A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- B.A.
- Credential class
- ceterms:BachelorDegree
- CIP
- 26.1310
- Total credits (published)
- 53
- Credits (computed from items)
- 300-306
- Catalog edition
- 2026-2027
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 199120
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_199120_0ea5954d
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
Requirements
0 items
Gateway Course
1 item
- BIOL 101& 101LPrinciples of Biologyand Introductory Biology Laboratory 1, H, FNot resolved to a course4
Core Requirements
major core · 0 items
Fundamentals Core Courses
major core · 3 items
- As published: “How Cells Function 2, F”3
- As published: “Biodiversity 2, H, F”3
- 3
Intermediate Level Core Courses
major core · 5 items
- Two of the following five Core Course options: 3Not resolved to a course6-8
- As published: “Molecular Genetics H”3
- As published: “Cell Biology H”3
- 3
- 3
An organismal structure and diversity course (see list below)
1 item
- Three biology electives (each of three or more credits) numbered above 200 (not including BIOL 213, BIOL 222, BIOL 253, BIOL 291, BIOL 292, BIOL 293, BIOL 294, BIOL 295, BIOL 296, BIOL 353, a second semester of BIOL 395, and BIOL 495). At least one course in the major must have a laboratory (not including BIOL 101L or BIOL 105L). 4,5Not resolved to a course10-11
Additional Requirements
14 items
- CHEM 101& 101LGeneral Descriptive Chemistry Iand Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory I H, FNot resolved to a course4
- CHEM 102& 102LGeneral Descriptive Chemistry IIand Quantitative Chemistry Laboratory II H, FNot resolved to a course4
- One of:Not resolved to a course3-4
- 3
- As published: “Introduction to Programming H”3
- 3
- As published: “Precalculus Mathematics F”3
- As published: “Calculus for Business and Social Sciences F”3
- As published: “Calculus of Functions of One Variable I H, F”4
- As published: “Foundations of Statistics and Data Science H, F”4
- 3
- As published: “Introduction to Data Models and Inference H, F”3
- 3
- Four additional allied science electives chosen from the course list below (some courses are more than 3 credits)Not resolved to a course12
Students must fulfill all General Education requirements, including Supplemental General Education, and enough electives to complete 120 hours required for graduation.
general education · 0 items
Organismal Structure and Diversity Course List
18 items
- BIOL 271& 271LPlant Biologyand Plant Biology LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 272& 272LLocal Floraand Local Flora LabNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 273Not resolved to a course4
- BIOL 274& 274LPlant Diversityand Plant Diversity LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 277& 277LVertebrate Field Zoologyand Vertebrate Field Zoology LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 278& 278LAnimal Behaviorand Animal Behavior LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 279& 279LSeminar in Organismal Biologyand Topics in Organismal Biology LaboratoryNot resolved to a course3-4
- BIOL 422& BIOL 421LMicrobiologyand Bacterial Genetics LaboratoryNot resolved to a courseor: BIOL 422& 422L Microbiologyand Microbiology Laboratory4-5
- BIOL 441& 441LVertebrate Embryologyand Vertebrate Embryology LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 451& 451LComparative Physiologyand Comparative Physiology LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 471& 471LEvolutionary Mechanismsand Evolutionary Mechanisms LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- 4
- BIOL 473& 473LMammalian Morphology and Developmentand Mammalian Morphology LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 474& 474LEvolution of Vertebrate Lifeand Vertebrate Structure and Evolution Laboratory HNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 475& 475LBiology of Marine Animalsand Biology of Marine Animals LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 476& 476LAvian Biologyand Avian Biology LaboratoryNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 479& 479LTopics in Organismal Biology at an Advanced Leveland Laboratory in Organismal Biology: Advanced TopicsNot resolved to a course4
- BIOL 579Not resolved to a course4
Allied Science Electives
electives · 48 items
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- ASTR ---Not resolved to a course3
- 4
- 4
- BIOL ---Not resolved to a course3
- BIOS ---Not resolved to a course3
- 3
- CHEM ---Not resolved to a course3
- As published: “Ancient Medicine H”3
- COMP ---Not resolved to a course3
- EMES ---Not resolved to a course3
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 4
- 3
- 4
- 4
- 3
- As published: “Human Anatomy and Physiology I H, F”3
- 3
- As published: “The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth's Environmental Systems H”3
- 3
- 3
- 3
- 4
- GEOL ---Not resolved to a course3
- MASC ---Not resolved to a course3
- MATH ---Not resolved to a course3
- 4
- As published: “Introduction to Neuroscience H, F”3
- 3
- As published: “Sensation and Perception H”3
- 3
- As published: “Truth and Proof: Introduction to Mathematical Logic H”3
PHYS ---
7 items
- As published: “General Psychology F”3
- As published: “Statistical Principles of Psychological Research H”3
- As published: “Biopsychology H”3
- As published: “Cognitive Psychology H”3
- As published: “Foundations of Statistics and Data Science H, F”4
- STOR ---Not resolved to a course3
- 3
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