Program: Biology Major — Comprehensive Concentration - University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Apr 04, 2025

2008-2010 Undergraduate Catalog

Degree Requirements

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

BIOL 189 - Fundamentals of Life Science
BIOL 196 - Principles of Modern Biology I
BIOL 197 - Principles of Modern Biology II
BIOL 300 - Principles of Genetics
BIOL 415 - Evolution
SCI 101 - First Year and Transfer Science Major Orientation
Students with strong high school preparation in biology (honors or AP biology courses with lab or the equivalent) and who have achieved a score of 4 or better on the AP Biology exam or a score of 600 or better on the SAT II Biology E/M exam or a satisfactory score on the UNLV Biological Sciences Placement Exam may have the BIOL 189 lecture waived and the lab portion of BIOL 189 completed at UNLV (see the Advising Center before enrolling in classes). Students who have achieved a score of 5 on the AP Biology exam may have BIOL 189 and either BIOL 196 or BIOL 197 lectures waived, and the appropriate lab completed at UNLV (see the Advising Center before enrolling in classes).
Other Required Courses - Total Credits: 34
CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II
CHEM 241 - Organic Chemistry I
CHEM 241L - Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences Lab I
CHEM 242 - Organic Chemistry II
CHEM 242L - Organic Chemistry for Life Sciences Laboratory II
CHEM 474 - Biochemistry I
MATH 181 - Calculus I
STAT 391 - Applied Statistics for Biological Sciences
or
STAT 491 - Statistics for Scientists I
PHYS 151 - General Physics I
PHYS 152 - General Physics II
Recommended Courses
CHEM 475 - Biochemistry II
MATH 182 - Calculus II

Biology-Comprehensive Requirements - Total Credits: 20-24

A minimum of five courses are required. A maximum of three courses from any one list (A, B, C, D or E) depending on the areas of interest, with the remaining credits selected from at least two other lists.

List A: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

List C: Anatomical and Morphological Biology

List D: Physiological Biology

List E: Organismal Biology

Electives - Total Credits: 19

Total Credits: 124

Notes

Every student must complete a multicultural course and an 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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