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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biological Sciences Major, BS – Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology Concentration

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The biological sciences major offers concentrations in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology; ecology and evolutionary biology; and microbiology.

Continuing, returning, and transfer students must meet progression requirements before declaring a major in biological sciences.

To declare biological sciences as a major, students must have an overall GPA of 2.0, be in good academic standing and have completed CHEM 120 *-CHEM 130 * and BIOL 150 * or BIOL 158 * with a minimum grade of C. Although the completion of either BIOL 113 *-BIOL 114 *-BIOL 115 * or *-*-* are permissible as prerequisites to the major, the faculty encourage students to take *-*-*, particularly if they anticipate a career in a health profession.

College Requirements

 

Prerequisites

A minimum grade of C must be earned in all prerequisites.

Complete:

 

Select one course:

 

Complete:

 

Select one sequence:

 

BCMB Concentration

The concentration consists of 32 hours.

I. Complete:

II. Select one course:

 

III. Select (13 total hours):

 

A. Select at least 2 credit hours from laboratory courses:
B. Select one physiology course:

 

C. Select remaining hours:

 

Note:

At least 7 out of the 13 credit hours must be BCMB courses.

Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology Concentration – Honors Option

  • An honors option is offered to students who have completed * (or *), * (or *), * (or *), and  with a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above and an overall GPA of at least 3.25 at the time of electing to take the honors option.
  • Complete 12 hours of upper-division (300-level or above) honors BCMB courses with a grade of B or higher in each course. These honors courses should include  and BCMB courses (except for ) taken as honors-by-contract courses ( is automatically an honors course and cannot be taken as honors-by-contract.)
  • Participate in independent research () with a minimum of 3 credit hours of  and 1 credit hour of spread out over at least two semesters.
  • Note: No more than 4 total credit hours combined from  and  may be applied toward the BCMB concentration.
  • An overall GPA of 3.25 is required at graduation.

 

 

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