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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Biology, Society, and Environment B.A.
Sample Plan: Biology, Society, and Environment
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 17.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
CHEM 1021 - Chemical Principles I : 4.0 cr : PHYS
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
CHEM 1022 - Chemical Principles II : 4.0 cr : PHYS
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
Language :5.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
PHIL 1005 - Scientific Reasoning : 4.0 cr
CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I : 3.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
BSE 2001 - An Introduction to Biology, Society, and Environment : 2.0 cr
PHYS 1201W - Introductory Physics for Biology and Pre-medicine I : 5.0 cr : PHYS, WI
GEOG 3401W - Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
Language :5.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
VBS 2032 - General Microbiology With Laboratory : 5.0 cr
GEOG 3411W - Geography of Health and Health Care : 3.0 cr : WI
LE (Literature) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
HMED 3040 - Human Health, Disease, and the Environment in History : 3.0 cr : HIS
BIOC 3021 - Biochemistry : 3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :4.0 cr
LE (Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
BIOL 4003 - Genetics : 3.0 cr
ANTH 3310 - Topics in Biological and Physical Anthropology : 3.0 cr
HSCI 3211 - Biology and Culture in the 19th and 20th Centuries : 3.0 cr : HIS, CIV
PHIL 3302W - Moral Problems of Contemporary Society : 4.0 cr : CIV, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
BIOL 4004 - Cell Biology : 3.0 cr
BIOL 4501 - Social Uses of Biology : 3.0 cr
JOUR 3745 - Media and Popular Culture : 3.0 cr : AH, DSJ
2 extra credits in GEOG class : 2.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr