciences 4 / 1 in ea. of 2 areas
Course 1 / 3 / Area 1
Course 2 / 3 / Area 2
Mathematics
/ see below / Area 3
Natural Science
/ see below / (see Catalog for desc. of areas)

1 As of Fall 2011, AP credit cannot be used to fulfill a Core requirement.

2 Look for courses designated in the attribute field as fulfilling the appropriate area in the Core

3 Foreign Language Requirement need at least two language courses through intermediate level (or 1 year of Introductory Arabic, Chinese, ancient Greek, Japanese, or Russian). Introductory courses may count for “Free Electives”.

4 Social Science Requirement – any two courses designated as Core in the attribute field in Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Gender and Women’s Studies, Geography and the Environment (some), Institute of Global Interdisciplinary Studies, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology

Total Core course credits à
Total For BS BIOLOGY DEGREE
need 136 total credits
Total Biology à
Total Undergraduate Rotations à
Total Cognate Sciences à
Total Free Elective credits à
Total Core course credits à
TOTAL (at least 136 for BS)

Notes:

Requirements for Graduate Biology Major – MS Degree
Need at least 20 Course Credits and 10 Research credits.

Take at least 20 Graduate course credits and 10 Grad Research credits must be completed to receive the MS degree.

Double Counted Courses - Up to 9 GRADUATE credits can be used for BOTH the BS and MS degrees. Please list these courses in the appropriate spaces below. [9301-9306 courses are not included in this category] Students will usually use BIO 8910:Research Prospectus & Thesis to fulfill two of the double-counted credits, but not always. How the total of 9 double-counted credits will be credited will likely differ for each student, but a couple of options possible include:

OPTION 1 – One 3 cr Grad Courses + One 4 cr Grad Lab courses in addition to 8910:Research Prospectus & Thesis

OPTION 2 – Three 3 cr Grad Courses

Course # and Name

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Comments

Double-Count Courses - max 9 credits

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BIO 8910

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Research Prospectus & Thesis

/ / 2 / /

Other Graduate Courses (except BIO 93xx)

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List all research courses in next section

BIO 8920

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Research Prospectus

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0

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Total (must be at least 20 cr) à
Biology-Grad Research
Research Fall 4th year / BIO 9303 / 2 / IP grade until thesis completed
Research Spr 4th year / BIO 9304 / 2 / IP grade until thesis completed
Research Fall 5th year / BIO 9305 / 3 / IP grade until thesis completed
Research Spr 5th year / BIO 9306 / 3 / IP grade until thesis completed
Total (must be at no more than 10 cr) à

revised 2 June 2016