Biology, B.S.

General Education Requirements - 43 Credit Hours

Biology majors must meet the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements as set out in the General Education Program , except for the Mathematics and Natural Science requirements. These are met by completing MAT 1853  and BIO 1103 . The additional SAS Natural Science requirements are met by taking BIO 1101  and CHM 1013 /CHM 1011 /CHM 1010 .

Required Mathematics Courses - 6 Credit Hours

• MAT 1853 - College Algebra   (meets General Education Math requirement)
• MAT 1863 - Trigonometry & Analytical Geometry (or higher)

Required Chemistry Courses - 8 Credit Hours

• CHM 1013 - General Chemistry I and
• CHM 1011 - General Chemistry I Laboratory and
• CHM 1010 - General Chemistry I Recitation

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• CHM 1023 - General Chemistry II and
• CHM 1021 - General Chemistry II Laboratory and
• CHM 1020 - General Chemistry II Recitation

Required Biology Courses - 28 Credit Hours

• BIO 1103 - Biology I and
• BIO 1101 - Biology I Laboratory

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• BIO 1113 - Biology II and
• BIO 1111 - Biology II Laboratory

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• BIO 3221 - Introduction to Scientific Research

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• BIO 3103 - Cell Biology and
• BIO 3101 - Cell Biology Laboratory

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• BIO 3052 - Molecular Biology and
• BIO 3152 - Molecular Biology Laboratory

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• BIO 3113 - Genetics and
• BIO 3111 - Genetics Laboratory

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• BIO 3213 - Botany and
• BIO 3211 - Botany Laboratory

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• BIO 3313 - Environmental Microbiology and
• BIO 3311 - Environmental Microbiology Lab

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• BIO 3503 - Microbiology and
• BIO 3501 - Microbiology Laboratory

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• BIO 4103 - Ecology and
• BIO 4101 - Ecology Laboratory

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• BIO 4913 - Senior Research Project

Required Zoology Course - 4 Credit Hours

(select one of the following)

• BIO 3003 - Invertebrate Zoology and
• BIO 3001 - Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory

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• BIO 4223 - Vertebrate Zoology and
• BIO 4221 - Vertebrate Zoology Lab

Elective Biology Courses - 16 Credit Hours

(select four)

• BIO 2283 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I and
• BIO 2281 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I Laboratory

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• BIO 3003 - Invertebrate Zoology and
• BIO 3001 - Invertebrate Zoology Laboratory (unless taken as the zoology option)

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• BIO 3052 - Molecular Biology and
• BIO 3152 - Molecular Biology Laboratory

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• BIO 3113 - Genetics and
• BIO 3111 - Genetics Laboratory

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• BIO 3124 - Mountains to Sea, Ecology of the Tropics

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• BIO 3403 - Comparative Animal Physiology and
• BIO 3401 - Comparative Animal Physiology Laboratory

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• BIO 3604 - Natural History of the Galapagos Islands

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• BIO 3803 - Human Immunology or
• BIO 4013 - Virology

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• BIO 4003 - Histology and
• BIO 4001 - Histology Laboratory

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• BIO 4112 - Field Biology and
• BIO 4212 - Field Biology Laboratory

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• BIO 4303 - Comparative Vertebrate Embryology and
• BIO 4301 - Comparative Vertebrate Embryology Laboratory

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• BIO 4223 - Vertebrate Zoology and
• BIO 4221 - Vertebrate Zoology Lab (unless taken as the Zoology option)

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• BIO 4233 - Animal Behavior

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• BIO 4603 - Environmental Science and
• BIO 4601 - Environmental Science Laboratory

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• BIO 4952 - Natural History of the Everglades Watershed and
• BIO 4852 - Natural History of the Everglades Watershed Laboratory

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Additional Required Credit Hours 21-22 Credit Hours

This meets the 120 total and the 42 upper level requirements. One to five of the required credit hours must be upper level.

Sample Degree Plan

Biology Degree Plan