Science, General Science Concentration, B.S.

Department of Chemistry
615-898-5085
Patricia Patterson, program coordinator
Patricia.Patterson@mtsu.edu

The General Science concentration is a broad-based science degree requiring 19 semester hours acceptable for a minor in each of two fields selected from biology, chemistry, and physics plus 8 semester hours from the third field. Each student should work closely with his/her advisor in completing the program for the General Science concentration. A minimum of 12 semester hours of upper-division courses in the Science major must be taken at MTSU. The Science major requires only one minor which must include at least 3 semester hours at the upper-division level taken at MTSU.

NOTE: A grade of C or better is required on all transfer credits accepted as part of a major or minor in the Department of Chemistry. Students must have a grade point average of at least 2.00 on courses counting toward a major or minor in any of the department’s programs.

Academic Maps

Following are printable, suggested four-year schedules of courses:

Science, General Science (Biology Chemistry), B.S., Academic Map

Science, General Science (Biology Physics), B.S., Academic Map

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Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	46 hours*
Supporting Course	4 hours*
Minor	15-18 hours
Electives	11-25 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

MATH 1730 (Quant Lit) (See Note 1)
BIOL 1110 /BIOL 1111 (Sci Lit)
CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 (Sci Lit) (See Note 2)

Major Requirements (46 hours)

BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 1111 - General Biology I Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
BIOL 1120 - General Biology II 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 1121 - General Biology II Lab 0 credit hours
CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (may be counted in the True Blue Core)
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours
PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2021 - Physics Problems Laboratory II 4 credit hours

Emphasis Areas (22 hours)

Selected from the designated areas of biology, chemistry, and physics; at least 9 credit hours must be 3000/4000 level courses.

Supporting Course (4 hours)

MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours (3 credit hours may be counted in the True Blue Core, 1 credit hour remaining)

Minor (15-18 hours)

Electives (11-25 hours)

Sufficient upper-division credit hours must be taken to equal 36 credit hours

Curriculum: Science, General Science

Freshman

CHEM 1110 - General Chemistry I 4 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
CHEM 1111 - General Chemistry I Lab 0 credit hours (Sci Lit)
CHEM 1120 - General Chemistry II 4 credit hours AND
CHEM 1121 - General Chemistry II Lab 0 credit hours
BIOL 1110 - General Biology I 4 credit hours (Sci Lit) AND
BIOL 1111 - General Biology I Lab 0 credit hours (Sci Lit)
BIOL 1120 - General Biology II 4 credit hours AND
BIOL 1121 - General Biology II Lab 0 credit hours
MATH 1730 - Pre-Calculus 4 credit hours (Quant Lit)
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Elective 1 credit hour
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

PHYS 2010 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics I 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2011 - Physics Problems Laboratory I 4 credit hours
PHYS 2020 - Non-Calculus-Based Physics II 0 credit hours AND
PHYS 2021 - Physics Problems Laboratory II 4 credit hours
Science major electives 8 credit hours
Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Minor 6 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 28 Hours

Junior

History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
Science major electives 8 credit hours
Minor 6 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 6 credit hours
Electives (upper division) 6 credit hours

Subtotal: 32 Hours

Senior

Science major electives 6 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
Minor 3 credit hours
Minor or elective (upper division) 3 credit hours
Electives (upper division) 12 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

NOTE:

Included in the electives will be the hours necessary for the completion of the required 36 upper-division hours for graduation requirements and the necessary hours to satisfy the 120-hour graduation requirement.

NOTE 1: A student who has a sufficiently high score on the ACT Mathematics test may begin with MATH 1910 . If the background in math is weak, MATH 1710 should be taken before MATH 1730 .

NOTE 2: A student who has had little or no high school chemistry or is not satisfied with his/her high school chemistry should first take CHEM 1010 /CHEM 1011 before taking CHEM 1110 /CHEM 1111 .