B.S. Biology, Premedical
CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR BIOLOGY
Pre-Medical Track
For Students entering Fall 2012
Freshman Year
First Semester (16 credits total for this semester)
BIOL 101 Concepts of Biology I (SR) (4 cr.)
CHEM 106 General Chemistry VI (3 cr.)
CHEM 116 General Chemistry VI Lab (1 cr.)
MATH 1101 Pre-Calculus (MLAR) (4 cr.)
ENGL 100 Ideas and Their Exp I (WC) (3 cr.)
BIOL 105 Biology Orientation (SS) (1 cr.)
Second Semester (16 credits total for this semester)
BIOL 102 Concepts of Biology II (SR) (4 cr.)
CHEM 107 General Chemistry VII (3 cr.)
CHEM 117 General Chemistry VII Lab (1 cr.)
MATH 131 Calculus I (MLAR) (4 cr.)
ENGL 101 Ideas and Their Exp II (WC) (3 cr.)
HPED 1XX2 Physical Education (1 cr.)
Sophomore Year
First Semester (17 credits total for this semester)
BIOL 205 Biology Orientation II (SS) (1 cr.)
BIOL 210 Writing in Biology (3 cr.)
BIOL 221 General Microbiology (4 cr.)
CHEM 221 Organic Chemistry I (3 cr.)
CHEM 223 Organic Chemistry I Lab (2 cr.)
PHYS 225 College Physics I (3 cr.)
PHYS 235 College Physics I Lab (1 cr.)
Second Semester (15 credits total for this semester)
BIOL 200 Introduction to Research (3 cr.)
CHEM 222 Organic Chemistry II (3 cr.)
CHEM 224 Organic Chemistry II Lab (2 cr.)
PHYS 226 College Physics II (3 cr.)
PHYS 236 College Physics II Lab (1 cr.)
MATH 224 Intro to Probability & Stat. (3 cr.)
Junior Year
First Semester (16 credits total for this semester)
BIOL 401 Molecular Biology (4 cr.)
BIOL 404 Pre-Medical Prep. Seminar (3 cr.)
BIOL 466 Genetics (3 cr.)
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elect3,4(SBS) (3 cr.)
Free Elective5 (3 cr.)
Second Semester (16 credits total for this semester)
BIOL 405 Cell Biology (4 cr.)
BIOL 425 Evolutionary Biology (3 cr.)
CHEM 451 Biotechniques/Biochemistry (3 cr.)
Social/Behavioral Sciences Elect3,4(SBS) (3 cr.)
Ethics Elective6 (3 cr.)
Senior Year
First Semester (16 credits total for this semester)
BIOL 410 Ecology (3 cr.)
BIOL 450 Human Anat & Phys I (4 cr.)
BIOL Elective7 (3 cr.)
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective4,8 (HFA) (3 cr.)
Free Elective5 (3 cr.)
Second Semester (16 credits total for this semester)
BIOL 451 Human Anat & Phys II (4 cr.)
BIOL 501 Senior Project (3 cr.)
BIOL Elective7 (3 cr.)
Humanities/Fine Arts Elective4,8 (HFA) (3 cr.)
Free Elective5 (3 cr.)
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 128
1 Students not eligible to enroll in MATH 110 must complete MATH 103 prior to enrolling in MATH 110.
2Any 100 level Physical Education “Activity Class”
3 See the list of courses which may be taken as Social and Behavioral Sciences electives.
4 Of the 12 total hours in social/behavioral sciences and humanities/fine arts, at least 3 hours must be completed in African-American studies courses and 3 hours in global studies courses.
5 Any course taught by the university; free electives must total 9 or more credit hours
6 Student must take one of the following courses: BIOL 468, PHIL 316, PHIL 317, or PHIL 320.
7 Courses taken as Biology electives must be numbered 400 or above.
8 See the list of courses that may be taken as Humanities and Fine Arts electives.
