Bachelor of Science

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Conservation Biology: Research Track

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Program
Department of Biology and Chemistry

General Education

I. LMU Specific Courses

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Title
Credits
4
Sub-Total Credits
4

II. Communication

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Title
Credits
9
Sub-Total Credits
9

III. Ethics, Fine Arts, History, or Humanities

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Title
Credits
6
Sub-Total Credits
6

IV. Behavioral/Social Sciences

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
3

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
30

Required CBIO Research

Complete two credits of research experience

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
2

Required Vertebrate Biodiversity Electives

Select two lecture and corresponding lab courses 

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
8

Required Invertebrate Biodiversity Elective

Select one lecture and corresponding lab course

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
4

Required Plant Biodiversity Elective

Select one lecture and corresponding lab course 

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
4

Required CBIO Electives

Complete 18 credit hours from the following courses. If the course has a corresponding laboratory course, the laboratory course MUST be taken. 

Classes completed in other required elective categories cannot count towards this total.  

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
18

Required Ethics Elective

Choose one of the following courses. 

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Title
Credits
Sub-Total Credits
3

BUSN-250 can count towards GenEd requirements. 

Required Statistics Elective

Choose one of the following courses. 

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Title
Credits
3
Sub-Total Credits
3

Collateral Requirements

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Title
Credits
3
Sub-Total Credits
8

BIOL-111, BIOL-111L, CHEM-111, CHEM-111L, (MATH-120 or MATH-150), and (PSYC-100, SOCI-100, ECON-212, or ECON-213) meet General Education requirements.

Free Electives

Students may choose any classes. 

Sub-Total Credits
2
Total Credits
122