Applied Biology (Please see NOTE below)
NOTE: Admission to this program was discontinued effective October 5, 2021 and a teach-out plan is in place for current students.
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Applied Biology Program Curriculum Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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First Year Experience | ||
CILE-101 | First Year Foundations | 1 |
General Education | ||
COMM-101 | Rhetoric & Writing | 4 |
Social Science Elective (200 or higher) | 4 | |
LS-201 | Sophomore Seminar: Exploring the Human Condition | 4 |
LS-489 | Senior Seminar: Leadership, Ethics, and Contemporary Issues | 4 |
Advanced Communications Elective 1 | 4 | |
Advanced Humanities Elective 1 | 4 | |
Advanced Social Science Elective 1 | 4 | |
Advanced Communications, Humanities or Social Science Elective 1 | 4 | |
Credit Hours Subtotal: | 33 | |
Total Credit Hours | 33 |
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Communications, Humanities and Social Science advanced electives must be selected from approved 300 and 400 level courses.
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Biology Core | ||
BIOL-141 & BIOL-142 | General Biology and General Biology Lab | 4 |
BIOL-241 & BIOL-242 | Human Biology and Human Biology Lab | 4 |
BIOL-311 | Ecology | 4 |
BIOL-321 | Biological Techniques I | 4 |
BIOL-331 | Biological Techniques II | 4 |
BIOL-351 | Genetics | 4 |
BIOL-361 & BIOL-362 | Microbiology and Microbiology Lab | 7 |
BIOL-381 & BIOL-382 | Molecular Biology and Molecular Biology Lab | 7 |
BIOL-441 & BIOL-442 | Cellular Biology and Cellular Biology Lab | 7 |
Advanced Biology Elective and Lab | 7 | |
Advanced Biology Elective | 3 | |
BIOL-494 | Research Methods | 4 |
Chemistry Core | ||
CHEM-137 & CHEM-136 | General Chemistry I and Principles of Chemistry Lab | 4 |
CHEM-237 & CHEM-238 | General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Lab | 4 |
CHEM-345 & CHEM-346 | Organic Chemistry I and Organic Chemistry I Lab 2 | 6 |
CHEM-347 | Organic Chemistry II 2 | 4 |
CHEM-351 & CHEM-352 | Biochemistry I and Biochemistry Lab | 7 |
Credit Hours Subtotal: | 84 | |
Mathematics | ||
MATH-101 | Calculus I | 4 |
or MATH-101X | Calculus I | |
Select one of the following: | 4 | |
Calculus II | ||
Calculus II | ||
Calculus II - Honors | ||
MATH-258 | Probability and Statistics | 4 |
Physics | ||
PHYS-114 & PHYS-115 | Newtonian Mechanics and Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory | 4 |
Credit Hours Subtotal: | 16 | |
Electives | ||
Technical Electives 3 | 12 | |
Free Electives | 12 | |
Credit Hours Subtotal: | 24 | |
Culminating Undergraduate Experience | ||
CILE-400 | Culminating Undergraduate Experience: Thesis 4 | 4 |
Total Credit Hours | 128 |
(Minimum) Total Credits Required for Program: 1615
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Alternatively an extended (X) section of this lecture course may be taken. Extended versions of courses offer additional hours with the instructor.
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A technical elective may be any 300 or 400 level courses in BIOL, CE, CHEM, CHME, CS, EE, IME, ISYS, MATH, MECH, or PHYS that is not used to complete core degree requirements. Some 200 level classes can also count as technical electives but must be approved by the department head.
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Students are automatically registered for CILE-400 in a co-op term when they reach Junior II status.
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The minimum total number of credit hours required for graduation is 161; however, the total number of credit hours taken may exceed 161. All Applied Biology majors must meet the general educational requirements and their program‘s requirements for a minor or concentration.
Applied Biology Major Representative Program
Freshman I | Credit Hours | |
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CILE-101 | First Year Foundations | 1 |
CHEM-137 or CHEM-135 |
General Chemistry I or Principles of Chemistry |
3 |
CHEM-136 | Principles of Chemistry Lab | 1 |
MATH-101 or MATH-101X |
Calculus I or Calculus I |
4 |
COMM-101 | Rhetoric & Writing | 4 |
BIOL-141 | General Biology | 3 |
BIOL-142 | General Biology Lab | 1 |
Credit Hours | 17 | |
Freshman II | ||
CHEM-237 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
CHEM-238 | General Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
MATH-102 or MATH-102X |
Calculus II or Calculus II |
4 |
Social Science Elective (200 or higher) | 4 | |
BIOL-241 | Human Biology | 3 |
BIOL-242 | Human Biology Lab | 1 |
Credit Hours | 16 | |
Sophomore I | ||
BIOL-311 | Ecology | 4 |
BIOL-321 | Biological Techniques I | 4 |
PHYS-114 | Newtonian Mechanics | 3 |
PHYS-115 | Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory | 1 |
LS-201 | Sophomore Seminar: Exploring the Human Condition | 4 |
Credit Hours | 16 | |
Sophomore II | ||
BIOL-331 | Biological Techniques II | 4 |
BIOL-351 | Genetics | 4 |
MATH-258 | Probability and Statistics | 4 |
Adv. COMM, HUMN, or SSCI Elective | 4 | |
Credit Hours | 16 | |
Junior I | ||
CHEM-345 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
CHEM-346 | Organic Chemistry I Lab | 2 |
BIOL-361 | Microbiology | 4 |
BIOL-362 | Microbiology Lab | 3 |
Adv. COMM, HUMN, or SSCI Elective | 4 | |
Credit Hours | 17 | |
Junior II | ||
CHEM-347 | Organic Chemistry II | 4 |
BIOL-381 | Molecular Biology | 4 |
BIOL-382 | Molecular Biology Lab | 3 |
Free Elective | 4 | |
Technical Elective | 4 | |
Credit Hours | 19 | |
Senior I | ||
CHEM-351 | Biochemistry I | 4 |
CHEM-352 | Biochemistry Lab | 3 |
BIOL-441 | Cellular Biology | 4 |
BIOL-442 | Cellular Biology Lab | 3 |
Adv. COMM, HUMN, or SSCI Elective | 4 | |
Credit Hours | 18 | |
Senior II | ||
Advanced Biology Elective and Lab | 7 | |
Adv. COMM, HUMN, or SSCI Elective | 4 | |
Technical Elective | 4 | |
Free Elective | 4 | |
Credit Hours | 19 | |
Senior III | ||
BIOL-494 | Research Methods | 4 |
Advanced Biology Elective | 3 | |
LS-489 | Senior Seminar: Leadership, Ethics, and Contemporary Issues | 4 |
Technical Elective | 4 | |
Free Elective | 4 | |
Credit Hours | 19 | |
Any Term | ||
CILE-400 | Culminating Undergraduate Experience: Thesis | 4 |
Credit Hours | 4 | |
Total Credit Hours | 161 |
(Minimum) Total Credits Required for Program: 1614
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Humanities, Social Science, and Communications advanced electives must be selected from approved 300 and 400 level courses, including one Humanities course and one Social Science Course. Additionally, two of the three advanced electives must be writing intensive.
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Alternatively an extended (X) section of this lecture course may be taken. Extended versions of courses offer additional hours with the instructor.
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A technical elective may be any 300 or 400 level courses in BIOL, CE, CHEM, CHME, CS, EE, IME, ISYS, MATH, MECH, or PHYS that is not used to complete core degree requirements. MATH-204 and PHYS-224/PHYS-225 can also count as a technical elective. All other courses must be approved by the department head.
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The minimum total number of credit hours required for graduation is 161; however, the total number of credit hours taken may exceed 161. All Applied Biology majors must meet the general educational requirements and their program‘s requirements for a minor or concentration.