Bachelor of Science

BS in Biology

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Program
Biology and Chemistry

General Education

I. LMU Specific Courses

Item #
Title
Credits
4
Sub-Total Credits
4.0

II. Communication

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Title
Credits
9
Sub-Total Credits
9.0

III. Ethics, Fine Arts, History, or Humanities

Students in this major must choose one of the following ethics courses (BIOL-224, PHIL-330, or PHIL-430) in addition to a course from the list below.

Item #
Title
Credits
6
Sub-Total Credits
6.0

IV. Behavioral/Social Sciences

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Title
Credits
3
Sub-Total Credits
3.0

V. History

Item #
Title
Credits
6
Sub-Total Credits
6.0

VI. Mathematics

(see Mathematics Placement)

Item #
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
4.0

VII. Natural Sciences/Physical Sciences

Item #
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
8.0

*LMU requires all first-time freshmen students with less than 15 credits of college credit to complete UACT 100.

Required Courses

Item #
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
26.0

Plant Biodiversity course

Select ONE lecture and corresponding lab course

Item #
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
4.0

Invertebrate Biodiversity Course

Select ONE lecture and corresponding lab course.

Item #
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
4.0

Upper-level electives

Select eight credit hours from the following courses. If the course has a corresponding lab, the lab MUST be taken. Note that a course cannot count for the plant diversity or invertebrate biodiversity and upper-level track elective.

Item #
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
8.0

Collateral Requirements

Item #
Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
23.0

BIOL-111, BIOL111L, CHEM-111, CHEM-111L, MATH-150, and Ethics elective (if choosing PHIL-330 or PHIL430) count towards General Education requirements.

Free Electives

Students may choose 18 credit hours of any courses

Sub-Total Credits
18.0
Total Credits
122