Mar 28, 2024  
2008-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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Biology Major — Comprehensive Concentration


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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


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.

Electives - Total Credits: 19


Total Credits: 124


Notes


  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. At least 40 credits must be earned at the upper-division level (300 and above).

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