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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Biology B.A.
Sub-plan: Life Sciences
Sample Plan: Life Sciences Sample Plan
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
UST 1000 - Learning in Community : 1.0 cr
LE (Writing & Information Literacy) :3.0 cr
BIOL 1011 - General Biology I : 5.0 cr : LE CAT, NAT SCI
CHEM 1153 - General Chemistry I : 4.0 cr : LE CAT, NAT SCI
CHEM 1154 - General Chemistry Lab I : 1.0 cr : LE CAT, NAT SCI
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
BIOL 1012 - General Biology II : 5.0 cr : SUSTAIN
MATH 1250 - Precalculus Analysis : 4.0 cr : LE CAT2, LOGIC & QR : Preferred Course
CHEM 1155 - General Chemistry II : 4.0 cr
CHEM 1156 - General Chemistry Lab II : 1.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
LE (Cultural Diversity in the US) :3.0 cr
BIOL 2201 - Genetics : 3.0 cr
BIOL 3703 - Animal Physiology : 3.0 cr
STAT 1411 - Introduction to Statistics : 3.0 cr : LE CAT, LOGIC & QR
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
LE (Fine Arts) :3.0 cr
LE (Humanities) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
BIOL 3401 - Evolution : 3.0 cr
BIOL 3701 - Animal Diversity : 4.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
BIOL 3100 - Cell Biology : 3.0 cr
BIOL 2801 - General Ecology : 3.0 cr
BIOL 2802 - Ecology Laboratory : 2.0 cr
BIOL 2202 - Genetics Laboratory : 2.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
LE (Oral Communication & Languages) :3.0 cr
Elective :5.0 cr
BIOL 3987 - Communication in Biology : 2.0 cr
BIOL 3760 - Marine Biology : 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
WRIT 3150 - Advanced Writing: Science : 3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
BIOL 4199 - Frontiers in Cell Biology : 3.0 cr
LE (Race, Power and Justice) :3.0 cr
LE (Humanities) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
LE (Natural Sciences) :3.0 cr
LE (Global Perspectives) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr