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Nov 24, 2024
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ARCHIVED 2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Biology, BS
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Total number of hours for the Program: 120.
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Major Requirements
The major requires 47 hours of core courses, including: Senior Research, three hours, at the senior level (choose from BIOL 480, 495, 498 and 499) and 25 hours of a concentration.
Concentrations:
Concentration (25 hours) selected from one of the following:
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Guided Electives (15 hours).
May include two non-biology courses:
- One elective from the Ecology and Evolution set
- One elective from the Organismal Biology set
- One elective from the Cell and Molecular Biology set
- Electives chosen from any course set sufficient to bring the total for the concentration to 25 hours.
Guided Electives (15 hours).
May include two non-biology courses:
- One Elective from the Ecology and Evolution set
- One elective from the Organismal Biology set
- One elective from the Cell and Molecular Biology set
- Electives chosen from any course set sufficient to bring the total for the concentration to 25 hours.
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Guided Electives (15 hours)
May include two non-biology courses:
- One elective from the Ecology and Evolution set
- One elective from the Organismal Biology set
- One elective from the Cell and Molecular Biology set
- Electives chosen from any course set sufficient to bring the total for the concentration to 25 hours.
Guided Electives (15 hours)
May include two non-biology courses:
- One elective from the Ecology and Evolution set
- One elective from the Organismal Biology set
- One elective from the Cell and Molecular Biology set
- Electives chosen from any course set sufficient to bring the total for the concentration to 25 hours.
General Electives
General Electives include 6-15 hours (depending on the hours taken for Liberal Studies that also count in the major.) Six hours general electives at the 300/400 (junior/senior) level are required to complete the program for each of the concentrations offered. Students must take at least 30 hours of all courses at the 300/400 level (junior-senior) level at WCU to satisfy general university requirements.
Biology Elective Course Sets
Cell and Molecular Biology Elective Set
Ecology and Evolution Elective Set
Organismal Biology Elective
General Biology Elective Set
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