Dec 03, 2024

2024 Siena Heights University Catalog

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2024 Siena Heights University Catalog

Biology, B.S.

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Course Requirements for Major

Program Requirements: 35-36 Credit Hours

BIO 141 Basic Concepts Of The Cell 4 credit hours
BIO 241 Animal Biology 4 credit hours
BIO 242 Plant Biology 4 credit hours
BIO 342 Genetics 4 credit hours
BIO Approved Electives 15-16 credit hours (300-level or higher)
BIO 395 Junior Seminar I 1 credit hours
BIO 396 Junior Seminar II 1 credit hours
BIO 495 Senior Seminar I 1 credit hours
BIO 496 Senior Seminar II 1 credit hours

Cognate Requirements: 37 credit hours

CHE 141 General Chemistry I 4 credit hours
CHE 142 General Chemistry II 4 credit hours
CHE 241 Organic Chemistry I 4 credit hours
CHE 242 Organic Chemistry II 4 credit hours
MAT 159 Precalculus 4 credit hours
or
MAT 181 Calculus With Analytic Geometry I 4 credit hours
MAT 174 Data Analysis And Statistics 3 credit hours
MAT 244 Statistical Analysis And Design 3 credit hours
PHY 141 General Physics I (Non-Calculus Based) 4 credit hours
or
PHY 161 Physics I (Calculus Based) 4 credit hours
PHY 142 General Physics II (Non-Calculus Based) 4 credit hours
or
PHY 162 Physics II (Calculus Based) 4 credit hours
TSD 101 Fundamentals Of Speech Communication 3 credit hours

Total for Major: 72-73 Credit Hours

Liberal Arts: 28 Credit Hours

General Electives: 19-20 Credit Hours

Total for Degree: 120 Credit Hours

Other Requirements

Approved Biology electives must be at the 300-level or higher.
Students majoring in Biology must maintain a 2.1 g.p.a. in all required courses (excluding cognate requirements) in the major.
Biology majors must complete a 16-hour residency at Siena Heights. 12 credit hours of this 16-hour residency requirement must be fulfilled by Siena Heights biology courses at the 300-level or higher, and the Junior and Senior Seminar series (BIO 395 /BIO 396 /BIO 495 /BIO 496 ).
Students who are seeking teacher certification must take BIO 441 or BIO 443 as one of the four required Biology electives.
Students seeking teacher certification must also complete the appropriate science methods course: NSC 373 Science Methods from the Professional Education Sequence.
Students seeking secondary certification in teaching must also take NSC 110 Earth Science .
See Certification Pathway for all Education Certification requirements.

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