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Jan 13, 2025
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2008-2010 Undergraduate Catalog ARCHIVED CATALOG: CONTENT MAY NOT BE CURRENT. USE THE DROP DOWN ABOVE TO ACCESS THE CURRENT CATALOG.
Biology Major — Biotechnology Concentration
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English Composition - Total Credits: 6
English Literature - Total Credits: 3
Constitutions - Total Credits: 4-6
Mathematics
Filled by the major requirement MATH 181 Distribution Requirement Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking (exempt)
Humanities and Fine Arts - Total Credits: 9
Social Science - Total Credits: 9 Multicultural and International
(see notes below) Additional Degree Requirements
Biology-Biotechnology Requirements - Total Credits: 20-24
A minimum of five courses are required. - BIOL 251 - General Microbiology
- BIOL 405 - Molecular Biology
and a minimum of two upper-division BIOL courses from lists B and D with at least one from list A, C or E. Other course work important for biotechnology careers, such as Quality Assurance/Quality Control may be petitioned to be substituted for UNLV courses.
List A: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
List B: Cell and Molecular Biology
List C: Anatomical and Morphological Biology
List D: Physiological Biology
List E: Organismal Biology
Electives - Total Credits: 13
Notes
- Every student must complete a multicultural course and international course. Courses satisfying other requirements may simultaneously satisfy the multicultural and international requirements except one course cannot satisfy both the multicultural and the international requirements.
- It is strongly recommended that students interested in biomedicine or attending graduate school take additional appropriate upper-division biology courses and research units to meet their elective credit requirements.
- At least 40 credits must be earned at the upper-division level (300 and above).
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