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Biology, B.S.


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Major Requirements


The major requires 47 hours of core courses, including:

Senior Research, 3 hours, at the senior level (choose from BIOL 480, 493, 495, 498 and 499) and 25 hours of a concentation.

Concentration:


Concentration (25 hours) selected from one of the following:

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology


Electives


May include two non-biology courses:

  • Two electives from the Ecology and Evolution set
  • One elective from the Organismal Biology set
  • One elective from the Cell and Molecular Biology set
  • One elective from either the Conservation Biology or Biotechnology set

General Biology


Electives


At least one elective from each set (Cell and Molecular Biology, Organismal Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Biotechnology, and Conservation Biology) for a total of 25 hours (may include two non-biology courses).

Electives


May include two non-biology courses:

  • Two electives from the Cell and Molecular Biology set
  • One elective from the Biotechnology set
  • Two electives from two of the following three sets: 
  1. Organismal Biology
  2. Ecology and Evoluationary Biology, or
  3. Conservation Biology 

Electives


May include two non-biology courses:

  • One elective from the Cell and Molecular Biology set
  • One elective from the Biotechnology set
  • Two electives from the Organismal Biology set
  • One elective from either the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, or Conservation Biology set

General Electives


General electives (6 hours) at the 300/400 level) are required to complete the program.

Course Sets


Additional Information


Students must take at least 32 hours of the courses at the junior-senior level at WCU in order to satisfy general university degree requirements.

Visit the department’s website at http://www.wcu.edu/as/biology/ to view the 8 semester curriculum guide.

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