DEGREE PROGRAM CHECK SHEET

Complete all Institutional Graduation Requirements (Including University Writing Requirement, Diversity Requirement, General Education Requirement, etc.) as provided at //www.convoclubs.com/registrar.

Program Requirements: Biology w/Ecological Biology concentration is a minimum 85-88 graded credit hour degree. A grade of “C-” or better is required for each course counting towards the major, but a cumulative GPA of at least a 2.00 is required for completion of the major.

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BIOLOGY REQUIRED CORE COURSES: 31 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
BIOL 211	Principles of Biology[SMI]	4
BIOL 211L	Principles of Biology Lab	1	Must be taken w/ BIOL 211
BIOL 212	Principles of Biology[SMI]	4	BIOL 211, CHEM 204
BIOL 212L	Principles of Biology Lab	1	BIOL 211, CHEM 204.Must be taken w/ BIOL 212
BIOL 213	Principles of Biology[SMI]	4	BIOL 211, 212, CHEM 204, 205
BIOL 213L	Principles of Biology Lab	1	BIOL 211, 212, CHEM 204, 205.Must be taken w/ BIOL 213
BIOL 341	Genetics w/Lab	4	BIOL 211, 212 and 213
BIOL 341L	Genetics Lab	0	Must be taken w/BIOL 341
BIOL 342	Genetics w/Lab	4	BIOL 211, 212 and 213, 341 & CHEM 334
BIOL 342L	Genetics Lab	0	Must be taken w/BIOL 342
BIOL 357	General Ecology	4	BIOL 211, 212 and 213
BIOL 358	General Ecology Lab[UWR]	1	STAT 327 or 243 & 352. Taken w/BIOL 357
BIOL 490	Evolution (Capstone)[UWR]	3	BIOL 357, 358 341 & 342.

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CHEMISTRY REQUIRED COURSES: 23 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
CHEM 204	General Chemistry[SMI]	5	MATH 111
CHEM 204L	General Chemistry Lab	0	Must be taken w/CHEM 204
CHEM 205	General Chemistry[SMI]	5	CHEM 204
CHEM 205L	General Chemistry Lab	0	Must be taken w/CHEM 205
CHEM 206	General Chemistry[SMI]	5	CHEM 205
CHEM 206L	General Chemistry Lab	0	Must be taken w/CHEM 206
CHEM 334	Organic Chemistry I	4	CHEM 205
CHEM 335	Organic Chemistry II	4	CHEM 334

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MATHEMATICS & PHYSICS REQUIRED COURSES: 13-16 credits

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
PHYS 201	General Physics[SMI]	4	MATH 111, 112 or equivalent
PHYS 201L	General Physics Lab	0	Must be taken w/PHYS 201
MATH 241	Survey Calculus[SMI]	4	MATH 111 or equivalent
STAT 352	Statistics	4	STAT 243 & MATH 111

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Choose one of the following statistics courses:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
STAT 243	Elementary Statistics[SMI]	4	MATH 095 or MATH 098
STAT 327	Statistics & Experimental Design[SMI] If STAT 327 is taken, STAT 352 does not need to be taken	5

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ECOLOGICAL BIOLOGY CONCENTRATION COURSES: 18 credits required

Complete the following 18 credits:

Course Number	Course Title	Credits	Prerequisites
CHEM 360	Environmental Chemistry	4	CHEM 206
BIOL 313	Riparian Biology w/lab	3	BIOL 211, 212 and 213
BIOL 320	Ornithology w/Lab	3
BIOL 334	Plant Taxonomy w/lab	5	BIOL 211, 212 and 213
BIOL 334L	Plant Taxonomy Lab	0	Must be taken w/BIOL 334
BIOL 415	Forest Ecology w/lab	3	BIOL 211, 212 and 213, 357 & 358

Total credits required for major: 85-88

Fall 2018 credit update –BIOL 313 changed to 3 credits (from 2) increasing the required credits for the concentration

Last EPCC update September 2015