CAA Students Earning an AS degree who are interested in Biology (BA) at UNC-Chapel Hill
Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC)
Requirement/category
Prefix
Course Name
Credit
hours
Prerequisites
University Course
Equivalent
English composition
ENG 111
Writing & Inquiry
3
None
English elective
English composition
ENG 112
3
ENG 111
ART 111, 114, 115;
MUS 110, 112
3
None
ENGL 105
Gen Ed: CR
Varies
Gen Ed: VP
Required
Humanities/Fine Arts
Course 1
Writing/Research in
the Disciplines
Varies
Humanities/Fine Arts
Course 2
ENG 231 or 232
American Literature I
American Literature II
3
ENG 112
ENGL 128
Gen Ed: LA, NA
Preferred
Social/Behavioral Science
Course 1 and 2
Select two from ECO
251, 252; HIS 111,
112, 131, 132; POL
120; SOC 210
(from two different
disciplines)
Varies
3+3
None
Varies
Gen Ed: HS or SS
Preferred
HIS 131 strongly
recommended.
Mathematics
(2 courses)
MAT 172
and
MAT 263 or 271
172 – Precalculus Trig.
4+4
MAT 171=MATH 110P (0)
MAT 172=MATH 130 (QR)
MAT 263=MATH 152 (QR)
MAT 271=MATH 231 (QR)
MATH
130, 152,
or 231
required.
The second course
may be used as an
“Allied Sciences”
course in the
major.
BIOL 101/101L
Gen Ed: PX, CI
Required
BIOL 279/279L
Required
BIO 111
General Biology I
4
MAT 171 is a
pre-req. to
MAT 172 and
263; MAT
172 is a prereq to MAT
271
None
BIO 112
General Biology II
4
BIO 111
263 – Brief Calculus
271 – Calculus
Natural Sciences
Course 1
Natural Sciences
Course 2
Required
or
Preferred
by Major
Preferred
Notes
ART 114 fulfills
WB Gen Ed
34
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Additional General Education Courses (11-12 SHC)
Requirement/category
Prefix
Course Name
Credit
hours
Prerequisites
University Course
Equivalent
GEN ED
Humanities/Fine Arts
GEN ED
Humanities/Fine Arts
GEN ED
Humanities/Fine Arts
UGETC
Humanities/Fine Arts
XXX 111
Foreign Language Level 1
3
None
XXX 101
Required or
Preferred by
Major
Required
XXX 112
Foreign Language Level 2
3
XXX 111
XXX 102
Required
XXX 211
Foreign Language Level 3
3
XXX 112
XXX 203
Required
PHI 215 or 240
Philosophical Issues or
Introduction to Ethics
3
ENG111
PHIL 101 or 160
Gen Ed: PH
Preferred
Notes
Level 3 of a foreign
language is required
12
Other Required Hours (14-15 SHC)
Requirement/category
Prefix
Course Name
Prerequisites
None
University Course
Equivalent
General elective
Required or
Preferred
College Transfer Success
Credit
hours
1
AA/AS Required course
ACA 122
UGETC
Natural Sciences
UGETC
Natural Sciences
Pre-major/elective
CHM 151
General Chemistry I
4
None
CHEM 101/101L
Gen Ed: PX
Required
CHM 152
General Chemistry II
4
CHM 151
Required
CHM 251
Organic Chemistry I
4
CHM 152
CHEM 102/102L
Gen Ed: PX
CHEM 261/262L
Elective
Varies
2
15
Total General Education Hours Required
Total Semester Credit Hours in Program
Preferred
Notes
If taken, counts
as “allied
science”
46
60-61
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CAA Students Earning an AS degree who are interested in Biology (BA) at UNC-Chapel Hill
UNC-Chapel Hill
Semester
Course/Requirement
Hours
5
5
5
5
5
Lifetime Fitness
BIOL 202
Allied science #1
Approaches SS/HS + Connections GL (recommended)
Supplemental General Education course 1 OR minor course 1
1
4
3
3
3
TOTAL: 14
6
6
6
6
6
BIOL 205
BIOL elective (above 205) – optional & recommended: BIOL 395
Supplemental General Education course 2 OR minor course 2
Connections Experiential Education (EE)* (recommended)
Connections WB + BN (recommended)
4
3-4
3
3
3
7
7
4
4
7
7
7
BIOL 201
BIOL elective with lab (above 205) – optional & recommended: second
semester of BIOL 395
Allied science course #2
Supplemental General Education course 3 OR minor course 3
Minor course 4 or elective
3
3
3
TOTAL: 17
8
8
8
8
8
BIOL elective (above 400)
Allied science course #3 (if CHM 251 was not taken at NCCC)
Minor course 5 or elective
Elective
Elective
3
3
3
3
3
TOTAL: 15
TOTAL:
16-17
* If EE is fulfilled by a course in the major, it can count as a BIOL elective or BIOL elective w/lab (e.g. 1 or 2 semesters of BIOL 395, respectively)
Transfer hours
UNC hours
Graduation
60-61
62-63
122-124
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