Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biology: Pre-Health Professions Track

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Program
Department of Biology and Chemistry

General Education

I. LMU Specific Courses

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Credits
4
Sub-Total Credits
4

II. Communication

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Credits
9
Sub-Total Credits
9

III. Ethics, Fine Arts, History, or Humanities

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

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Title
Credits
6
Sub-Total Credits
6

IV. Behavioral/Social Sciences

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V. History

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Title
Credits
6
Sub-Total Credits
6

VI. Mathematics

(see Mathematics Placement)

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Title
Credits
3
Sub-Total Credits
3

VII. Natural Sciences/Physical Sciences

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
8

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

Required Courses

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
34

Seminar requirement

Choose a sequence from the following: 

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Credits
2
Sub-Total Credits
2

Complete 22 credit hours of the following: 

Select One Molecular Cell course. If the lecture course has a corresponding lab course, the lab must be taken (will count in remaining credit hours below) 

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
3

Select One Organismic course. If the lecture course has a corresponding lab course, the lab must be taken (will count in remaining credit hours below) 

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
3

Select the remaining 15 credit hours from the following courses. If the lecture course has a corequisite laboratory course, the laboratory course MUST be taken. Note that any courses used in another degree section cannot count towards this total. 

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
15

Free Electives

Students may choose 6 credit hours of any courses. 

Sub-Total Credits
6

Collateral Requirements

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Credits
Sub-Total Credits
14

BIOL-111, BIOL-111L, CHEM-111, CHEM-111L, MATH requirement (MATH-120 or MATH-150), PSYC-100 or SOCI-100 (both are required for the major), and Ethics option if choosing PHIL-430 or BUSN-250 also count towards the General Education requirements.

Total Credits
122