Summary of Graduation Requirements
| Subject Area | Credits |
|---|---|
| General Education Core | 42 |
| Major Requirements | 49 |
| Electives | 3 |
| Other Requirements | 26 |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 |
Curriculum
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| SEM 101 & SEM 102 | Spartan Seminar 101 and Spartan Seminar 102 | 2 |
| BIO 110 & 110L | General Biology and General Biology Laboratory | 4 |
| BIO 111 & 111L | General Biology II and General Biology II Laboratory | 4 |
| ENG 101 | College English I | 3 |
| ENG 102 | College English II | 3 |
| HED 100 | Personal and Community Health | 2 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| History of World Societies I | ||
| American National Government | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| MTH 151 | College Algebra | 3 |
| MTH 153 | College Algebra & Trigonometry | 3 |
| PED 100 | Fundametals of Fitness for Life | 1 |
| Credits | 28 | |
| Second Year | ||
| SEM 201 | Spartan Seminar 201 | 1 |
| BIO 260 & 260L | Integrative Zoology and | 4 |
| BIO 261 | General Botany | 3 |
| BIO 261L | General Botany Laboratory | 1 |
| XXX XXX | Biology Elective | 4 |
| CHM 221 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHM 222 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHM 221L | General Chemistry I Laboratory | 1 |
| CHM 222L | General Chemistry II Laboratory | 1 |
| CSC 150 | Computer Literacy | 3 |
| XXX 111 | Intro to French, Spanish, German or Arabic | 3 |
| XXX 112 | Intro to French, Spanish, German or Arabic | 3 |
| ENG 285 | Public Speaking | 3 |
| Credits | 33 | |
| Third Year | ||
| BIO XXX XXX | Elective | 4 |
and Vertebrate Embryology Lab | ||
| BIO XXX XXX | Elective | 4 |
| Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy and Physiology and Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory | ||
| Human Anatomy and Human Anatomy Laboratory | ||
| BIO 310 | General Microbiology | 3 |
| BIO 310L | General Microbiology Laboratory | 1 |
| CHM 321 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHM 321L | Organic Chemistry I Laboratory | 2 |
| CHM 322 | Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHM 322L | Organic Chemistry II Laboratory | 2 |
| PHY 152 | General Physics | 3 |
| PHY 152L | General Physics Laboratory I | 1 |
| PHY 153 | General Physics | 3 |
| PHY 153L | General Physics Laboratory II | 1 |
| Select one Cultural Elective of the following: | 3 | |
| African-American Literature, 1940-PRESENT | ||
| African-American History | ||
| African-American History Since 1865 | ||
| African American Health | ||
| African-American Music | ||
| Credits | 33 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| BIO 351 | Principles of Genetics | 3 |
| BIO 351L | Principles of Genetics Laboratory | 1 |
| BIO 364 | Seminar and Colloquium in Biology | 1 |
| Select one of the following BIO elective: | 4 | |
| General Physiology | ||
| General Physiology Laboratory | ||
| Plant Physiology and Plant Physiology Laboratory | ||
| BIO 495 | Biostatistics | 3 |
| BIO 474 | Molecular Biology | 3 |
| BIO 474L | Molecular Biology Laboratory | 2 |
| Select one Cultural Elective: | 3 | |
| African-American Literature, 1940-PRESENT | ||
| History of Art Survey I | ||
| African-American History | ||
| African-American History Since 1865 | ||
| African American Health | ||
| African-American Music | ||
| XXX XXX | Free Elective | 3 |
| Select one Humanities Elective: | 3 | |
| Humanties | ||
| Humanities | ||
| Introduction to World Literature | ||
| Basic Art Appreciation | ||
| Music Appreciation | ||
| Credits | 26 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
All Biology courses require students to take both lecture (3 credits) and lab (1 credit) with the exception of BIO 364 Seminar and Colloquium in Biology and BIO 495 Biostatistics. The lab for BIO 474L Molecular Biology Laboratory is 2 credits.