Biology Transfer Pathway

The Biology program builds a common background that leads to several specialized options and prepares students to go on to medical school, physical therapy, veterinary school or other science-based professional programs.

Academic Advising

 

3rd Year/Fall Semester

Course No.	Course Name	Credits
Bio 215/270/320	One of General ecology, Gneral Microbiology**, or Cell Biology*	4
Math 113	Trigonometry	3
Eng 271W	Technical Writing	4
Gen Ed XXX	General Education elective****	4
Semester Credits Total		15

Notes: *Student needs all three courses but will have completed one of them as a restricted elective during the first two years. **Students could take Bio 220 Human Anatomy, Bio 217 Plant Science, or Bio 316 Animal Diversity instead of Bio 270 General Microbiology. This will affect the subsequent upper division physiology course that is selected.

3rd Year / Spring Semester

Course No.	Course Name	Credits
Bio 215/270/320	One of General ecology, Gneral Microbiology**, or Cell Biology*	4
Bio 301	Evolution	2
Phys. 101	Introductory Physics	3
Biol XXX	Upper Division biology elective with lab	4
Gen Ed XXX	General Education elective****	4
Semester Credits Total		17

Notes: *Student needs all three courses but will have completed one of them as a restricted elective during the first two years. **Students could take Bio 220 Human Anatomy, Bio 217 Plant Science, or Bio 316 Animal Diversity instead of Bio 270 General Microbiology. This will affect the subsequent upper division physiology course that is selected.

4th Year / Fall Semester

Course No.	Course Name	Credits
Chem 322	Organic Chemistry 1	4
HLTH 475	Biostatistics	3
Biol 3/4XX	Upper division biology elective with lab	3
Gen Ed XX	General Education elective****	3
Semester Credits Total		13

Notes: Depending on the choices of electives in the first two years, additional options could become available to the students. For example, if a student completes Human Anatomy in their first two years, they could use Human Physiology to complete the bachelor’s degree instead. ****At least 9 credits of the General Education courses must be taken in upper division courses.

4th Year / Spring Semester

Course No.	Course Name	Credits
Biol 3/4XX	Upper division physiology course***	4-5
Biol 3/4XX	Upper division biology elective with lab	7
Gen Ed XXX	General Education elective****	3-4
Semester Credits Total		14-16

Notes: ***Upper division physiology requirement can be satisfied by Bio 330 Human Physiology, Bio 431 Animal Physiology, Bio 441 Plant Physiology, or Bio 476 Microbial Physiology and Genetics. NOTE that you will need the appropriate prerequisite for the selected course, see ** above.

Award: BS

Degree: Biology: General Option

Total Credits: 60