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This recommended graduation plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees on time. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Academic Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree.
NOTE: This recommended Graduation Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2025-2026 academic year.
CRWT 101 to CRWT 102
CRWT 101S to CRWT 102S
MATH 021/022 to MATH 024 to MATH 110-121
NOTE: CRWT and MATH courses are determined by placement testing and should be taken following the sequence above.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Major: BIOL 111 - & BIOL 111L - FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY I LAB (HRS 5)
- Gen Ed: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Major/Gen Ed: Quantitative Reasoning (MATH 121 - CALCULUS I) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 17)
Spring Semester
- Major/Gen Ed: ENSC 103 - INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE (HRS 4)
- Major: Foundations II Lecture/Lab (HRS 5-6)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Total: (HRS 17)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: CHEM 116 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LECTURE & CHEM 116L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY I LAB (HRS 5)
- Major: GEOL 106 - FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTH SCIENCE LECTURE WI (HRS 4) & Major: GEOL 106L - FUNDAMENTALS OF EARTH SCIENCE LAB WI (HRS 2)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Career Pathways: PATH TS2 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 2 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 15)
Spring Semester
- Major: CHEM 117 - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LECTURE & CHEM 117L - GENERAL CHEMISTRY II LAB (HRS 5)
- Major: SCIN 295 - DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC THOUGHT (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Free Elective (minor, certificate, or second major requirement) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: PATH TS3 - CAREER PATHWAYS MODULE 3 FOR THEORETICAL & APPLIED SCIENCE
- Total: (HRS 17)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- Major: PHYS 111 - FUNDAMENTALS PHYSICS I LECTURE & PHYS 116L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS I LAB (HRS 5)
- Major: Concentration Course: BIOL 214 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I LECTURE & BIOL 214L - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I LAB (HRS 5.5)
- Free Elective: CHEM 211 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I LECTURE & CHEM 211L - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY I LAB (HRS 5)
- Total: (HRS 15.5)
Spring Semester
- Major: PHYS 113 - FUNDAMENTALS OF PHYSICS II LECTURE & PHYS 117L - INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS II LAB (HRS 5)
- Major: Concentration Course: BIOL 216 - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II LECTURE & BIOL 216L - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY II LAB (HRS 5.5)
- Major: Experiential/ Seminar Requirement
- Free Elective: CHEM 213 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LECTURE & CHEM 213L - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY II LAB (HRS 5)
- Total: (HRS 15.5+)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- Major: Concentration Course: BIOL 332 - GENETICS LECTURE & BIOL 332L - GENETICS LAB (HRS 5.5)
- Major: Concentration Course: CHEM 426 - (HRS 4)
- Free Elective: MATH 122 - CALCULUS II (HRS 4)
- Free Elective: PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 17.5)
Spring Semester
- Major: SCIN 435 - CAPSTONE FOR INTEGRATED SCIENCE STUDIES WI (HRS 4)
- General Education Requirement (HRS 4)*
- Major: Concentration Course: BIOL 407 - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LECTURE & BIOL 407L - CELL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LAB (HRS 5.5)
- Free Elective: CHEM 446 - BIOCHEMISTRY II LECTURE (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA Required: 2.0
WI: Writing Intensive-3 required in the major
Notes: Concentration courses, Experiential/Seminar Requirement, and Free electives can be switched around.
*Total of 5 Concentration Courses are required. See College Catalog for Concentration details and course listings.
*General Education courses can be done in any order with the exception of INTD 101, CRWT and MATH. Those three general education courses will need to be done first. First Year Seminar is taken in the first semester. Failure to complete CRWT and MATH will result in a hold when the student hits 64 credits. The following general education courses can be done in any order. For more info on these courses, please visit the General Education program requirements website in the College Catalog:
+W: Students transferring in with 48 or more credits are waived from these general education requirements.
1 GE Requirements: the following 5 Gen Ed requirements can be taken in any order/semester. SOSC 110 Social Science Inquiry; AIID 201 Studies in Arts & Humanities; Global Awareness; Distribution Category 1; Distribution Category 2. The remaining GE requirements are specific courses that double-count in the major (Math, Scientific Reasoning, Historical Perspectives).
2 Specific concentration courses are either required by med schools or recommended for MCAT preparation. BIOL 332/332L Genetics; BIOL 214/214L A&P1; BIOL 216/216L A&P2; BIOL 407/407L Cell & Molec; CHEM 425 Biochem 1
3 Specific free elective courses are recommended for MCAT preparation.
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