SUGGESTED SEQUENCE FOR BIOLOGY MAJORS
Freshman Year
Fall Semester Hours
Spring Semester Hours
* Freshman Orientation
1
**Biology (102)
4
**Biology (101)
4
*English
3
*Precalculus (015-007)
4
**General Chemistry
(004-004)
4
**General Chemistry (004-003)
4
**Gen Chem Lab (004-006)
1
**Gen Chem Lab (004-005)
1
*Division A, B or C
3
*English
3
*Physical Education
1
Total 17
Total 16
Sophomore Year
*Genetics (200) 4
**Biology Core Electives
4
**Organic Chemistry I (141)
3
**Organic Chem II (142)
3
*Language
4
**Organic Chem Lab (145)
3
*Division A, B, or C
3
*Language
4
†*English (Technical Writing) or WAC Divisional A/B/C or WAC Biology course
3
*Physical Education
1
*Division A, B, or C
3
Total 17
Total 18
Junior Year
** Biology Core Elective 4
**Advanced Biology Elective
4
**Physics I Lec-Lab (001)
5
**Physics II Lec-Lab (002)
5
*Division A, B, or C
3
*Division A, B, or C
3
*Language
3
*Language
3
*Philosophy
3
Total 18
Total 15
Senior Year
**Advanced Biology Elective 8
**Advanced Biology Elective
3
*Division A, B, or C
6
*Division A, B, or C
[***African American Cluster]
6
*Physical Education
1
*Physical Education
1
** Senior Seminar (494)
1
*Speech
3
Total 16
Total 13
*College of Arts and Sciences Requirement.
**Department of Biology requirement.
†The technical writing requirement in English may be satisfied by enrolling in the writing intensive (WAC) sections of departmental or divisional courses (Look for -700 level sections in the Schedule of Classes).
***The African American Cluster Courses may be taken concurrently as Divisional A/B/C courses.
