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Biological Sciences Area (Environmental Science Track) – Bachelor of Science

 

Program Competencies

Students graduating with the Bachelor of Science degree in Biology should possess the following:

  1. Written, oral and interpersonal communication skills in the sciences that will allow the graduate to collect, analyze, interpret, utilize and present information that is contemporary in the biological sciences.
  2. An awareness of the basic concepts of the physical and biological sciences and how these concepts are applicable in the profession.
  3. An awareness of the importance of the arts, humanities, social and behavioral sciences, health sciences as well as the biological and physical sciences to the human community.
  4. A basic understanding of literacy of all disciplines of biology, from molecular to cellular to organismal to population levels that unite organismal, continuity, diversity and unity of life.
  5. A general competency in basic inorganic and organic chemistry as well as in introductory physics, mathematics and statistics.

Assessment

  1. Departmental exit examination scores administered in the capstone course.
  2. Laboratory skills performance assessments administered in selected program core biology courses.
  3. Performance of graduates on entrance examinations to post-baccalaureate programs (GRE, MCAT, PCAT, DAT). 
  4. Employer feedback.
  5. Graduate feedback.

Program Requirements

General Education

General Education Courses(See GNED Course Listings)

Variable
MATH 152, 174 or 175(choose one)

3-4
Total Credit Hours:33

Refer to the General Education section for a complete listing of general education requirements for the University. Program requirements that are also general education requirements will count in both places (as applicable).

Area Requirements

Biological Sciences Core Requirements:

BIOL 171Principles of Biology

4
BIOL 210General Zoology

4
BIOL 215General Botany

4
BIOL 301Fundamentals of Biochemistry

4
BIOL 304Genetics

3
BIOL 461Ecology

3
CHEM 111Principles of Chemistry I

4
CHEM 112Principles of Chemistry II

4
CHEM 326Organic Chemistry I

4
BIOL 499DPrinciples of Evolution

3
Total Credit Hours:37

Choose one of the following:

MATH 152 and MATH 141(take six hours)

6
MATH 174Pre-Calculus Mathematics

3
MATH 175Calculus I

4
Total Credit Hours:3-6

Environmental Science Track Requirements

BIOL 356Conservation Biology

3
BIOL 357Environmental Testing Methods

3
BIOL 476Special Problems

1-6
Total Credit Hours:9

Choose one of the following:

PHYS 201Elementary Physics I

4
PHYS 231Engineering Physics I

5
ESS 108Physical Geology

4
Total Credit Hours:4-5

Choose one of the following:

PHYS 202Elementary Physics II

4
PHYS 232Engineering Physics II

5
ESS 201Historical Geology

3
Total Credit Hours:4-5

Choose 10 hours from the following:

BIOL 244Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4
BIOL 245Human Anatomy and Physiology II

4
BIOL 313Economic Botany

3
BIOL 317Principles of Microbiology

4
BIOL 318Local Flora

3
BIOL 334Entomology

3
BIOL 337Comparative Anatomy

3
BIOL 338Developmental Biology

4
BIOL 351Plant Natural History

3
BIOL 352Animal Natural History

3
BIOL 380Cell Biology

3
BIOL 385Neurobiology

3
BIOL 407Invertebrate Zoology

3
BIOL 409Limnology

3
BIOL 421Biology of Ferns

3
BIOL 422Forests and Tree Ring Science

3
BIOL 424Immunology

3
BIOL 425Animal Physiology

3
BIOL 426Plant Physiology

3
BIOL 427Pathogenic Microbiology

3
BIOL 428Virology

3
BIOL 429Histology

3
BIOL 431Herpetology

3
BIOL 433Ichthyology

4
BIOL 437Ornithology

3
BIOL 438Mammalogy

3
BIOL 443General Parasitology

3
BIOL 446Biotechnology

3
BIOL 452Aquatic Entomology

3
BIOL 454Environmental Education

3
BIOL 456Plant Morphology

3
BIOL 473Medical-Veterinary Entomology

4
BIOL 478Animal Behavior

3
BIOL 490Advanced Biochemistry

3
Total Credit Hours:10

Environmental Science Support Electives

Choose 10 hours from the following:

AGR 307Soils

4
AGR 311Soil Conservation

3
AGR 412Conservation Workshop

3
CHEM 327Organic Chemistry II

4
CHEM 328Organic Chemistry III

4
CHEM 360Analytical Chemistry

3
CHEM 460Instrumental Analysis

5
ECC 307Hydrology

3
ECON 315Resource Economics

3
ECON 401Environmental Economics

3
ENG 370Animals in Literature

3
ESS 276Geologic Field Methods and Ground Truthing

3
ESS 315Sedimentation and Stratigraphy

4
ESS 330Geographic Information Systems (GIS) I

3
ESS 331Geographic Information Systems (GIS) II

3
ESS 340Oceans and Atmospheres

3
ESS 350Geomorphology

3
ESS 362Mineralogy

4
ESS 363Petrology

4
ESS 381Economic and Energy Geology

4
ESS 390Environmental and Hydrogeology

4
ESS 401Remote Sensing

3
ESS 410Geological History of Plants and Animals

3
ESS 413Micropaleontology

3
ESS 440Biogeochemical Cycles

3
ETM 300Technology and Society

3
ETM 352Energy Systems

3
MATH 275Calculus II

4
MATH 276Calculus III

4
MATH 315Functions and Modeling

3
MATH 353Statistics

3
MATH 363Differential Equations

3
MATH 453Concepts in the Design of Experiments

3
MATH 455Linear Statistical Models

3
MATH 456Nonparametric Statistics

3
MATH 463Partial Differential Equations

3
MATH 481Mathematics for Scientists and Engineers

3
PHIL 333Animal and Environmental Ethics

3
PHYS 232Engineering Physics II

5
PHYS 350Nuclear Science

4
PHYS 381Computer Solutions to Engineering and Science Problems

3
PHYS 411Thermodynamics

3
PHYS 412Light and Physical Optics

3
PHYS 452Nuclear Physics

3
POLS 324Environmental Law and Policy

3
POLS 351Public Administration

3
POLS 352American Public Policy

3
POLS 451Seminar in Bureaucracy and Public Management

3
SOC 465Environmental Sociology

3
CRIM 465Environmental Sociology

3
Total Credit Hours:10

Free Electives

Free Electives (chosen by student)

variable

Total Credit Hours: 120