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Curriculum in Biological Sciences

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

Integrative Biology Concentration

(see footnotes at bottom)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

††GBIO 151G General Biology I 3 hours
††BIOL 152 General Biology Laboratory I 1 hour
ENGL 101G Freshman Composition 3 hours
LS 102 Introduction to Information Research 1 hour
††MATH 1611,G College Algebra 3 hours
Foreign
Language 101 		SPAN 101, FREN 101, ITAL 101, LAT 101, or GERM 101 3 hours
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2 hours
  Total: 16 hours

 

Second Semester

††GBIO 153G General Biology II 3 hours
††BIOL 154 General Biology Laboratory II 1 hour
††CHEM 121G General Chemistry I for Science Majors 3 hours
CLAB 123 General Chemistry Laboratory I for Science Majors 1 hour
MATH 1621,G Plane Trigonometry 3 hours
ENGL 102G Critical Reading and Writing 3 hours
Foreign
Language 102 		SPAN 102, FREN 102, ITAL 102, LAT 102, or GERM 102 3 hours
  Total: 17 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

CHEM 122 General Chemistry II for Science Majors 3 hours
CLAB 124 General Chemistry Laboratory II for Science Majors 1 hour
††MIC 205 General Microbiology 3 hours
††MICL 207 General Microbiology Laboratory 1 hour
ENGL 230, or
ENGL 231, or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3 hours
Foreign
Language 201 		SPAN 201, FREN 201, ITAL 201, LAT 201, or GERM 201 3 hours
MATH 1631 Calculus for the Biological, Business and Social Sciences 3 hours
  Total: 17 hours

 

Second Semester

COMM 211G Introduction to Public Speaking 3 hours
CHEM 265 and 
CLAB 2675 or
CHEM 261 and 
CLAB 263 		General Organic Chemistry I
General Organic Chemistry Laboratory I
Survey of Organic Chemistry
Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory		 4 hours
††GBIO 200 Cell Biology 3 hours
††GBIO 241 The Profession of Biology or Getting What You Came For 1 hour
Foreign
Language 202 		SPAN 202, FREN 202, ITAL 202, LAT 202, or GERM 202 3 hours
  Total: 14 hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††GBIO 341 Professional Aspects of Biology 1 hour
††GBIO 312 Genetics 3 hours
ENGL 322 Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing 3 hours
CHEM 266 and 
CLAB 2686 or
CHEM 281 and
CLAB 283 		General Organic Chemistry II
General Organic Chemistry Laboratory II
Survey of Biochemistry
Survey of Biochemistry Laboratory		 4 hours
PHYS 191 General Physics 3 hours
PLAB 193 General Physics Laboratory 1 hour
  Total: 15 hours

 

Second Semester

††Concentration
Elective2		   4 hours
††GBIO 395 or
GBIO 405 		General Ecology
Evolutionary Biology		 4 hours
††Concentration
Elective2		   4 hours
PHYS 192 General Physics 3 hours
PLAB 194 General Physics Laboratory                                    1 hour
  Total: 16 hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Social Science
Elective4,G		   3 hours
††Concentration
Elective2		   4 hours
Arts
Elective3,G		   3 hours
Elective   1 hour
††GBIO 441 Biology Seminar                                               1 hours
  Total: 12 hours

 

 

Second Semester

††Concentration
Elective2		   4 hours
Elective   3 hours
Social Science
Elective4,G		   3 hours
History
ElectiveG		                                                                  3 hours
  Total: 13 hours

 

Total semester hours required 120

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

GGeneral Education Courses

††A grade of "C" or better is required in these courses.
Computer literacy is required prior to graduation; students are to contact their advisor for requirements.
1Mathematics 165 and 200 (8 credit hours) may be taken in place of Mathematics 161, 162, and 163. Students who take MATH 165 and 200 are required to take one additional elective hour.
2Courses for the Integrative Biology Concentration (minimum 20 credit hours required) selected from the following groups in consultation with advisor.
Group A – (minimum one course required). Students in the Integrative Biology Concentration must take either GBIO 395 or GBIO 405. (Note: Biology majors taking GBIO 395 must additionally be concurrently registered in GBIO 397).
Group B – Concentration Electives (minimum 11 credit hours) – BOT 205, 347, 401, 426, 427, 429, 433, 458, 481, 482, GBIO 281, 314, 377, 395, 397, 404, 405, 406, 407, 410, 418, 439, 442, 481, 485, 492, 495, HORT 301, 315, 320, 328, 412, 424, 426, 428, MIC 313, 325, 423, 436, 438, 457, 460, 461, 463, 465, ZOO 301, 302, 331, 332, 352, 392, 409, 428, 438, 453, 455, 456, 457, 458, 465, 470, 471, 475, 483, 488, 499. The following courses require PRIOR approval of the advisor and department head: GBIO 409, Internship 1-3 hrs (3 hrs max); GBIO 450 Research Problems, 1-4 hrs (4 hrs max); GBIO 493, Special Topics, 2-4 hrs. A Maximum of 4 credit hrs may be earned from the following courses: CHEM 281, 481, 482, CLAB 283, 485, 486. NOTE: If CHEM 281/283 is taken to fulfill Chemistry requirements, then it may not be used for elective requirements.
3Courses can be taken in music, art, dance, or theatre.
4Courses can be selected in economics, geography, anthropology, political science, psychology, or sociology.
5Students planning on attending medical or dental school should take Chemistry 265/267 and Chemistry 266/268.