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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Biology, Society, and Environment B.A.
Sample Plan: BSE with Ecology and Environment Interest (with AP in Language (1 semester), Chemistry & Math)
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Seminar 2.0 cr
CLA 1001: First Year Experience I 1.0 cr
CHEM 1061 - Chemical Principles I : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1065 - Chemical Principles I Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
MATH 1271 - Calculus I : 4.0 cr : MATH
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
Freshman Composition :4.0 cr
CLA 1002: First Year Experience II 1.0 cr
CHEM 1062 - Chemical Principles II : 3.0 cr : PHYS
CHEM 1066 - Chemical Principles II Laboratory : 1.0 cr : PHYS
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
BIOL 1009 - General Biology : 4.0 cr : BIOL
CHEM 2301 - Organic Chemistry I : 3.0 cr
SOC 1001 - Introduction to Sociology : 4.0 cr : SOCS, DSJ
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
Language :5.0 cr
PMB 3002 - Plant Biology: Function : 2.0 cr
PMB 3005W - Plant Function Laboratory : 2.0 cr : WI
BSE 2001 - An Introduction to Biology, Society, and Environment : 2.0 cr
HSCI 3244 - Nature's History: Science, Humans, and the Environment : 3.0 cr : HIS, ENV
GEOG 3431 - Plant and Animal Geography : 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
BIOC 3021 - Biochemistry : 3.0 cr
BSE 3361W - Geography and Public Policy : 3.0 cr : WI
EEB 3409 - Evolution : 3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
EEB 3408W - Ecology : 4.0 cr : WI
ESPM 3575 - Wetlands : 3.0 cr
GEOG 3379 - Environment and Development in the Third World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, ENV
SOC 3801 - Sociological Research Methods : 4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 13.0 cr
SOC 4093 - Directed Study : 2.0 cr
GLOS 4305 - Environment & Society: An Enduring Conflict : 3.0 cr : ENV
PHYS 1201W - Introductory Physics for Biology and Pre-medicine I : 5.0 cr : PHYS, WI
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 12.0 cr
PHIL 3302W - Moral Problems of Contemporary Society : 4.0 cr : CIV, WI
LE (Arts/Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
Elective :2.0 cr