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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biotechnology, BS

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Required Credits in Major: 64

Program Code: BS-BIOT

Biology Majors must earn a C- or better in all core courses prior to taking upper-level (3000-4000) Biology courses.

Biology Majors must earn a C- or better in all core courses in order to graduate.

Biology Majors are only allowed to repeat a core course once.

Will. Power. 101

Required Course: 1

WPS 1010 Will. Power. 101 Credits:

University Core Curriculum (Biology and Biotechnology)

Required Credits: 40

Two (2) University Core Curriculum courses are specified for this major:

UCC Area 3D, Ways of Knowing; Scientific Perspectives: CHEM 1600
UCC Area 3E, Ways of Knowingl Quantitative Thinking: MATH 1600

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World Languages Requirement

Required Credits: 0-6

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Biotechnology Major Core Courses

Required Credits: 31

BIO 1630 General Biology I Credits: 4.0
BIO 2050 Cell Biology Credits: Credits: 4.0
BIO 2060 General Genetics Credits: 4.0
BIO 3200 Microbiology Credits: 4.0
BIO 4240 Molecular Biology Credits: 3.0
BIO 4300 Biotechnology:DNA Credits: 4.0
BIO 4310 Biotechnology:Cell Culture Credits: 4.0
CHEM 4270 Biochemistry Credits: 4.0

Biotechnology Major Elective

Required Courses: 1

Minimum Credits: 3

BIO 3120 may not be used to fulfill this requirement

BIO 3020 - BIO 4850: Click here to search courses.

Biotechnology Major Plant Elective

Required Courses: 1

Minimum Credits: 3

BIO 3350 Field Botany Credits: 3.0
BIO 3610 General Botany Credits: 4.0
BIO 3650 Plant Physiology Credits: 4.0
BIO 4630 Terrestrial Plant Ecology Credits: 4.0

Biotechnology Major Capstone

Required Credits: 3

BIO 4800 Biology Seminar Credits: 3.0
BIO 4990 Independent Study Credits: 2.0 - 6.0

Additional Courses Supporting Biotechnology

Required Credits: 20

All of the following three (3) Chemistry courses:
CHEM 1620 General Chemistry II Credits: 4.0
CHEM 2570 Organic Chemistry I Credits: 4.0
CHEM 2580 Organic Chemistry II Credits: 4.0
One (1) of the following three (3) Mathematics courses:
MATH 1610 Calculus II Credits: 4.0
MATH 2300 Statistics I Credits: 4.0
MATH 3720 Mathematical Models for Biological Sciences Credits: 4.0
One (1) of the following two (2) courses:
PHYS 2560 College Physics II Credits: 4.0
PHYS 2610 General Physics II Credits: 4.0

Technology Intensive Requirement (Biology and Biotechnology)

Required Courses: 2

Two (2) Technology Intensive courses are completed within the major requirements:

BIO 2050
BIO 2060

No additional Technology Intensive courses are required for graduation.

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Writing Intensive Requirement (Biology and Biotechnology)

Required Courses: 4

One Writing Intensive course is completed as part of the University Course curriculum, Area 2B: ENG 1100

One Writing Intensive course is completed as part of the Biology Major requirements:

BIO 4800 or BIO 4990

Two additional Writing Intensive courses are required for graduation.

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