This year’s Natural Sciences Course Offerings are now available in the 2023-24 Course Catalog. View the catalog in full and advance to page 127 to view the Natural Sciences courses with full descriptions. There you can also find out which semesters they are offered and how many credit hours they are worth
BIOLOGY MAJOR
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
LIBERAL ARTS CORE
Communication Skills
EN 101, 102 (Freshman Composition) 6 hrs.
CM 130 (Intro to Communication) 3 hrs.
Humanities
Literature 3 hrs.
Humanities/Philosophy/Film/
Theater/Foreign Language/Literature 3 hrs.
Social and Behavioral Science
History 3 hrs.
PY 210 (General Psychology) 3 hrs.
Natural Science/Mathematical Reasoning
BIO 111 (Biology I) 3 hrs.
BIO 111L (Biology I Lab) 1 hr.
MA 200 (Statistics) 3 hrs.
Christian Ministries
ECF 111 (Christian Living) 3 hrs.
ECF 200 (Gospel of John) 3 hrs.
ECF 212 (Practical Christianity) 3 hrs.
TH 237 (Christian Ethics) 3 hrs.
Physical Wellness
PE 105 (Total Fitness) 1 hr.
ECF 101 (Foundations) 2 hrs.
Total 43 hrs.
MAJOR LOWER AND UPPER-LEVEL COURSES
Mathematics
MA 175 (Pre-Calculus) 4 hrs.
Natural Sciences
BIO 112 (Biology II) 3 hrs.
BIO 112L (Biology II Lab) 1 hr.
CHM 220 (General Chemistry I) 3 hrs.
CHM 220L (General Chemistry I Lab) 1 hr.
CHM 221 (General Chemistry II) 3 hrs.
CHM 221L (General Chemistry II Lab) 1 hr.
SC 240 (Physics I) 4 hrs.
SC 250 (Scientific Literature) 1 hr.
SC 320 (Organic Chemistry I) 4 hrs.
SC 330, 331 (Anatomy/Physiology I & II) 8 hrs.
SC 333 (Molecular Genetics) 4 hrs.
SC 340 (Microbiology) 4 hrs.
SC 351 (Intro to Research) 2 hrs.
SC 352 (Directed Research) 2 hrs.
SC 420, 421 (Biochemistry I & II) 7 hrs.
Science Electives 11 hrs.
Electives
Mathematics, education*, psychology 16 hrs.
TOTAL 122 hrs.