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    This program is for a Bachelor of Science in Biology. The major requires completion of introductory biology courses with a C or better, a math course, and a 2.0 GPA. Students must complete 48 hours of biology courses including core courses and one concentration in genetics/subcellular, cellular/physiology, or ecology. Supporting courses include chemistry, physics or geosciences, and statistics. The degree also requires general education, foreign language, and upper level writing courses. A minimum of 121 total hours is needed to graduate.

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    This program is for a Bachelor of Science in Biology. The major requires completion of introductory biology courses with a C or better, a math course, and a 2.0 GPA. Students must complete 48 hours of biology courses including core courses and one concentration in genetics/subcellular, cellular/physiology, or ecology. Supporting courses include chemistry, physics or geosciences, and statistics. The degree also requires general education, foreign language, and upper level writing courses. A minimum of 121 total hours is needed to graduate.

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    This program is for a Bachelor of Science in Biology. The major requires completion of introductory biology courses with a C or better, a math course, and a 2.0 GPA. Students must complete 48 hours of biology courses including core courses and one concentration in genetics/subcellular, cellular/physiology, or ecology. Supporting courses include chemistry, physics or geosciences, and statistics. The degree also requires general education, foreign language, and upper level writing courses. A minimum of 121 total hours is needed to graduate.

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    Biology - BS

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    This program is for a Bachelor of Science in Biology. The major requires completion of introductory biology courses with a C or better, a math course, and a 2.0 GPA. Students must complete 48 hours of biology courses including core courses and one concentration in genetics/subcellular, cellular/physiology, or ecology. Supporting courses include chemistry, physics or geosciences, and statistics. The degree also requires general education, foreign language, and upper level writing courses. A minimum of 121 total hours is needed to graduate.

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    Biology (BS)

    This program was approved for students entering the university in the Summer 2011 - Spring 2012 catalog year. For more
    information about catalog year, go to Catalog Year Information.

    Bachelor of Science in Biology

    Major: BIOL

    Degree: BS

    Unit: College of Arts and Sciences (AS)

    Department: Biology

    Admission to the major in Biology requires: completion of Biology 240, 242 and 244 with a grade of C or better; completion
    of Mathematics 111 with a grade of C or better OR placement into a mathematics course above the level of Mathematics 111
    on the basis of either the University of Louisville mathematics placement examination or ACT/SAT score; and a minimum
    overall grade point average of 2.0.

    Completion of this degree requires work to be submitted for the department’s Learning Outcomes Measurement. For details,
    contact the department.

    All degrees require the completion of the University-wide General Education Program; see the General Education
    requirements and the courses that fulfill them. Some General Education requirements may be met in the requirements for the
    major or supporting coursework, in which case additional electives may be required to complete the minimum hours for the
    degree.

    General Education

    Type Hours

    General Education 34

    Minimum Total 34

    Arts & Sciences Programmatic Requirements

    Type Hours

    General 101: A&S Orientation 1

    Foreign Language (completion of the second semester of a single foreign language;


    6-8
    hours will vary depending on language taken)

    Electives in Humanities or Social Sciences at the 300-level or above (in addition to


    6
    courses counted toward General Education)
    WR—two approved courses at the 300 level or above (may be incorporated into other
    degree requirements)

    Total 13-15

    Department of Biology

    Type Hours

    Biology 2401, 2421, 2441, 329, 330-331, 363 19

    Completion of one of the concentrations below 15-20

    *Biology Electives (to reach minimum total of 48 hours in Biology) 9-14

    Minimum Total 48

    Genetics/Subcellular (15-17 hours)

    Type Hours

    Biology 416, 516, 404, or 406 3-4

    Biology 542 or 415 3

    Biology 540 or Chemistry 445 3

    Biology 400 or 485 3-4

    Biology 465 3

    Cellular/Physiology (15-18 hours)

    Type Hours

    Biology 465 3

    Biology 347, 348, 357, 358, 400, 409, 415, 485, 512, 513 (select 3) 9-12

    Biology 540 or Chemistry 445 3


    Ecology (17-20 hours)

    Type Hours

    Biology 401 and 402 5

    Biology 409 3

    Biology 310, 372, 440, 510, 515, 522, 552, 560, 562, 567, 572 (select two) 6-8

    Biology 308, 485, 514, 519 (select one) 3-4

    Supporting Courses

    Type Hours

    Mathematics 2051 4

    Biology 350 or advisor-approved statistics course 3

    Chemistry 2011, 202, 207, 208, 209, 341, 342, 343, 344 19

    One of the following sequences...

    1. Physics 221, 222, 223, 224 8

    or 2. Geosciences 301 or 367 and any one from the following: 6

    Geosciences 363, 365, Geography 355, 558

    Minimum Electives [No electives are required in this program; students who fulfill
    mathematics and science General Education requirements with courses in the major or
    supporting courses may have elective hours.]

    Minimum Total 121

    1
    Fulfills General Education requirement.

    *Note: Biology 102, 104, 257, 258, 260, 261, 262 and 263, may not count toward electives in the major. A maximum of 6 hours of
    undergraduate research or independent study may count toward the major.

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