Degree Requirements

(BIOL/BIOP Options)

Fall Year 1	Credit hours
ENG 1230/1270 Composition I	3
MATH 1200 (w/1MATH 1195) – College Algebra	3 or 5
CHEM 1400 and 1410 – General Chemistry I w/lab	4
BIOL 1701 – Introduction to Biology Lecture & Lab	4
Total	14 or 17

Spring Year 1	Credit hours
BIOL 1600 – Intro to Biology Professions	1
ENG 1240/1280 – Composition Il	3
MATH 1210 – Algebra and Trig	3
CHEM 1450 and 1460 – General Chemistry II w/lab	4
BIOL 1702 – Introduction to Biology Lecture and Lab	4
Total	15

Fall Year 2	Credit hours
Foreign Language	3
MATH 1410 or 1415 – Calculus	4
CHEM 2400 and 2410 – Organic chemistry I w/lab	4
Oral Communication	3
Total	14

Spring Year 2	Credit hours
General Elective 2000 level or higher	3
MATH 1600 – Basic Probability and Statistics	4
CHEM 2450 and 2460 – Organic chemistry II w/lab	4
BIOL 2400 – Scientific Inquiry	3
Total	16

Fall Year 3	Credit hours
PHYS 1510 – General Physics I	4
BIOL 3040 – Genetics	4
Fine Arts Elective	3
Social Science Elective I	3
BIOL/Elective 2000 level or higher	3
Total	17

Spring Year 3	Credit hours
PHYS 1520 – General Physics II	4
BIOL 3051 – Cell Biology	4
Humanities Elective	3
Social Science Elective II	3

Total	14

Fall Year 4	Credit hours
BIOL 3072 – Ecology	4
BIOL elective – 3000 level or higher	4
BIOL elective – 4000 level or higher	4
Social Science Elective III	3
Total	15

Spring Year 4	Credit hours
BIOL 4801 - Capstone	4
BIOL elective – 3000 level or higher	4
BIOL elective – 4000 level or higher	4
BIOL/General Elective 2000 level or higher	5
Total	17

Total Degree Credit Hours 120

Biology-PreMed (BIOP Option)

Fall Year 1	Credit hours
ENG 1230/1270 – Composition I	3
MATH 1200 – College Algebra	3
CMAT - Oral Communication	3
Humanities Elective I	3
BIOL 1600 – Intro to Biology Professions	1
Total	13

Spring Year 1	Credit hours
ENG 1240/1280 – Composition Il	3
MATH 1210 – Algebra and Trig	3
Fine Arts Elective	3
BIOL 1701 – Intro to Biology I	4
Total	13

Fall Year 2	Credit hours
Foreign Language I (summer)	3
Foreign Language I (summer)	4
CHEM 1400 and 1410 – General Chemistry I w/lab	4
Social Science Elective I	3
BIOL 1702 – Intro to Biology II	4
Total	18

Spring Year 2	Credit hours
MATH 1600 – Basic Probability and Statistics	3
CHEM 1450 and 1460 – General Chemistry II w/lab	4
Humanities Elective II	3
BIOL 2400 – Scientific inquiry in Biology	3
Total	13

Fall Year 3	Credit hours
PHYS 1510 – General Physics I	4
CHEM 2400 and 2410 – Organic chemistry I w/lab	4
BIOL 3040 – Genetics	4
ZOOL 2050 - Anatomy	4
Total	16

Spring Year 3	Credit hours
PHYS 1520 – General Physics II	4
CHEM 2450 and 2460 – Organic chemistry II w/lab	4
BIOL 3051 – Cell Biology	4
PSLY 2040 – Human Physiology	4

Total	16

Fall Year 4	Credit hours
CHEM 2450 and 2460 – Organic chemistry II w/lab	4
PSLY 4330 - Physiology	4
CHEM 4303 and 4304 - Biochemistry	4
Social Science Elective II	3
BIOL/General Elective 2000 or higher	1
Total	16

Spring Year 4	Credit hours
BIOL 4801 - Capstone	4
BIOL elective – 3000 level or higher	4
BIOL elective – 4000 level or higher	4
Social Science Elective III	4
Total	16

Total Degree Credit Hours 120

Secondary Teaching (BIOT Option )

Fall Year 1	Credit hours
ENG 1230/1270 – Composition I	3
MATH 1200 – College Algebra	3
CHEM 1400 and 1410 – General Chemistry I w/lab	4
BIOL 1701 – Intro to Biology I	4
BIOL 1600 – Intro to Biology Professions	1
Total	15

Spring Year 1	Credit hours
ENG 1240/1280 – Composition Il	3
CMAT - Oral Communication	3
MATH 1210 – Algebra and Trig	3
CHEM 1450 and 1460 – General Chemistry II w/lab	4
BIOL 1702 – Intro to Biology II	4
Total	17

Fall Year 2	Credit hours
Foreign Language I	3
CHEM 2400 and 2410 – Organic chemistry I w/lab	4
PhS 1140 or GEOG 1400 – Earth & Space Science	4
BIOL 2400 – Scientific inquiry in Biology	3
Total	13

Spring Year 2	Credit hours
CHEM 2400 and 2410 – Organic chemistry I w/lab	3
ED 2000 – History Philosophy Education (10 f hr)	3
Soc Sci Elective I – PSYC 1100 Intro to Psychology	3
Fine Arts Elective	3
BIOL 2xxx – elective suggest physiology, zoology, or botany	4
Total	16

Fall Year 3	Credit hours
PHYS 1510 – General Physics I	4
BIOL 3040 – Genetics	4
SED 4301 – Characteristics of Exceptional Child (15 f hr)	3
Soc Sci Elective II – PSYC 2040 Psy Child Adolescent	3
BIOL 4715 – Readings in Sci Ed (or CAS 4000)	1
Apply to COE
Total	15

Spring Year 3	Credit hours
PHYS 1520 – General Physics II	4
BIOL 3051 – Cell Biology	4
Humanities Elective I	3
Biol elective –3000/4000 with lab	4
ED 4500 (10 -25 f hr) Princ. Prac. Sec.Teach or BIOL 4725, **-BIOL PCK	2-3
Total	17-18

Fall Year 4	Credit hours
BIOL 3072 – Ecology	4
BIOL 4630*** – Methods Teaching Biology (45 f hr)	3
Social Science Elective III	3
SED 4303 – Teaching Children w/ Except Needs (15 f hr)	2
Humanities Elective II	3
BIOL 1092 – Content Exam Review (optional; 1 cr hr)
Total	15

Spring Year 4	Credit hours
BIOL elective – 3000/4000 level if needed	4
PSYC 2020 Educational Psych (10 f hr)	3
READ 4100– Content Reading Middle/Sec School	2
BIL 4005* – Teach Eng Lang (20 f hr) or ENG 4366*	3
Take IL Content Exam
Total	12

Fall Year 5	Credit hours
BIOL 4750 – Student Teaching (Capstone)	6

Total Degree Credit Hours 126

TOTAL Classroom Field Hrs before Student Teaching 100-125