University Requirements

• General Education  Credit Hours: 31
• Service Learning Credit Hours: 3
• Upper Division Credit Hours: 42
• Writing Intensive Credit Hours: 9

B.S. Requirements (6 credit hours)

(courses used for BS requirement will not count as General Education)

• MATH 1350 - Introduction to Statistics Credit Hours: 3
• Complete three credit hours in Computer Science beyond BCIS 1110 - Fundamentals of Information Literacy and Systems  

• or

• GISS 361 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
• GISS 363 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Lab Credit Hours: 2

• or

• GEOG 361 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Credit Hours: 3
• GEOG 363 - Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Lab Credit Hours: 2

• or

• MATH 1510 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 5

• or

• MATH 308 - MATLAB:Interactive Environment for Scientific and Technical Computing Credit Hours: 3

• or

• MATH 421 - Advanced Applied Statistics Credit Hours: 3

Supporting Course Work

(*may count as General Education)

The following courses are required (and must be passed with a grade of C or higher). Zoology majors may earn additional majors or minors in Botany or Cell and Molecular Biology within the Biology Discipline by satisfying all of the requirements for those degrees. No other combinations are allowed.

• CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry I for STEM majors Credit Hours: 3 *
• CHEM 1215L - General Chemistry I Lab for STEM Majors Credit Hours: 1 * and
• CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry II for STEM Majors Credit Hours: 3 *
• CHEM 1225L - General Chemistry II Lab for STEM Majors Credit Hours: 1 *

Life Science Core Requirements

• BIOL 2642 - Plant Form, Function and Diversity Credit Hours: 3 *
• BIOL 2642L - Plant Form, Function and Diversity Lab Credit Hours: 1 *
• BIOL 2644 - Animal Form, Function and Diversity Credit Hours: 3 *
• BIOL 2644L - Animal Form, Function and Diversity Lab Credit Hours: 1 *
• BIOL 2110 - Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology Credit Hours: 3 *
• BIOL 2110L - Principles of Biology: Cellular and Molecular Biology Lab Credit Hours: 1 *
• BIOL 301 - Ecology Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 303 - Ecology Lab Credit Hours: 1
• BIOL 366 - Genetics Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 368 - Genetics Lab Credit Hours: 1
• BIOL 422 - Evolution Credit Hours: 3

Zoology Major Requirements

• BIOL 310 - Invertebrate Zoology Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 311 - Vertebrate Zoology Credit Hours: 3
• BIOL 312 - Invertebrate Zoology Lab Credit Hours: 1
• BIOL 313 - Vertebrate Zoology Lab Credit Hours: 1
• BIOL 462 - Comparative Chordate Anatomy Credit Hours: 4
• BIOL 464 - Comparative Chordate Anatomy Lab Credit Hours: 1
• BIOL 483 - Intro to Senior Project Credit Hours: 2
• BIOL 486 - Senior Project Credit Hours: 1
• BIOL ______ - Upper-Division guided electives Credit Hours: 4 *
• BIOL ______ - Upper-Division guided electives Credit Hours: 4 *

Total Credit Hours 54

*Guided electives must be approved by one of the department Faculty Mentors, (Jost, Haugen, Loughran), and cannot be used as requirements for any other majors or minor within the Natural Science Department.

Additional Courses as needed to reach the required 120 credit hours