Biology, Genetics and Biotechnology Concentration, B.S.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education  requirements include courses in Communication, History, Humanities, and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

The following courses required by the program meet General Education requirements:

• MATH 1910  (Math)
• BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111  (Nat Sci)
• CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111  (Nat Sci)

Major Requirements (42 hours)

Supporting Courses (19-20 hours)

• MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (3 credit hours may be counted in General Education, 1 credit hour remaining)

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• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)

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• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours

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• CHEM 2030 - Elements of Organic Chemistry 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 2031 - Elements of Organic Chemistry Lab 0 credit hours

• OR

• CHEM 3010 - Organic Chemistry I 3 credit hours AND
• CHEM 3011 - Organic Chemistry I Lab 1 credit hour

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• MATH 1920 - Calculus II 4 credit hours OR
• MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics 3 credit hours *

• OR

• BIOL 4350 - Biometry 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 4351 - Biometry Lab 0 credit hours

• *Must take a 1 hour elective if MATH 2050 is chosen.

Electives (17-18 hours)

Freshman

• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• MATH 1910 - Calculus I 4 credit hours (Math)
• BIOL 1000 - Introduction to the Biology Major 1 credit hour

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• BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• BIOL 1111 - General Biology I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

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• BIOL 1120 - General Biology II 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 1121 - General Biology II Lab 0 credit hours

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• CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
• CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

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• CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours

Sophomore

• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• HUM 2610 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

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• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• Electives 6 credit hours

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• BIOL 2230 - Microbiology 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 2231 - Microbiology Lab 0 credit hours

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• BIOL 3250 - Genetics 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 3251 - Genetics Lab 0 credit hours

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• CHEM 3010 - Organic Chemistry I 3 credit hours AND
• CHEM 3011 - Organic Chemistry I Lab 1 credit hour

• OR

• CHEM 2030 - Elements of Organic Chemistry 4 credit hours AND
• CHEM 2031 - Elements of Organic Chemistry Lab 0 credit hours

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• Choose 6 hours from:

• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
• HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
• HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Junior

• BIOL 3500 - Evolution 3 credit hours
• BIOL 4550 - Biotechnology 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• Electives 6 credit hours

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• BIOL 3400 - General Ecology 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 3401 - General Ecology Lab 0 credit hours

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• BIOL 4110 - General Physiology 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 4111 - General Physiology Lab 0 credit hours

• OR

• BIOL 4210 - Cell and Molecular Biology 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 4211 - Cell and Molecular Biology Lab 0 credit hours

• OR

• BIOL 4500 - Plant Physiology 4 credit hours

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• BIOL 4350 - Biometry 4 credit hours AND
• BIOL 4351 - Biometry Lab 0 credit hours

• OR

• MATH 1920 - Calculus II 4 credit hours

• OR

• MATH 2050 - Probability and Statistics 3 credit hours

Senior

• BIOL 4200 - Senior Seminar 1 credit hour

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• BIOL 4450 - Molecular Genetics 4 credit hours

• OR

• BIOL 4460 - Human Genetics 3 credit hours AND
• BIOL 4461 - Human Genetics Lab 0 credit hours

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• Concentration elective (choose from list above) 3-4 credit hours
• Upper-division BIOL 4 credit hours
• Electives* 15-16 credit hours

NOTE:

*Only if needed to meet 36 upper-division credit hours or 120 total credit hours.