Botany - B.S. Program Requirements

• Botany semester-by-semester Roadmap

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity and writing-intensive requirements.

I.	DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE  (1 credit)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	US	10097	Destination Kent State: First Year Experience	1
II.	MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (75 credits)*  Courses count in major GPA
Type	Course		Title	Credits
KBS	BSCI	10110	Biological Diversity	4
KAD		10120	Biological Foundations	4
		30156	Elements of Genetics	3
		40163	Organic Evolution	3
WIC		40600	Writing in the Biological Sciences**	1
KBS	CHEM	10060	General Chemistry I	4
KBS		10061	General Chemistry II	4
KBS		10062	General Chemistry I Laboratory	1
		10063	General Chemistry II Laboratory	1
		20481 30481	Basic Organic Chemistry I (4) or Organic Chemistry I (3)	3-4
KMC	MATH	12002	Analytic Geometry and Calculus I	5
		12003 30011	Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (5) or Basic Probability and Statistics (3)	3-5
	Choose from the following:			1-3
	CHEM	20482	Basic Organic Chemistry II (2)
		30475	Organic Chemistry Laboratory I (1)
		30482	Organic Chemistry II (3)
	Choose from the following:Botany Core Course			12
	BSCI	30267	Plant Physiology (4)
		30274	Forestry (3)
		30275	Local Flora (4)
		30277	Economic Botany (2)
		40164	Molecular Systematic and Phylogenetics (4)
		40272	Plant Anatomy (4)
		40277	Morphology of Lower Plants (4)
	Choose from the following: BSCI and/or CHEM and/or PHY			26
	BSCI	Biology courses*** (in consultation with advisor)
	CHEM	20482 30482	Basic Organic Chemistry II (2) or Organic Chemistry II (3)
		30482	Organic Chemistry II (3)
		30475	Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (1)
		30476	Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1)
	PHY	13001 13021 23101	General college Physics I (4) and General College Physics Laboratory I (1) or General University Physics I (5)
		13002 13022 23012	General College Physics II (4) and General College Physics Laboratory II (1) or General University Physics II (5)
III.	ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (45 credits)
Type	Course		Title	Credits
	Foreign Language****			8-10
	Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories)			2
	Kent Core Composition			6-8
	Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum once course from each)			9
	Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines)			6
	General Electives (upper division) Credits required depends on meeting minimum 121 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours			14
MINIMUM TOTAL				121

* All courses taken from the list of major program requirements are used in the calculation of the major GPA.

** A minimum C (2.0) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

*** Must choose any one of the following:
Maximum 6 credit hours of any combination of the following may be used to fulfilling this elective (enrollment in these course must be determined with a faculty advisor):
BSCI 30005 Career Pathways in Biology (1)
         40099 Senior Honors Thesis (1-3)
         40191 Senior Seminar (1)
         40192 Internship in Biological Sciences (3-6)
         40196 Individual Investigation (1-3)

The following Biological Sciences (BSCI) courses may NOT be used in the elective
category for majors or minors in the Department of Biological Sciences:

10001		Human Biology		3
10002		Life on Planet Earth		3
10003		Laboratory Experience in Biology		1
10010		Lake Erie Environmental Science		3
10100		Anatomy for Veterinary Technicians		5
11001		Anatomy for Physical and Occupational Therapy		5
11010		Anatomy and Physiology I for Allied Health		3
11020		Anatomy and Physiology II for Allied Health		3
16001		Horticultural Botany		3
20001		Zoological Foundations of Medicine		4
20020		Biological Structure and Function		5
20021		Basic Microbiology		3
20022		Basic Microbiology Laboratory		1
26002		Ecological Principles of Pest Management		3
26003		Plant Identification and Selection I		3
26004		Plant Identification and Selection II		3
30050		Human Genetics		3
40020		Biology of Aging		3

**** Fulfills College General Requirement

 

Chem 20482 or 30482 may be substituted with chem 30284 Introductory Biological Chemistry with Faculty advisor approval.