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2020 - 2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2020 - 2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Biology, BA


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General Education Requirements


Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

Basic College Mathematics

Reading Comprehension

General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

FYS

First Year Seminar (Required of all freshmen and transfers with fewer than 15 transfer credits) 3 credits

W-I

Written Communication Level I 3 credits

OC

Oral Communication 3 credits
PGR Personal Growth and Responsibility 3 credits
CEA Creative Expression and Appreciation 3 credits
HP The Human Past 3 credits
CS Contemporary Society 3 credits
WC World Cultures 3 credits
#SR Scientific Reasoning Laboratory Course 4 credits
Any Scientific Reasoning Course 3-4 credits
QR Quantitative Reasoning 3 credits

  Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

W-II Written Communication - Level II
W-III Written Communication - Level III
DPDS Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply. The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

 

Courses in Major (42-45 credits total)


Required (36-37 credits)


Biology Capstone Courses


† Biology Electives (6-8 Credits)


  • BIO  ____ ______________________
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♥ Required Math Support Courses (3-4 credits)


♥ Required Chemistry Support Courses (12 Credits)


Foreign Language (12 credits total)


  • ____ 101   Foreign Language -  Level I
  • ____ 102   Foreign Language -  Level II
  • ____ 201   Foreign Language  - Level III
  • ____ 202   Foreign Language  - Level IV

 

¶► Free Electives (12 credits minimum)


May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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∞ Minor (Optional):


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Additional Information and Notes


+ One Biology elective must be chosen from each group (Population/Ecosystems, Organismal/Physiology, Cellilar/Molecular) and then any two more 300-400 level electives.  At least two of these must have a lab.

† Free Electives can be any course, including Biology ones, offered by Salem State university.

φ  Capstone Elective can include certain courses (BIO300 Botany, BIO313 Molecular Biology, BIO323 Fish Biology, BIO325 Behavioral Ecology, BIO345 Introduction to Aquaculture, BIO407 Directed Study, BIO408 Research in Biology, BIO416 Biology Internship), independent studies, internships, study abroad, service learning and   other courses – approval required by the chairperson of Biology.

ωThe Portfolio Seminar is a 1-credit hybrid class where students reflect on their capstone experience and that ensures all portfolio requirements are met.
∞  It is recommended that students complete CHE213 and earn a Chemisty minor.

►B.A. Biology majors are strongly urged to elect a Computer Science course and one year of Physics.

 

Total credits for graduation: 120


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