University Catalog

Curriculum in Biological Sciences
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science
Business Concentration

FIRST YEAR

First Semester

††GBIO 151G	General Biology I	3	hours
††BIOL 152	General Biology Laboratory I	1	hour
ENGL 101 or ENGL 101HG	Freshman Composition Freshman Composition Honors	3	hours
LS 102	Introduction to Information Research	1	hour
*MATH 151 or MATH 1611,G	College Algebra with Fundamentals 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 102 or ENGL 102HG	Critical Reading and Writing Critical Reading and Writing Honors	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
††GBIO 241	The Profession of Biology or Getting What You Came For	1	hour
MATH 1631	Applied Calculus	3	hours
	Total:	15	hours

 
Second Semester

COMM 211G	Introduction to Pubic Speaking	3	hours
CHEM/CLAB  261/2635	Survey of Organic Chemistry Survey of Organic Chemistry Laboratory	4	hours
††GBIO 200	Cell Biology	3	hours
††ACCT 200	Introduction to Financial Accounting	3	hours
ENGL 322	Introduction to Professional and Technical Writing	3	hours
	Total:	16	hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††GBIO 341	Professional Aspects of Biology	1	hour
††GBIO 312	Genetics	3	hours
††FIN 381	Business Finance	3	hours
CHEM/CLAB 281/2835	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

††GBIO 3772	Applied Biostatistics	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

††ECON 2014,G	Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics)	3	hours
††Concentration Elective2		4	hours
Arts Elective3,G		3	hours
Elective		1	hour
††GBIO 441	Biology Seminar	1	hour
	Total:	12	hours

 

Second Semester

††Concentration Elective2		4	hours
††MRKT 303 or MGMT 351	Principles of Marketing Principles of Management	3	hours
††ECON 2024,G	Principles of Economics (Microeconomics)	3	hours
History ElectiveG		3	hours
	Total:	13	hours

 

Total semester hours required 120
Total minimum semester hours required in major 41

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 all major courses.
*A grade of “C” or better is required in these courses

¹Mathematics 175 and 200 (10 credit hours) may be taken in place of Mathematics 161, 162, and 163. Students who take MATH 175 and 200 have satisfied their required one hour elective.

²Courses for the Concentration Electives (minimum 20 credit hours required) selected from the following in consultation with advisor. 

GBIO 377 is required for the Business Concentration

Group A – (minimum one course required).  Students in the Business 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 –  BOT 205, 347, 401, 426, 427, 429, 481, 482, GBIO 281, 314, 395, 397, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 410, 418, 434, 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.

⁴ECON 201 and ECON 202 fulfill the Social Sciences requirement. 

⁵Students planning on attending medical, dental, or other professional or graduate schools, and students pursuing a minor in Chemistry should take Chemistry 265/267 and Chemistry 266/268. Also, Chemistry 265/267 can NOT be used as a prerequisite for Chemistry 281/283. Student who have completed CHEM 261/263 or 265/267 may take MIC 461 or GBIO 434 in place of CHEM 281/283 or 266/268.