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Biology Major — Education 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-Education Requirements - Total Credits: 20-24

A minimum of five courses are required, taken from Lists A, B, C, D, or E. One course must deal with Botany (BIOL 305, BIOL 422, BIOL 426, BIOL 442, BIOL 444). Students must meet with an Advisor in the Education Department in order to determine what requirements are for both a minor in Education and middle/high school certification.

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: 16

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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