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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 (75-80 credits) 1  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 Evolution 3
WIC   40600 Writing in the Biological Sciences 2 1
KBS CHEM 10060 General Chemistry I 4
KBS   10061 General Chemistry II 4
KAD   10062 General Chemistry I Laboratory 1
KBS   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)  
    30270 General Plant Biology (3)  
    30271 General Plant Biology Laboratory (1)  
    30274 Forestry (3)  
    30275 Local Flora (4)  
    30277 Economic Botany (2)  
    40162 Soil Biology (3)  
    40164 Molecular Systematics 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 3 (in consultation with advisor)  
  CHEM 20482

30482		 Basic Organic Chemistry II (2)
or
Organic Chemistry II (3)		  
    30475 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory (1)  
    30476 Organic Chemistry Laboratory II (1)  
KBS



 		 PHY 13001

13021

23101		 General College Physics I (4)
and
General College Physics Laboratory I (1)
or
General University Physics I (5)		  
    13002

13022

23102		 General College Physics II (4)
and
General College Physics Laboratory II (1)
or
General University Physics II (5)		  
III. ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (44-48 credits)  
Type Course Title Credits
  Foreign Language 4 8-10
  Kent Core Composition 6
  Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum once course from each) 9
  Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) 6
  General Electives (13 credit hours must be upper division)
Credits required depends on meeting minimum 120 credit hours and minimum 42 upper-division credit hours		 15
MINIMUM TOTAL  120


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

2 A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement.

3 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) [ELR]
         40191 Senior Seminar (1)
         40192 Internship in Biological Sciences (3-4) [ELR]
         40196 Individual Investigation (1-3) [ELR]

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
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
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

4 Fulfills College General Requirement

 

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