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	2022-23 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG] 																	 
	    Biology Major, B.A., B.S.
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		B.A. or B.S. degree program
 Total hours required: minimum 56
 Specific courses required:
 Note:
 * A minimum grade of “C” in each of the core courses is required. Five courses selected from:
 - BY 2133 - Companion Animal Sciences (3) F Offered in alternate years
   - BY 2213 - Introductory Human Anatomy and Physiology (3) SP, SU or
 - BY 3514 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I (4) F and
 - BY 3524 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II (4) SP
   - BY 2424 - Introductory Microbiology (4) F, SP, SU or
 - BY 3123 - Animal Nutrition (3) F Offered in alternate years
 - BY 3214 - Microbiology (4) F
   - BY 2623 - Field Botany (3) SP Offered in alternate years
 - BY 3223 - Virology (3) SP
 - BY 3323 - Immunology (3) F
 - BY 3333 - Molecular Basis of Human Disease (3) F
 - BY 3413 - Limnology (3) F Offered in alternate years
 - BY 3903 - Internship in Biology (3) F, SP, SU
 - BY 4014 - Molecular Biology (4) SP
 - BY 4023 - Cancer Biology (3)
 - BY 4213 - Developmental Genetics (3) SP Offered in alternate years
 - BY 4323 - Histology (3) SP
 - BY 4413 - Vertebrate Zoology (3) SP Offered in alternate years
   - BY 450V - Independent Research (1, 2) F, SP, SU or
 - BY 460V - Special Topics in Biology** (1-4) F, SP, SU
   
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 ** Variable credit courses used to satisfy  the major elective requirement must be at 2 credit hours or above and are subject to approval by the academic chair. Chemistry:
 - CM 1113 - General Chemistry I (3) F, SP, SU
 - CM 1123 - General Chemistry II (3) F, SP, SU
 - CM 1211 - General Chemistry Laboratory I (1) F, SP, SU
 - CM 1221 - General Chemistry Laboratory II (1) F, SP, SU
 - CM 2113 - Organic Chemistry I (3) F, SU
 - CM 2123 - Organic Chemistry II (3) SP, SU
 - CM 2211 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (1) F, SU
 - CM 2221 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1) SP, SU
 
 Mathematics:
 The general education requirement in Mathematics for a biology major cannot be satisfied by a course numbered below Math MA 1113 . Note:
 Each biology major must take the Major Field Achievement Test in biology prior to graduation.  													 | 
												 
											 
	
 
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