Republic of the Philippines

MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY

Marawi City
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
BS BIOLOGY (Animal Biology) PROSPECTUS
Revised 2020
Course # Descriptive Title Units Prereq. Course # Descriptive Title Units Prereq.
First Semester Second Semester
FIRST YEAR
GEC 101 Understanding the Self 3 None GEC 102 Purposive Communication 3 None
GEC 105 Readings in Philippine History 3 None GEC 106 Art Appreciation 3 None
BIO 100 General Botany 5 None BIO 102 Systematics 5 BIO100/101
BIO 101 General Zoology 5 None CHM 030 Organic Molecules 2 None
PED 001 Exercise Prescription and Management 2 None CHM 030.1 Organic Molecules Laboratory 1 None
MAT 049 Preparatory Calculus (0) None STT 033 Statistical Biology 3 None
NST 001 National Service Training Prog. 1 (3) None MAT 042 Calculus for Biology 3 None
18 PED 002 Dance/Martial Arts 2 PED 001
NST 002 National Services Training Prog. 2 (3) None
TOTAL (21)
TOTAL (25)
SECOND YEAR
GEC 107 Ethics 3 None GEC104 Mathematics in the Modern World 3 None
GEC 108 Science, Technology and Society 3 None GEC 103 The Contemporary World 3 None
BIO 103 Microbiology 5 BIO100/101 GEC 109 Life and Works of Rizal 3 None
BIO 102 BIO100/101
BIO 104 General Ecology 5 STT 033 Bio 105 Genetics 5 STT 033
CHM 040 Biomolecules 3 CHM 030 BIO 106 Evolutionary Biology 5 BIO 102
CHM 040.2 Biomolecules Laboratory 2 CHM 030.1 CHM 020 Analytical Methods for Biology 2 CHM 040
Individual/Dual Sports/Traditional/ Analytical Methods for Biology CHM 040.2
PED 003 Recreational Games 2 PED 001 CHM 020.2 Laboratory 1 MAT 042
PED 004 Team Sports 2 PED 001
TOTAL 23
TOTAL 24
THIRD YEAR
Wika at Kultura sa Mapayapang BIO 105
FIL 101 3 None BIO 109 Developmental Biology 5 CHM020/020.1
Lipunan
BIO 100/101 Ekokritisismo at Pagpapahalaga
BIO 107 Cell and Molecular Biology 5 CHM020/020.1 FIL 102 sa Kalikasan 3 None

BIO100/101 ZOO 101 Vertebrate Zoology 3 ZOO 100

BIO 108 General Physiology 5 CH 020/020.1 ZOO 103 Animal Physiology 3 BIO 108
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy ZOO 110 Ichthyology** 3 BIO102 & ZOO102
ZOO 100 and Phylogeny 5 BIO 106
ZOO 196 Fundamentals of Research 2 ZOO 100/102
ZOO 102 Invertebrate Zoology 3 BIO101/102
TOTAL 19
TOTAL 21
SUMMER (THIRD YEAR): ZOO 197 Practicum - 3 units (at least 162 hours); Pre-requisite: ZOO 196
FOURTH YEAR
ZOO 104 Animal Histology 3 ZOO 103 History of the Filipino Muslims &
HS 003 the Indigenous Peoples of Minsupala 3 None
ZOO 105 Developmental Zoology 3 BIO 109
FPE 101 Fundamentals of Peace Education 3 None ZOO 106 Parasitology 3 BIO 103
PHY 011 Biophysics Lecture 2 None ZOO 111 Nematology ** 3 BIO102 & ZOO102

PHY 011.2 Biophysics Laboratory 2 None ZOO 113 Helminthology ** 3 BIO102 & ZOO102

Elective 1 Free Elective 3 None Elective 2 Free Elective 3 None

ZOO 196 ZOO 198 PHY
ZOO 198 Research Methods 2 PHY011/011.2 ZOO 199 Undergraduate Thesis 2 011/011.2
TOTAL 18 TOTAL 17
** Specialization Course * Free Elective (non-bio courses) GRAND TOTAL: 165 (171) UNITS

SPECIALIZATION COURSES: FREE ELECTIVES:

ZOO 107 Mammalogy 3 SOC 100 General Sociology 3
ZOO 108 Ornithology 3 SOC 106 Sociology for the Environment 3
ZOO 109 Herpetology 3 BCA 172 Technopreneurship 3
ZOO 110 Ichthyology 3 CPE 100 Facilitating Learner-Centered Learning 3
ZOO 111 Nematology 3 CCC 100 Fundamentals of Computing 3
ZOO 112 Entomology 3 ACT 180 Law on Obligations and Contracts 3
ZOO 113 Helminthology 3 MGT 101 Basic Management Principles 3
ZOO 114 Field Zoology 3 MKT 101 Marketing Management 3
SYS 102 Bioinformatics 5
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