BIOLOGY (B.S.)
Semester Degree Requirements Entrance Requirements for the Major
Semester Core Curriculum (Selected with the advice of an academic advisor)
Areas A B C D E	42 hours
Area F	18 hours
Major Requirements	60 hours
College-wide requirements must be satisfied in order to graduate with this major

TOTAL DEGREE HOURS 120

Area A - Essential Skills (9 hours) Area A is satisfied by students completing nine hours from the following list. Students must take ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 and will select a three-hour math course in consultation with an academic advisor.
	ENGL 1101	MATH 1113
	ENGL 1102

Area B - Institutional Options (4-5 hours) Area B is satisfied by electives selected by the student with approval of an academic advisor.

Area C - Humanities/Fine Arts (6 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES: One course in Fine Arts, Music, or Drama and one course in Literature (These courses can also be used to satisfy the Multicultural Requirement.)
Area C is satisfied by completing two of the following courses. Students may select one course from the Fine Arts list and one from the Humanities list, or students may select two courses from different departments in the Humanities list.
Fine Arts
ARHI 2100	DANC 2010	DRAM 2130	MUSI 2060
ARTS 2000	DRAM 2000	MUSI 2020	MUSI 2080
ARTS 2050	DRAM 2120	MUSI 2040
Humanities
CLAS 1000	CMLT 2500	LAND 2510	RELI 1003
CLAS 1010	CMLT 2600	LAND 2520	RELI 1006
CLAS 1020	ENGL 2310	LING 2100	RELI(NAMS) 2004
CLAS(LING) 2010	ENGL 2320	PHIL 1000	RELI(AFAM) 2005
CMLT 2111	ENGL 2330	PHIL 1500	ROML 2550
CMLT 2210	ENGL 2340	PHIL 2200	RUSS 2050
CMLT 2212	ENGL 2400	PHIL 2400	SPCM 1100
CMLT 2220	GRMN 2300	RELI 1001	SPCM 1500
CMLT 2400	ITAL 2500	RELI 1002	Foreign language courses

Area D - Science, Mathematics, and Technology (10-11 hours)
PREFERRED COURSES: BIOL 1107-1107L, (CHEM 1211, CHEM 1211L), and PHYS 1111-1111L
Area D for Science Majors -- ten or eleven hours Select two courses from the four-hour science course list. Select one course from the mathematics, science, or technology course list.
Area D -- Four-hour science course with laboratory
ASTR 1010	CHEM 1211L	CSCI 1301-1301L	GEOL 1260-1260L
ASTR 1010L	CHEM 1212	ECOL 1000-1000L	MARS 1010-1010L
ASTR 1020	CHEM 1212L	GEOG 1111	MARS 1020-1020L
ASTR 1020L	CHEM 1411	GEOG 1111L	PBIO 1210
BIOL 1103	CHEM 1411L	GEOG 1112	PBIO 1210L
BIOL 1103L	CHEM 1412	GEOG 1112L	PBIO 1220
BIOL 1104	CHEM 1412L	GEOG 1113	PBIO 1220L
BIOL 1104L	CHEM 2100	GEOG 1113L	PHYS 1111-1111L
BIOL 1107-1107L	CHEM 2100L	GEOL 1121	PHYS 1112-1112L
BIOL 1108-1108L	CHEM 2211	GEOL 1121L	PHYS 1211-1211L
CHEM 1110	CHEM 2211L	GEOL 1122	PHYS 1212-1212L
CHEM 1110L	CHEM 2212	GEOL 1122L
CHEM 1211	CHEM 2212L	GEOL 1250-1250L

Area D -- Three or four-hour mathematics, science, or technology courses
BIOL 1108-1108L	MATH 1060	MATH 2260	STAT 2000
CHEM 1212	MATH 1113	PBIO 1220	STAT 2210
CHEM 1212L	MATH 2200	PBIO 1220L
CSCI 1100-1100L	MATH 2210	PHIL 2500
CSCI 1210	MATH 2210L	PHYS 1111-1111L
CSCI 1301-1301L	MATH 2250	PHYS 1112-1112L

Area E - Social Sciences (12 hours)
PREFERRED COURSE: One HIST course
Students will select four courses from at least two departments from the list below: (Students who have not met the Georgia and U.S. Constitution requirement by examination should enroll in POLS 1101.) (A passing grade on an examination on the history of the United States and Georgia is required to satisfy the United States and Georgia History Requirement for all persons receiving a baccalaureate degree from the University, unless exempted by one of the following courses: HIST 2111, HIST 2112. Examinations are given to freshmen during orientation and twice each semester by the History Department. Reexamination is permitted. Examination dates are announced in the Schedule of Classes.)
AAEC 2580	ECON 2200	HIST 2301	SOCI 1101
AFAM 2000	GEOG 1101	HIST 2302	SOCI(AFAM) 2020
ANTH 1102	GEOG 1103	HIST(AFST) 2501	SOCI 2600
ANTH(NAMS) 2310	GEOG 1125	HIST 2502	SOCI(AFAM) 2820
CLAS(ANTH) 2000	HIST 2051	HIST 2600	SPCM 1010
CLAS 2110	HIST(AFST) 2052	HIST 2701	WMST 1110
CLAS 2113	HIST 2111	HIST 2702	WMST 2010
ECON 2100	HIST 2112	LAND 1500
ECON 2105	HIST 2221	POLS 1101
ECON 2106	HIST 2222	PSYC 1101

Area F - Courses Related to Major (18 hours)
BIOL 1108-1108L CHEM 1212 CHEM 1212L CHEM 2211 CHEM 2211L MATH 2200 or MATH 2250 Foreign language *^Students are strongly urged to contact the Biology program or Franklin College advisors when selecting core courses.**

Entrance Requirements
Completion of Core Areas A-E.

Major Requirements
A baccalaureate degree program must require at least 21 semester hours of upper division courses in the major field and at least 39 semester hours of upper division work overall. Students in the Franklin College must earn a grade of "C" (2.0) or better in major required courses.
Required Courses - 31 hours
(Minimum grade of "C" (2.0) is required in all upper BIOL division courses.) BCMB(BIOL)(CHEM) 3100 or BCMB 4010/6010 CBIO(BIOL) 3300 or CBIO(BIOL) 3400 or PBIO(BIOL) 3600 ECOL(BIOL) 3500-3500L or GENE(BIOL) 3000 GENE(BIOL) 3200 *Organismal Biology* Choose one course from the following: (3-5 hours)
CBIO 3000-3000L		ENTO 3140-3140L
CBIO(PBIO) 4600/6600-4600L/6600L		ENTO 3650-3650L
ECOL 3260-3260L		ENTO 4000/6000-4000L/6000L
ECOL 4030/6030-4030L/6030L		FORS(ECOL) 3580-3580L
ECOL 4040/6040-4040L/6040L		MARS 3450-3450L
ECOL 4050/6050-4050L/6050L		MIBO 3510L^*
ECOL(GENE) 4060/6060-4060L/6060L		PATH(PBIO) 4200/6200-4200L/6200L
ECOL 4070/6070-4070L/6070L		PBIO 4650/6650-4650L/6650L
		^*Prerequisite: MIBO 3500
*Laboratory* Choose Option I or Option II from the following: Option I: (3-4 hours) Choose one course from the following:
BCMB 4030L/6030L		CBIO(BIOL) 3410L
BIOL 3110L		ECOL(BIOL) 3510
BIOL 3710L		GENE(BIOL) 3210L
BIOL 4960		GENE(BIOL) 4210L
BIOL(CBIO) 5050L/7050L		MIBO 4600L/6600L
Option II: (6-10 hours) Choose two courses from the following:
CBIO 3000-3000L		ENTO 4400/6400-4400L/6400L
CBIO(PBIO) 4600/6600-4600L/6600L		FORS(ECOL) 3580-3580L
ECOL 3260-3260L		MARS 3450-3450L
ECOL 4030/6030-4030L/6030L		MARS 4500/6500
ECOL 4040/6040-4040L/6040L		MARS(MIBO) 4620/6620-4620L/6620L
ECOL 4050/6050-4050L/6050L		MIBO 3510L
ECOL(GENE) 4060/6060-4060L/6060L		MIBO 4710L/6710L^*
ECOL 4070/6070-4070L/6070L		PATH(PBIO) 4200/6200-4200L/6200L
ECOL(FORS) 4310/6310-4310L/6310L		PBIO 3830-3830L
ENTO 3140-3140L		PBIO 4230/6230-4230L/6230L
ENTO 3650-3650L		PBIO 4650/6650-4650L/6650L
ENTO 4000/6000-4000L/6000L		^*Prerequisite: MIBO 3500
ENTO 4010/6010-4010L/6010L		^*Prerequisite: MIBO 4700/6700
Major Electives - 6-15 hours If Option I was selected, choose three courses (each course must be at least 3 credit hours) from the following courses at the 3000-level or above from two or more of the following departments below: OR If Option II was selected, choose two courses (each course must be at least 3 credit hours) from the following courses at the 3000-level or above from two or more of the following departments below: BIOL (any course 3000-level or higher except ENTO(EHSC)(BIOL)(ECOL)(LAND) 3590-3590L) BCMB (any course 3000-level or higher) CBIO (any course 3000-level or higher except PARA(CBIO) 3100) ECOL (any course 3000-level or higher except ECOL 3070, ECOL 3400, ECOL 3590, ECOL 4200, ECOL 4271, ECOL 4930, ECOL 4931, ECOL 4940, ECOL 4990, ECOL 4990H) ENTO 3140-3140L ENTO 3650-3650L ENTO 4000/6000-4000L/6000L ENTO 4010/6010-4010L/6010L BCMB(ENTO) 4200/6200 ANTH(BIOL)(ECOL)(ENTO)(PBIO) 4260/6260-4260L/6260L ECOL(ANTH)(BIOL)(PBIO)(ENTO)(FORS)(GEOG)(GEOL)(PATH) 4261 ENTO 4400/6400-4400L/6400L ENTO 4820/6820-4820L/6820L GENE (any course 3000-level or higher) MIBO (MIBO 3500 or higher) MARS 3450-3450L MARS 4200/6200 MARS(FORS) 4380/6380-4380L/6380L MARS 4500/6500 MARS(MIBO) 4620/6620-4620L/6620L MARS 4810/6810 MARS 4960 PBIO (any course 3000-level or higher except for [PBIO(AFST)(BIOL) 3450H,PBIO(BIOL) 3240L, HORT(ANTH)PBIO 3440]) PSYC 4120 PSYC 4130 PSYC 5750/7750 PSYC 5770/7770 PSYC 5850 VPHY 3100 ^* (BIOL 3900, BIOL 3900H, BIOL 4940 and all other readings, internships, and independent studies, not allowed in the major)
Other Requirements - 14-18 hours PHYS 1112-1112L One course from PHIL or RELI or a secnod Fine Arts (any level) Foreign language (through the third semester) Choose one course from the following: (CHEM 2212, CHEM 2212L) (MATH 2210, MATH 2210L) STAT 2000 General Electives - 5-15 hours (Refer to College-wide requirements when selecting general electives.) Upper division (0-9 hours) Any level (1-16 hours) Only four research hours can count toward the required hours in the major. (HORT(PBIO) 3440 can count here)
Total hours required 120 (This total does not include the 1-hour P.E. requirement)