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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Plant Biology B.S.
Sample Plan: Plant Biology
Total Credits: 121.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 15.5 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
BIOL 1805 - Nature of Life: Introducing New Students to the Biological Sciences : 0.5 cr
MATH 1241 - Calculus and Dynamical Systems in Biology : 4.0 cr : MATH
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.5 cr
BIOL 1806 - Nature of Life, Part Two : 0.5 cr
BIOL 2002 - Foundations of Biology for Biological Sciences Majors, Part I : 6.0 cr : BIOL
STAT 3011 - Introduction to Statistical Analysis : 4.0 cr : MATH
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.5 cr
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
BIOL 2003 - Foundations of Biology for Biological Sciences Majors, Part II : 3.0 cr
BIOL 3004 - Foundations of Biology for Biological Sciences Majors, Part II Laboratory : 3.0 cr
CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I : 3.0 cr
BIOL 2905 - Nature of Life, Part III : 0.5 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 16.5 cr
LE (Literature) :4.0 cr
PMB 3007W - Plant, Algal, and Fungal Diversity and Adaptation : 4.0 cr : WI
PHYS 1201W - Introductory Physics for Biology and Pre-medicine I : 5.0 cr : PHYS, WI
BIOL 2906 - Nature of Life, Part IV : 0.5 cr
BIOL 3025 - Molecular Biology and Society : 3.0 cr : TS
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
MICB 3301 - Biology of Microorganisms : 5.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives) :4.0 cr
BIOL 4003 - Genetics : 3.0 cr
EEB 3408W - Ecology : 4.0 cr : WI
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
PMB 4511 - Flowering Plant Diversity : 3.0 cr
PMB 4994 - Directed Research : 3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
BIOC 3021 - Biochemistry : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
PMB 4412 - Plant Physiology and Development : 3.0 cr
PMB 4994 - Directed Research : 3.0 cr
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
EEB 3409 - Evolution : 3.0 cr
GCC 3001 - Can We Feed the World Without Destroying It? : 3.0 cr : ENV
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
EEB 4068 - Plant Physiological Ecology : 3.0 cr
CSCI 3003 - Introduction to Computing in Biology : 3.0 cr
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :4.0 cr
BIOL 4004 - Cell Biology : 3.0 cr