Students should seek course selection advisement from their Major Advisor.
Biology Major Course Sequence
Suggested Four Year Sequence of Study
Year 1 - Semester 1 (17cr)
- FYWS 125 or CTL 125
- BI 111 with Lab BI 113
- MA 140 or MA 151
- PS 110 or SO110 (Foundational Core 1)
- Elective (Foundational Core 2)
Year 1 - Semester 2 (16cr)
- FYWS 125 or CTL 125
- BI 112 with Lab BI 114
- MA 131 or MA 133 (Liberal Arts Exploration 1)
- Elective (Foundational Core 3)
- Elective (Foundational Core 4)
Year 2 - Semester 2 (17cr)
- BI 202 with Lab BI 204
- CH 151 with Lab CH 153
- CIT 201
- Elective (Foundational Core 5)
- Liberal Arts Exploration 2
Note: Plan your 5th and 6th semesters' schedules to include time to spend 6 hours a week in clinic
Year 3 - Semester 5 (14cr to 17cr)
- Biology Elective 1
- Biology Elective 2
- CH 221 or CH 223
- ED 300
- ED 311
- TAKE PRAXIS II THIS SEMESTER
Year 3 - Semester 6 (18cr)
- Biology Elective 3
- Biology Elective 4
- ED 455
- ED 411
- Free Elective
Note: Plan your 7th semester schedule to include time to spend one day a week in clinic
Year 4 - Semester 7 (18cr)
- PY 1XX Physics with Lab
- BI 398
- Biology Elective 5
- ED 441
- ED 465
- ED 416
Year 4 - Semester 8 (12+cr)
- BI 399
- ED 498
- Biology Elective 6
- Free elective(s) to 12 or more credits
Note: Foundational Core should be completed by the end of junior year
Note: Liberal Arts Explorations (LAE) should be completed by the end of the 1st semester of the senior year
Note: Students must average 15 or more credits/semester to graduate on an 8 semester schedule
Graduate Program Sequence
Summer 1 (6cr)
Summer 2 (6cr)
- ED 566
- Education Elective
Fall (12cr)
Spring (15cr)
- ED 674
- ED 675
- ED 609
- ED 578