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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biology, BA


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Program Code: 208A
CIP Code: 26.0101

General Education Requirements (44 Hours)


CHE 1101 -CHE 1110  and CHE 1102 -CHE 1120  fulfill the Science Inquiry. MAT 1110  fulfills the Quantitative Literacy requirement.

Language Requirements (6-12 Hours)


Completion of 6 semester hours at the *intermediate level or higher

Note: Language courses 1010 & 1020 or 1030 are prerequisites for *intermediate level courses.

Language courses 1050 or 1060 may be used in General Education Liberal Studies Experience.

Major Requirements (53 Hours)


Not including 12 semester hours already counted in General Education Requirements, above

2. 0 major GPA is required for graduation. Major GPA calculation will include all courses taken in the major department, plus any other courses under Major Requirements. Minimum of 18 semester hours of courses taken to fulfill major requirements must be courses offered by Appalachian. No more than 46 semester hours of biology courses may be counted toward the BA Degree.

Biology Core Requirements (8 Hours)


Must be completed before taking any other biology courses

Required Biology Course (9 Hours)


Pre: BIO 1801  & BIO 1802  required for all additional BIO courses

Additional Required Biology Courses


Choose 17 semester hours in courses numbered 2000 and above. (Pre: BIO 1801  & BIO 1801  for all BIO courses)

At least one course must be Junior Writing [WID] course. One course must be selected from each of the following areas:

(Any course used to meet a requirement above may not be used to meet a requirement here.)

Required Cognate Courses (31 Hours)


Minor Required (12-21 Hours)


Minimum of 9 semester hours of courses taken to fulfill minor requirements must be courses offered by Appalachian.

Electives (4-13 Hours)


Taken to total 128 hours for the degree

2 semester hours of free electives must be outside the major discipline.

Total Required (128 Hours)


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