This program is appropriate for pre-professional students in pre-medicine, pre-dentistry, and pre-veterinary medicine, and for those going into physical therapy. It provides students a foundation for introductory positions of employment in such fields as biomedical research, food and drug manufacturing, nutrition and sports physiology. It can also serve as a basis for graduate studies in developmental biology, physiological ecology and embryology.

Liberal Studies: 40 cr.
All programs in Biology require students to complete courses to fulfill the Liberal Studies requirement. To meet this requirement, students must complete a total of 40 credits in six divisions. These divisions, and the number of credits required for each, are listed below.

I. Composition 8 cr.
II. Humanities 8 cr.
III. Natural Sciences 8 cr.
IV. Social Sciences 8 cr.
V. Formal Communication 4 cr.
CP 110 or CS 120 is recommended for formal Communication studies.
VI. Visual and Performing Arts 4 cr.

Students cannot use courses taught in the department of their first majors or first minors to meet Liberal Studies requirements in divisions II, III, IV, V, or VI.

Health Promotion: 2 cr.
Required Courses in Major: 43-45cr.
BI 111 Introductory Biology: Principles 4 cr.
BI 112 Introductory Biology: Diversity 4 cr.
BI 210 Principles of Ecology 4 cr.
BI 218 Introduction to cell and Molecular Biology 4 cr.
BI 221 Comparative Anatomy or 3-4 cr.
BI 201 Human Anatomy (5 cr.)
BI 312 Genetics 4 cr.
BI 313 Cell Biology or 4 cr.
BI 431 Plant Physiology
BI 315 Evolution 4 cr.

Credits chosen from following: 8 cr.
BI 201 Human Anatomy (3 cr.)
BI 202 Human Physiology (5 cr.)
BI 203 Medical Microbiology (5 cr.)
BI 222 Animal Physiology
BI 225 Physiology of Aging (3 cr.)
BI 303 General Microbiology (5 cr.)
BI 313 Cell Biology
BI 321 Embryology
BI 405 Immunology
BI 413 Biochemistry of Development
BI 416 Experimental Cytogenetics (2-3cr.)
BI 418 Molecular Biology
BI 425 Endocrinology (3 cr.)
BI 426 Human Histology
BI 427 Ecological Animal Physiology
BI 431 Plant Physiology

Other Required Courses: 32 cr.
CH 111 General Chemistry I 5 cr.
CH 112 General Chemistry II 5 cr.
CH 321-322 Organic Chemistry I and II or 8 cr.
CH 220 Introductory Organic Chemistry plus 3 additional chemistry credits.
CH 450 Introductory Biochemistry 4 cr.
PH 201, 202 College Physics I and II or 10cr.
PH 220, 221 Introductory Physics I and II

General Electives: 5-7 CR.
Total Required for Degree: 124

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