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    • General Education Requirements

    Credit Hours
    ENC 1101
    Freshman English I*
    3
    ENC 1102
    Freshman English II*
    3
    SPC 2608
    Fundamentals of Speech Communication
    3

    Humanities (6 Credit Hours)
     
     
    Core Humanities Course*
    3
     
    Core or elective Humanities Course*
    3

    Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 Credit Hours)
     
    POS 1041
    American National Government
    3
     
    Core or elective Social and Behavioral Science
    3

    Science (7-8 Credit Hours)
     
    BSC 1010C#
    General Biology I
    4
    BSC 1011C#
    General Biology II
    4

    Mathematics (6-8 Credit Hours)
     
    MAC 1105#
    College Algebra
    3
    MAC 1114#
    Trigonometry
    3
     

    Other Courses and Electives
    CGS 1100C
    Introduction to Microcomputers
    3
    CHM 2045C#
    General Chemistry I
    4
    CHM 2046C#
    General Chemistry II
    4
    CHM 2210C#
    Organic Chemistry I (or PHY 2053# or PHY 2048C#)
    5
    CHM 2211C#
    Organic Chemistry II (or PHY 2054# or PHY 2049C#)
    5
    MAC 1140#
    Pre-Calculus
    3
    MAC 2311#
    Calculus I
    4
    MAC 2312#
    Calculus II or STA 2023
    4/3
    SLS 1106
    First-Year Experience Seminar
    1
    *A minimum grade of C is required in this course.
    ** # Common Program Prerequisite and required course for a university major. A minimum grade of C is required.
    		  
    • 15 credit hours of course work must be completed at SFSC.
    • You must meet a foreign language requirement in one of three ways: two years of foreign language in high school; two semesters of foreign language in college; or passing a College Level Examination Program (CLEP) exam in a foreign language.
    		  
    Program Degree Total Hours
    60

    Other Considerations

    Students may take PHY 2053C and PHY 2054C, or PHY 2048C and PHY 2049C instead of CHM 2210C and CHM 2211C.

    For the major of Biotechnology students will need both CHM 2210C/2211C and PHY 2053C/PHY2054C or PHY2048C/2049C

    For the major of Biotechnology, STA 2023 is required, not MAC 2312.

    For the major of Microbiology/Bacteriology, either MAC 2312 or STA 2023 is required.

    Students may complete MAC 1147 instead of MAC 1114 and MAC 1140 if they completed MAC 1105 with a grade of B or higher.

    The prerequisites for this major exceeds 60 credit hours.  Students may incur excess hours and may not be eligible for additional financial aid.

    Employment

    After earning a bachelor’s degree in biology at a four-year university, graduates may find employment as :

    • Marine or aquatic biologist
    • Educator
    • Ecologist
    • Biostatistician
    • Horticulturist
    • Biotechnologist