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Nov 21, 2024
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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Biological Sciences Major, BS – Microbiology 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 113 * with a minimum grade of C. Although completion of either BIOL 113 *-BIOL 114 *-BIOL 115 * or BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159 * are permissible as prerequisites to the major, the faculty encourage students to take BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159 *, particularly if they anticipate a career in a health profession.
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Prerequisites
A minimum grade of C must be earned in all prerequisites.
Microbiology Concentration
The concentration consists of 32 hours.
II. Upper-Division Courses
B. Select 6 additional hours:
Note:
Three credit hours from the following courses, if not previously taken as a prerequisite course, may be substituted for a List B course: Honors Option – Microbiology Concentration
An honors option is offered to selected students who have completed the required 300-level microbiology courses. In addition to the requirements for the biological sciences major – microbiology concentration, an honors option requires:
- A minimum GPA of 3.3 in microbiology concentration courses.
- A minimum GPA of 3.25 for all UTK courses (this is a University requirement for an honors degree).
- Completion of two semesters of independent research taken as MICR 401 and MICR 402 .
- An honors thesis based on the independent research project undertaken during MICR 401 and MICR 402 .
- Twelve hours of honors coursework which must include at least 6 hours of 400-level microbiology courses via honors-by-contract. Neither MICR 401 nor MICR 402 can be taken as honors-by-contract.
* Meets University General Education Requirement .
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