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Oct 08, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Biology, Organismal Biology and Ecology Concentration, B.S.
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Biology
615-898-2847
Dennis Mullen, program coordinator
Dennis.Mullen@mtsu.edu
Every Biology major is required to declare a concentration area. Each area requires hours to be selected from a set of designated courses. Four tracks are available under the Organismal Biology and Ecology concentration: botany, zoology, ecology, or general.
All Biology majors are assigned a professional advisor. The student is responsible for seeking the assistance of the advisor. This catalog is not intended to provide the detail necessary for self-advising.
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Degree Requirements
True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
Major Requirements |
42 hours* |
Major Core |
29 hours |
Concentration |
10 hours |
Major UD Electives |
3 hours |
Supporting Courses |
19-20 hours* |
Electives |
17-29 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:
Major Requirements (42 hours)
Organismal Biology and Ecology Concentration (10 hours)
Students may select from the Organismal Biology and Ecology concentration courses or may choose to follow one of the tracks below.
Choose two of the following:
General Biology Track (11-12 hours)
This track satisfies teacher education requirements.
Area One (4 hours)
Choose one:
Area Three (3-4 hours)
Choose one:
BIOL UD elective (3 hours)
Supporting Courses (19-20 hours)
Curriculum: Biology, Organismal Biology and Ecology
Senior
- BIOL 4200 - Senior Seminar 1 credit hour
- BIOL upper-division 3-4 credit hours
- Electives* 15-16 credit hours
- BIOL concentration courses 6-8 credit hours
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