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Sep 08, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Biological Sciences Major, BS - The Biology of Global Health Concentration (GloHeal)
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Requirements for All Biology Majors
All Biology majors at UTK, whether continuing, returning, and transfer students must meet a progression of requirements before declaring a major in Biological Sciences:
Requirements: students must have an overall GPA of 2.0, be in good academic standing and have completed CHEM 122 *-CHEM 123 * and CHEM 132 *-CHEM 133 * and BIOL 150 * or BIOL 158 * with a minimum grade of C.
Prerequisites:
- A minimum grade of C must be earned in all prerequisites
All Majors Must Complete:
The Biology of Global Health (GloHeal)
concentration consists of 32 additional hours.
At least 18 credit hours of these 32 credit hours must be taken from BCMB, EEB or Micro courses within the six topic lists.
Complete 1 course from each of the following six topic lists:
Introduction to Global Health, Epidemiology, and History
Foundation of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Physiology and Anatomy
Environment and Ecology of Global Health
Statistical Analysis and Mathematic Modeling
Social, Economic and Political Sciences
The remaining 14 hours can come from any of the lists above or one of the following courses:
Biology of Global Health Concentration – Honors Option
- Minimum 3.5 GPA in Global Health Concentration courses
- Minimum 3.25 GPA at UTK (University-level requirement for an honors degree)
- Participate in 3 hours of independent research (BCMB 452 *, EEB 400 , or MICR 401 )
- Complete 12 hours of upper division (300-400 level) honors by contract. BCMB 452 *, EEB 400 , or MICR 401 cannot count towards honors by contract hours.
* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements.
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