BS BIOLOGY (2011-2012)
FOUNDATIONS CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS (10 hours)
ENGLISH COMPOSITION (6 hours)
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
at least one course in Humanities & one in Fine Arts
S.H.
ENGL 1100
3
ENGL 1200
3
WI
HUMANITIES2
ENGL, CLAS, FORL, PHIL,
(Foreign Languages 1001-1004 do not meet this
requirement.)
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
WI
S.H.
WI
2
NATURAL SCIENCES (8 hours)
BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, PHYS
at least one laboratory course
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
CHEM 1150/51
WI
3, 1
(P/C: MATH 1065)
CHEM 1160/61
3, 1
FINE ARTS2
(P/C: CHEM
1150/51)
ART, THEA, DNCE, MUSC
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
MATH OR LOGIC2 (3 hours)
MATH 1050, 1065, 1066, 1067, 2127, or PHIL 1500
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
MATH 1065
S.H.
WI
3
SOCIAL SCIENCES2 (12 hours)
ANTH, ECON, GEOG, HIST, POLS, PSYC, SOCI
Must take one course from at least (3) areas
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
WI
3
3
3
Free Electives (estimated 13 hours)
3
(Electives needed to reach 126 for graduation)
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
WI
HEALTH and EXERCISE & SPORT SCIENCE
(3 hours) at least one course in each
COURSE
TERM
GRADE
S.H.
HLTH 1000
2
EXSS 1000 or
1001
1 or 2
WI
4/2011
BS BIOLOGY (2011-2012)
CORE (15 hrs)
BIOL 1100/1101 Principles of Biology & Lab (3,1)
BIOL 1200/1201 Principles of Biology II & Lab (3,1)
BIOL 2250/2251 Ecology & Lab (3,1) (P: BIOL 1100/01, 1200/01)
BIOL 2300 Principles of Genetics (3) (P: BIOL 1100, 1200)
RECOMMENDED ELECTIVES (25 hrs) select from 3000 level and above courses listed in major requirements.
The following electives areas are recommended to guide students in choosing biology electives consistent with their academic goals. Students may
concentrate in one of the specified areas below or choose a more general course of study. A maximum of 6 sh of BIOL 3550, 4504, 4514, 4550, 5995
may count toward biology electives without consent of department chair or director of undergraduate studies.
Electives Area
Ecology/Environmental Biology
Molecular Biology & Biotechnology
Marine Biology
Physiology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology
Microbiology
COGNATES (22 hrs)
CHEM 2750/2753 Organic Chemistry & Lab (3,1) (MUST take lecture/lab together)
CHEM 2760/2763 Organic Chemistry II & Lab (3,1) (MUST take lecture/lab together)
MATH 2121 Calculus for the Life Sciences (3) (P:must have C in MATH 1065)
MATH 2122 Calculus for the Life Sciences II (3)
PHYS 1250/1251 General Physics & Lab (3,1) (P: Math 1065)
PHYS 1260/1261 General Physics II & Lab (3,1) (P: Phys 1250/1251)
RESEARCH SKILLS (8-9 hrs) Choose ONE area
Foreign language through level 1003
,
,
OR
ENGL 3820 Scientific Writing (3) (WI) or ITEC 3290 (3) (WI) (ENGL 3880 can be substituted)
BIOS 1500 Biostatistics recommended (3) or (MATH 2228 Elementary Statistical Methods or MATH 2283 Business Statistics)
MIS 2223 Introduction to Computers (3) or ACCT 2401 Finanical Accounting
OR
Relevant cognate area—courses chosen to meet this requirement must be planned through consultation with a faculty advisor and
approved in advance by the department cfhair and the dept. director of undergraduate studies
OR
*CHEM 2250/2251 (3,2) Quantitative and Instrumental Analysis (P: CHEM 2750)
*MIS 2223 (3) Introduction to Computers or any MIS/CSCI course
*For students also working towards a BA in Chemistry, take two additional courses:
CHEM 3450/51 (3,1) spring only (P: CHEM 2250/2251)
CHEM 3850/51 (4,1) fall only (P: CHEM 1160/1161, MATH 2122 or 2172 and PHYS 1260/1261).
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Some majors require specific foundations curriculum courses. Check catalog for appropriate courses.
Certain honors & interdisciplinary courses may also be used to satisfy foundations curriculum requirements. Refer to the
undergraduate catalog for appropriate courses for your major.
Hours for MATH 0001, MATH 0045, READ 1032, READ 1033, and READ 1034 do not count toward graduation.
Biology Majors are required to have a minimum cumulative 2.0 GPA in all biology/chemistry courses below the 3000 level.
REMINDERS
At least 30 hours must be taken at ECU and at least ½ major hours (core/cognate) must be taken at ECU.
You must have 12 hours of WI (writing intensive) courses—with at least 3 hours in the major.
TOTAL HOURS for Graduation: 126 hours