Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022

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Biology, Secondary Education Track UTeach, B.S.

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Requirement

Core Areas A, B, C, D, & E: 42 Hours

Core Curriculum

Specific core curriculum requirements for the B.S. in Biology are:

MATH 1113 - Precalculus 3.0 - 4.0 Credit Hours required under Area A
Two lab sciences required under Area D, which may not overlap in course number or content with courses taken elsewhere in the degree program.

Electives: 1-6 Hours

Total: 120 Hours

¹ See Subtopic Biology Courses below.

Subtopic Biology Courses

Courses that meet the subdiscipline requirements are compiled in Table A.

Table A

Courses that meet the Requirement

Sub-Discipline

Organismal Requirement

BIOL 3221 - Taxonomy of Flowering Plants and Ferns 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 3223 - Vascular Plants 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 3226 - Natural History of Vertebrates 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 3231 - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 3232 - Vertebrate Evolution 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 4241 - Entomology 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 4242 - Invertebrate Zoology 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 4245 - Ichthyology 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 4441 - Animal Behavior 4 Credit Hours

Prokaryotic Requirement

BIOL 3310 - Microbiology 4 Credit Hours

Ecological/Evolutionary Requirement

BIOL 3135 - Ecology 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 3242 - Evolution 4 Credit Hours

Physiological Requirement

BIOL 3513 - Human Physiology 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 4539 - Comparative Physiology 3 Credit Hours

Cell and Molecular Requirement

BIOL 3134 - Cell and Molecular Biology 4 Credit Hours

Clinical Requirement

BIOL 3621 - Genetics and Medical Genetics 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 3526 - Vertebrate Histology 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 4315 - Bacterial Genetics 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 4325 - Advanced Medical Microbiology 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 4727 - Essentials of Immunology 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 4728 - Bacterial Pathogenesis 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 4730 - Emerging Pathogens 4 Credit Hours
BIOL 4731 - Introduction to Toxicology 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 4732 - Biology of Aging 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 4734 - Neuroscience 3 Credit Hours

Chemical Requirement

BIOL 4503 - Biological Perspectives: Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 3422 - Organic Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours
CHEM 3422L - Organic Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
CHEM 3310K - Analytical Chemistry 4 Credit Hours
CHEM 4711 - Biochemistry 3 Credit Hours

Note:

* Lab not required for Secondary Education Track

Course Pre-requisite Information

Note 1:

Unless otherwise noted in the course description, the prerequisites for all upper division courses are equivalent to either of the following two combinations of courses including the minimum grade designations.

Combination A is:

BIOL 2107 - Principles of Biology I for Biology Majors 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 2107L - Principles of Biology I Lab for Biology Majors 1 Credit Hours
BIOL 2108 - Principles of Biology II for Biology Majors 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 2108L - Principles of Biology II Lab for Biology Majors 1 Credit Hours
CHEM 1211K - Principles of Chemistry I and Lab 4 Credit Hours
CHEM 1212K - Principles of Chemistry II and Lab 4 Credit Hours
A minimum grade of C is required for every BIOL course of Combination A.

Combination B is:

BIOL 1107 - Principles of Biology I 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 1107L - Principles of Biology I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
BIOL 1108 - Principles of Biology II 3 Credit Hours
BIOL 1108L - Principles of Biology II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
CHEM 1211K - Principles of Chemistry I and Lab 4 Credit Hours
CHEM 1212K - Principles of Chemistry II and Lab 4 Credit Hours
The minimum aggregate GPA for Combination B is 2.5.

Note 2:

Biology Majors should complete Combination A unless transferring the equivalent of BIOL 1107 or BIOL 1108 from another major or from another institution.