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Life Science/Chemistry - B.S.E. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; 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, writing-intensive and the experiential learning 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 (60 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Type Course Title Credits
KBS BSCI 10110 Biological Diversity 4
KAD   10120 Biological Foundations 4
    30140 Cell Biology 4
    30156 Elements of Genetics 3
    30360 General Ecology 4
    40163 Organic Evolution 3
KBS CHEM 10060 General Chemistry I 4
KBS   10061 General Chemistry II 4
KBS   10062 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1
KBS   10063 General Chemistry II Laboratory 1
    20481 Basic Organic Chemistry I 4
    30105 Analytical Chemistry I 3
    30284 Introduction to Biological Chemistry 4
    30301 Inorganic Chemistry I 2
    30475 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory 1
KBS GEOL 11040 Earth Dynamics 3
KBS   11041 Earth Dynamics Laboratory 1
KBS PHY 13001 General College Physics I 4
KBS   13002 General College Physics II 4
KBS   13021 General College Physics Laboratory I 1
KBS   13022 General College Physics Laboratory II 1
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (74 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
WIC ADED 32142 Principles of Teaching Adolescents* 3
    32277 Teaching Science in Secondary Schools* 3
    42277 Topics in Secondary School Science* 3
ELR   42292 Field Work Practicum* 3
ELR   42357 Student Teaching* 9
    49525 Inquiry into the Profession* 3
  CI 47330 Reading and Writing in Adolescent/Adulthood* 3
  CULT 29535 Education in a Democratic Society* 3
  EPSY 29525 Educational Psychology* 3
  ITEC 19525 Educational Technology* 3
KMC MATH 11010 Algebra for Calculus 3
KMC
  11022 Trigonometry 3
KAD   12002 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I 5
    10041

30011		 Elementary Probability and Statistics (3)
or
Basic Probability and Statistics (3)		 3
KHU
DG		 PHIL 11001 Introduction to Philosophy 3
KSS
DD		 PSYC 11762 General Psychology 3
KSS
DD		 SOC 12050 Introduction to Sociology 3
DD SPED 23000 Introduction to Exceptionalities 3
  Kent Core Composition 6-8
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one from each) 6
MINIMUM TOTAL 135

*A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned. A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned in ADED 32142 to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.