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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Biology, Society, and Environment B.A.
Sample Plan: BSE with Evolution and Culture Interest (No advanced placement (AP) in Language, Chemistry or Math)
Total Credits: 119.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
MATH 1051 : Precalculus I 3.0 cr
CHEM 1015 : Introductory Chemistry 4.0 cr
Freshman Seminar 1.0 cr
CLA 1001 : First Year Experience I 1.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
MATH 1151 : Precalculus II 3.0 cr
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1002 : CLA First Year Experience II 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 17.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
ANTH 1003W - Understanding Cultures : 4.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
BSE 2001 - An Introduction to Biology, Society, and Environment : 2.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I : 3.0 cr
HSCI 3401 - Ethics in Science and Technology : 3.0 cr : HIS, CIV
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
BIOC 3021 - Biochemistry : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3381W - Population in an Interacting World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
PHYS 1201W - Introductory Physics for Biology and Pre-medicine I : 5.0 cr : PHYS, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
ANTH 1001 - Human Evolution : 4.0 cr : BIOL
CSCL 3323 - Science and Culture : 3.0 cr : AH
GEOG 3388 - Going Places: Geographies of Travel and Tourism : 3.0 cr : CIV
EEB 3409 - Evolution : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
AFRO 4231 - Color of Public Policy: African Americans, American Indians, Asian Americans & Chicanos in the U.S. : 3.0 cr
ANTH 4329 - Primate Ecology and Social Behavior : 3.0 cr
BSE 3996 - Senior Project Directed Research : 3.0 cr
EEB 3407 - Ecology : 3.0 cr
GLOS 4305 - Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict : 3.0 cr : ENV
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 12.0 cr
GEOG 3401W - Geography of Environmental Systems and Global Change : 3.0 cr : ENV, WI
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Writing Intensive - Upper Division) :3.0 cr