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2014-2015 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biology, Resource Biology and Biodiversity Concentration, B.S.


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CIP Code: S117-10 (260101)
Total Credit Hours: 120-122
Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Science
Career Opportunities: Pharmaceutical companies, federal and state government laboratories and agencies, public health, nursing, pharmacy, food industry companies, botanical gardens and arboretums, hospitals, public health facilities, professional schools of medicine.

Freshman Year


Sophomore Year


Electives


Microbiology (3-4 Credits)


Choose from:

Total: 31-32 Credits


Junior Year


Required Courses


Electives


LIT (3 Credits)


Must be approved by the student’s academic advisor.

Minimum of 45 hours of 300 and 400-level courses must be taken to meet graduation requirements.

HIST (3 Credits)


Must be approved by the student’s academic advisor.

BHSC (3 Credits)


Must be approved by the student’s academic advisor.

BHSC elective must be chosen from ANTH, ECON, GEOG, POLS, PSYC, or SOCI.

Minimum of 45 hours of 300 and 400-level courses must be taken to meet graduation requirements.

Students interested in certification as a wildlife or fisheries biologist should take two policy courses (selected from BLAW 435 , ECON 404(G) , PHIL 316 , POLS 340 , POLS 442(G) , ENVS 483 , SOCI 325 ) as well as one course in communication (selected from CMCN 100 , CMCN 310 , CMCN 311 , CMCN 320 ).

Total: 30-35 Credits


Senior Year


Required Courses


Electives


ARTS (3 Credits)


Must be chosen from advisor-approved list of DANC, MUS, THEA, or VIAR.

STAT (3 Credits)


Choose one from:

BHSC (3 Credits)


Please see Junior Year BHSC electives  for course list.

General Electives (13 Credits)


BHSC elective must be chosen from ANTH, ECON, GEOG, POLS, PSYC, or SOCI.

Minimum of 45 hours of 300 and 400-level courses must be taken to meet graduation requirements.

Students interested in certification as a wildlife or fisheries biologist should take two policy courses from the following:

Plus One Communication Course

Choose from:

Total: 29-33 Credits


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