2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biology, Pre-Physical Therapy/Pre-Physician’s Assistant, BS (0401)


Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Academic Programs

Overview:


  General Biology Pre-Physical Therapy/Pre-Physician’s Assistant Cell and Molecular Biology
College Core* 43 credits 43 credits 43 credits
Co-requisite Courses 31 credits 32 credits 29 credits
Biology Core**  27 credits 28 credits 37 credits
Required Upper Level Biology 14-20 credits 6-10 credits 6-10 credits
Required Internship   6 credits  
Liberal Arts Requirements 0-5 credits 1-5 credits 1-5 credits
TOTAL 120-121 120 120

Note:


*college core is noted at 43 credits which is three less than required due to science requirements for Biology majors.

**includes an upper level psychology course.

GPA Requirement for all Biology Majors


(Including all tracks & Environmental Science):

Students must complete BIO 101  and BIO 102  with a grade of C or better in order to continue in the Biology major. Students that fail to earn a C or better must retake the 100-level course(s) before attempting additional Biology courses. Intended majors must earn a C or better in all Biology courses. Students that fail to earn a C or better must repeat that course for it to be considered for major credit.

College Core


To Satisfy College Core Area: STEM


Major Requirements


Co-requisite Courses (31 credits)


Must be taken by all Biology, Environmental Science majors.

Note:


Six of these science credits are applied to Area III of the college core. MTH 232 - Calculus 2  may substitute for MTH 270 .

Biology Core for General Biology Concentrations


(37 credits)

Note:


BIO 270  and BIO 451 are no longer in the Biology core.

College Core


To Satisfy College Core Area: STEM


Major Core


Pre-Physical Therapy/Pre-Physician’s Assistant Concentration


The two additional upper-level biology electives must be chosen from those at the 200 to 400 level, not to include BIO 440  - Research 1 , BIO 441  - Research 2 Biology, unless the permission of the department chair is obtained. Note: The combination of BIO 419  /BIO 420  is counted as one course. The combination of BIO 480  /BIO 481   is counted as one course.

Return to {$returnto_text} Return to: Academic Programs